Our Leadership

Leading global advancements and innovations in supply chain analytics.

Board of Directors

The 2024 board of directors is composed of industry leaders and academic experts who have been nominated and elected to serve. They volunteer their time and skills to bring diverse points of view that help to drive SCAI's strategic direction.

Sandy Balkin
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
SVP of Strategy and Analytics at Royalty Pharma

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Arun Kumar Bhaskara-Baba
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
Global Chief Digital and Information Officer, Honeywell Aerospace

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Arnab Chakraborty
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
Senior Managing Director - Applied Intelligence North America Lead, Accenture

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Pankaj Chopra
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
Vice President & Head, Analytics & Insights, Mondelez International

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Jane Connell
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
SVP & CIO Corporate Enterprise, Verizon

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Gerry Feigin
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
Independent Supply Chain Analytics Consultant. Former Partner and Director, Data Science, Boston Consulting Group

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Michael Kennaugh
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
SVP & CIO, Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

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Prakhar Mehrotra
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
Walmart Global Tech VP Machine Learning and US Omni Tech

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Hua Ni
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
Distinguished Engineer, Chief Analytics & Data Scientist, IBM

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Rajesh Rangaswamy
INDUSTRY DIRECTORS
Managing Director - Supply Chain and Operations Analytics Lead, Accenture

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Joe Geunes
ACADEMIA DIRECTOR
Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs, Wm Michael Barnes's 64 Industrial & Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Ming Hu
ACADEMIA DIRECTOR, CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Distinguished Professor of Business Operations and Analytics, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Editor-in-Chief, Naval Research Logistics

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Sridhar Seshadri
ACADEMIA DIRECTOR
Alan J and Joyce D Baltz Professor, Gies College of Business and Health Innovation Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Christopher S. Tang
ACADEMIA DIRECTOR
UCLA Distinguished Professor and Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean of Global Initiatives, UCLA Anderson School. Faculty Director of UCLA Center for Global Management. Vice President (Publications) of INFORMS.

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Yao Zhao
ACADEMIA DIRECTOR
Professor at Rutgers Business School, Co-Director of Rutgers Supply Chain Analytics Laboratory

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Officers

SCAI officers, nominated and appointed by the SCAI Board of Directors, have the authority and duty to implement all policies that drive the SCAI's mission.

Sandy Balkin
Treasurer
SVP of Strategy and Analytics at Royalty Pharma

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Jane Connell
Spokesperson / Corporate Secretary
SVP & CIO Corporate Enterprise, Verizon

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Lian Qi
President
Professor and Chair, Department of Supply Chain Management, Rutgers Business School

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Yao Zhao
VP for Certifications and Curriculum Development
Professor and Chair, Department of Supply Chain Management, Rutgers Business School

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