Service & Executive Leadership

Driving regional workforce development, leading academic governance, building industry partnerships, and serving the global supply chain management profession.

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Executive & Industry Leadership

2026

Executive Peer Group Facilitator: Supply Chain Management Strategy Track, Supply Chain Leaders in Action (SCLA) 20th Annual Executive Business Forum, Palm Harbor, FL.
2023–Present

Board Chair: UNG L-SCM Industry Advisory Board. Organized and chaired executive board meetings connecting regional supply chain leaders with university strategy.
2025–2026

Institutional Representative: Greater Hall County Chamber of Commerce 2026 Logistics Forum Planning Committee.
2024

Keynote Speaker & International Expert: Invited keynote at ASCM Atlanta PDM (Red Sea Crisis), expert panelist at Panama International Symposium, and Port of Miami Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Symposium.

University & College Governance (UNG)

Department & Curriculum Leadership

B.B.A. L-SCM Major Task Force Chair

Spearheaded the development of the new B.B.A. major in Logistics & Supply Chain Management proposal; authored initial pre-proposal approved by the USG.

University Strategic Planning

Supercharge Workforce Development

Member of UNG President's "Big Bets" Workforce Development Team shaping regional industry alignment and corporate engagement.

Artificial Intelligence Governance

University AI Task Force Member

Serving on the UNG University AI Task Force and Faculty Development Subgroup guiding generative AI adoption across research and teaching.

College Governance

Student Professional Development Chair

Served as Chair of the MCCB Student Professional Development Committee (SPDC) and Chair of the Faculty Search Committee for Project Management line.

Faculty Senate

University Faculty Senator (2022–2024)

Represented the Mike Cottrell College of Business on the UNG University Faculty Senate.

Global Engagement

International Partnership Lead

Established MOU and virtual faculty exchange with John von Neumann University (Hungary) and led Panama Study Abroad Program (March 2025).

Editorial Boards, Grant Reviewing & Journal Service

Editorial Board Editorial Review Board Member - International Journal of Integrated Supply Management (2024–Present)
Advisory Board Higher-Ed Digital Advisory Board Member - Cengage Learning (2026–Present)
Grant Reviewer External Research Grant Proposal Reviewer - Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (2026)
Ad-Hoc Reviewer for Premier Journals

• Production and Operations Management (ABDC A*)
• Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (ABDC A*)
• Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (ABDC A*)
• IISE Transactions (ABDC A)
• International Journal of Production Research (ABDC A)
• Decision Sciences (ABDC A)
• Omega - The International Journal of Management Science (ABDC A)
Session Chair & Conference Leadership

Session Chair at INFORMS (2018, 2020, 2022), POMS (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2025), and DSI (2017, 2026). DSI 2026: Session Chair, Cyber Security and System Resiliency Track, San Francisco, CA.