General Chair
James J. Cochran
Louisiana Tech University
jcochran@cab.latech.edu

Invited Sessions Committee
Mark E. Lewis, Chair
Cornell University
melewis@orie.cornell.edu

Sila Cetinkaya
Texas A&M University
sila@tamu.edu

Michael J. Fry
University of Cincinnati
mike.fry@uc.edu

Sponsored Sessions Chair
Esma Gel
Arizona State University
esma.gel@asu.edu

Contributed Sessions Committee
Evangelos Triantaphyllou, Chair
Louisiana State University
trianta@lsu.edu

T. Warren Liao
Louisiana State University
ieliao@lsu.edu

Xiaoyue Jiang
Louisiana State University
jiang@lsu.edu

Industry Liaisons
Dwight Collins
Colbridge & Company
dwight.collins@verizon.net

Lloyd Clarke
ILOG, Inc.
lclarke@ilog.com

Edward Watson
Louisiana State University
ewatson@lsu.edu

Research Clinics Co-Chairs
Karen Chinander
Florida Atlantic University
kchinand@fau.edu

Dan Guide
Pennsylvania State University
dguide@psu.edu  

Plenary & Keynote Sessions Chair
Kathryn E. Stecke
University of Texas-Dallas
kstecke@utdallas.edu

Practitioner Program Committee
Dwight Collins, Chair
Colbridge & Company
dwight.collins@verizon.net

Lloyd Clarke
ILOG, Inc.
lclarke@ilog.com

Michele Pfund
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals
michele.pfund@asu.edu

Dushyant Sharma
University of Michigan
dushyant@umich.edu

Edward Watson
Louisiana State University
ewatson@lsu.edu

Administrative Chair
Christopher J. Zappe
Bucknell University
zappe@bucknell.edu

Student Activities Chair
Chuck McAllister
Louisiana State University
mcallist@lsu.edu

Publicity Chair
Jorge Valenzuela
Auburn University
jvalenz@eng.auburn.edu

Publications Chair
Thomas W. Sloan
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Thomas_Sloan@uml.edu

Special Events & Guest Program Chair
Illya Hicks
Texas A&M University
ivhicks@tamu.edu

Local Arrangements Chair
Ken Walsh
University of New Orleans
kwalsh@uno.edu

Combined Colloquia Committee
John Fowler, Chair
Arizona State University
john.fowler@asu.edu

Julie Simmons Ivy, Doctoral Colloquium Chair
University of Michigan
jsimmons@umich.edu

Mary Beth Kurz, Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium Chair
Clemson University
mkurz@clemson.edu

Michele Pfund, Industry Colloquium Chair
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals
michele.pfund@asu.edu

Hilde Patron, Colloquium Workbook & Website
Louisiana Tech University
hpatron@cab.latech.edu

Ken Roskelley, Colloquium Workbook & Website
Louisiana Tech University
kennethr@cab.latech.edu