Society and Division Leaders

These leaders are responsible for the leadership of IISE technical societies and divisions.

Board Rosters - Societies

Board Rosters - Divisions

Other

Societies

Applied Ergonomics Society Board March 2023 - March 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Bobbie Watts

Director of Ergonomics
Michelin Americas
Greenville, SC

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Gary Allread
Program Director, SRI-Ergonomics
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

President-Elect 2023 - 2024
Eric Hassen

Director of Business Development
Caster Connection
Columbus, OH

Director 2021 - 2024
Julie Thompson

Technical Director - Organizational Practices
Liberty Mutual Insurance 
East Syracuse, NY

Director 2022 - 2025
Martha Parker

Ergonomist/Project Manager III
Texas A&M Ergo Center
College Station, TX

Director 2022 - 2025
Anuja Patil

Risk Control Product Consulting Director – Ergonomics
CNA Insurance
San Pedro, CA

Director 2022 - 2025
Amanda Kauder-Warren

Industrial Engineer
Kysor Warren
Columbus, GA

Director 2023 - 2026
Mitchell Carswell
Ergonomic Engineer
Sandalwood Engineering Ergonomics
Livonia, MI

Director 2023 - 2026
Holly Wick
Advanced Ergonomist Specialist
3M
St. Paul, MN

Society for Engineering & Management Systems Board June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Sandy Furterer
Associate Professor
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Past President 2023 - 2024
Christina Rinaudo
Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Warner Robbins, GA

President Elect 2023 - 2024 
Michael Graul
Associate Professor of Practice
Associate Department Head
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering      
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX

Director 2023 - 2026
Sheila Barnett
Research Engineer
US Army Corp of Engineers
Bonaire, GA

Director 2023-2026
Beth Cudney
Professor of Data Analytics
Maryville University    
St. Louis, MO

Director 2022 - 2025
Dean Bartles
CEO
Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group
Clearwater, FL

Director 2022 - 2025
Mindy Holmes
Corporate Long Rang and Supply Strategy Manager
Intel Corporation
Chandler, AZ 

Director 2022 - 2025
Amirmasoud Momenipour
Assistant Professor
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN 

Director 2022 - 2025
Matthew Townsend
Director of Operational Excellence
Paragon Medical
Winona Lake, IN

Director 2021 - 2024
Joseph Michels
Principal
Solomon Bruce Consulting LLC
Fort Worth, TX

Director 2021 - 2024
Casey Robelot
Supply Chain Manager
Ruelco, Inc.
New Orleans, LA 

Society for Health Systems Board, February 2023 - February 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Elizabeth Gentry 
 
Healthcare
Philips Healthcare
Louisville, KY

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Tarun Mohan Lal

Chief Analytics and Solutions Officer/Vice President
Atrium Health Navicent
Macon, GA

President-Elect 2023 - 2024
Aaron Kanne
  
Director, Implementation Services 
Care Logistics 
Alpharetta, GA

Director 2021 - 2024
Valerie Boelman
  
Assistant VP Process Improvement and Engineering
UnityPoint Health 
Des Moines, IA

Director 2021 - 2024
Jennifer Percival
   
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell 
Lowell, MA

Director 2022 - 2025 
Ali Hobbs
 
Healthcare Analyst
Catalyst, a Haskell Company
Charlotte, NC

Director 2022 - 2025
James Rawson
    
Radiology Vice Chair of Operations and Special Projects
Harvard Medical Faculty Practice
Boston, MA

Director 2023 - 2026
Neal Moriconi

Manager, Workkforce Manager
Omnicell
Orlando, FL

Director 2023 - 2026
Bianca Garcia
        
Quality Manager
Emory Healthcare
Birmingham, AL

Divisions

Construction Engineering and Management Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2025
Kris Harbin
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, TX

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2025
Emily S. Wall
CAVS-Extension
Mississippi State University 
Starkville, MS

President Elect 2023 – 2025 
Henry Lester
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Director 2023-2025
Russ Milam
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM

Director 2023 - 2025, Industry Chair
Robert Ranallo

FedEx
Pittsburgh, PA

Director 2023-2025, Newsletter
William Leonard

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Vicksburg, MS

Director 2022-2024
Mary M. Mitchell

ERDC, ITL
Jackson, MS

Director 2022-2024
James Warren

ISER
Vicksburg, MS

Data Analytics & Information Systems Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023-2024
Na Zou

Assistant Professor 
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Xiao Liu

Assistant Professor    
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

President-Elect 2023-2024
Chenang Liu

Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

Director 2023 - 2025
Xiaoyu Chen

Assistant Professor
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Director 2023 - 2025
Cesar Ruiz
Assistant Professor
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma

Director 2023 - 2025
Arda (Omer) Vanli
Associate Professor
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Director 2023 - 2025
Yinan Wang
Associate Professor
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

Director 2022-2024 
Yu Jin
Assistant Professor
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY   

Director 2022 - 2024
Xiaowei Yue

Assistant Professor 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA

Director 2022 - 2024
Ashif Iquebal
Assistant Professor 
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Director 2022 - 2024
Adam Meyers
Assistant Professor
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Energy Systems Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024  
Ahmed Aziz Ezzat               
Assistant Professor               
Rutgers University              
Piscataway, NJ

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Ramteen Sioshansi 
        
Professor 
Ohio State University  
Columbus, OH

President-elect 2023 - 2024
Murat Yildrim

Assistant Professor
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Director 2022 - 2024
Bo Zeng

Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Director 2023 - 2025
Michael Craig 
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Director 2023 - 2025
Kibaek Kim

Computational Mathematician
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL

Director 2023 - 2025
Mahan Mansouri

Expert Energy Market Analyst
Pacific Gas and Electric
San Diego, CA

Director 2023 - 2025
Paritosh Ramanan

Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

Engineering Economy Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Nabil Nehme
Assistant Professor
Lebanese American University
New York, NY

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Raymond L. Smith III                                                         
Assistant Professor of Engineering                                           
East Carolina University                                                         
Greenville, NC

President-Elect 2023-2024
Mehmet Bayram Yilidrim
Professor
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Director 2023 - 2025
Ahmet Akgun
Associate Professor                                                      
Pennsylvania Western University - California                                                          
Pennsylvania, California

Director 2023 - 2025
Kurt Wurthmann
Professor                                                     
Nova Southeastern University                                                         
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Director 2022 - 2024
Taner Cokyasar
Professional Consultant
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL 

Director 2022 - 2024
Mario G. Beruvides
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX

The Engineering Economist Editor - in -Chief
Heather Nachtmann, Editor -in-Chief  (2021 –  2024)

Logistics & Supply Chain Division , Board June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Michael Sherwin
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Hector Vergara
Associate Professor                                                       
Oregon State University                                                         
Corvallis, OR

President-elect 2023 - 2024
Zhijie (Sasha) Dong
Associate Professor                                                      
University of Houston                                                        
Houston, TX

Director 2023 - 2025
Mohamed Awwad
Assistant Professor
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA

Director 2023 - 2025
Tanveer Hossain Bhuiyan
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Director 2023 - 2025
Taner Cokyasar
Consultant
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL

Director 2023 - 2025
Kaushik Narendran
Associate Director
Moderna
North Grafton, MA

Director 2022 - 2024
Rajkumar Mishra
Senior Manager of Global Supply Chain
Moderna
Norwood, MA

Director 2022 - 2024      
Erin Gerber
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Director 2022 - 2024      
Payam Parsa
Assistant Professor
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, CA

Student Leader 2023-2024      
Haowei Yang
PhD Industrial Engineering Student
University of Houston
Houston, TX

Manufacturing and Design Division Board, June 2023 - June 2025

President 2023 - 2025
Harry Pierson, Ph.D 
Senior General Engineer
Air Force Research Laboratory
Materials & Manufacturing Directorate
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2025
Guha Manogharan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor  
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering  
University Park, PA

President-elect 2023 - 2025
David Vance III, PE    
Industrial Engineer  
Air Force Material Command 
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Secretary 2023 - 2025
Hannah Budinoff    
Assistant Professor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

External Relations Director 2023 - 2025
Hantang Qin                                                   
Assistant Professor
University Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Media Director 2023 - 2025
Abishek Balsamy-Kamaraj

Assistant Professor
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, MI

Modeling & Simulation Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Richard J. Haberlin, Jr.

Chief Engineer - Modeling & Analytics Innovation Center
MITRE
McLean, VA

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
John Shortle
Professor and Chair                                              
George Mason University
Industrial and Systems Engineering               
Fairfax, VA

President-Elect 2023 - 2024
Shima Mohebbi
Assistant Professor
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Director 2023 - 2025
Greg Zerr
Advanced Senior Analyst
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Findlay, OH

Director 2023 - 2025
Chris Tonn
Simulation and Data Management Engineer
Spirit Aerosystems
Wichita, KS

Director 2023 - 2025
Casey Canfield
Assistant Professor
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO

Director 2023 - 2025
Tarun Gupta
Assistant Professor
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Director 2022 - 2024
Kelley A. Mullick
Platform Strategist
Intel
Hillsboro, OR

Director 2022 - 2024 
David Claudio
Associate Professor
UMas Lowell
Lowell, MA

Director 2022 - 2024 
Prashanth Rajivan
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Director 2022 - 2024
Raed Jaradat
Associate Professor
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS

Operational Excellence Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023- 2024
Leigh Ann Schildmeier
Founder and President
Park Avenue Solutions
Scottsdale, AZ

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Steve Vijayan                                              
Measurement Specialist                                            
Nemours Children’s Health System    
Wilmington, DE

President-Elect 2023 - 2024  
Krishnan Krishnaiyer                                             
Fellow Engineer                                            
Marathon Petroleum Corporation  
San Antonio, TX

Director 2023 - 2025
Chad Demore
Senior Manager of Engineering Production
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Haddon Heights, NJ

Director 2023 - 2025
Fernando Gonzalez Aleu
Associate Professor
Universidad de Monterrey
Nuevo Leon, MX

Director 2023 - 2025
Dave Harry
CEO, Black Belt Trainer
Process Whisperer® Consultants LLC
Greeneville, Tennessee

Director 2023 - 2025
Kurt Wurthmann
Professor                                                     
Nova Southeastern University                                                         
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Director 2023 - 2024
Shahrukh Irani
President
Lean & Flexible, LLC
Sugarland, TX

Director 2022 - 2024
Ashley Morrell
Senior Associate, Advisory Service
Grant Thonrton, LLP
New York, NY

Director 2022 - 2024
Felix Veroya
Founder & CEO
Ask Lex PH Academy
Philippines

Director 2022 - 2024
Michael Parent
Managing Director
Michael Parent Consulting Services
Canton, MI

Operations Research Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Sharan Srinivas
Assistant Professor
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Thomas Sharkey
Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC

President-Elect 2023 - 2024
Yongjia Song
Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Director 2023 - 2025
Tugce Isik

Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Director 2023 - 2025
Kelly Sullivan

Associate Professor
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

Director 2023 - 2025
Weijun Xie

Assistant Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

Director 2022 - 2024
Samira Saedi

Assistant Director of Healthcare System Engineering
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Director 2022 - 2024
Jun Zhuang

Morton C. Frank Professor
University of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Quality Control & Reliability Engineering Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Yisha Xiang
Associate Professor
University of Houston
Houston, TX

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024
Ramin Moghaddass
Assistant Professor 
University of Miami
Coral Gable, FL 

President-Elect 2023 - 2024
Xiaolei Fang
Assistant Professor
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Director 2023 - 2025
Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Director 2023 - 2025
Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei

Assistant Professor 
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Director 2023 - 2025
Chao Wang
Assistant Professor
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Director 2023 - 2025
Zimo Wang
Assistant Professor
SUNY Binghamton
Binghamton, NY

Director 2022 - 2024
Dan Li
 
Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Director 2022 - 2024
Xiaowei Yue
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Sustainable Development Division Board, June 2023 - June 2024

President 2023 - 2024
Caroline Krejci  
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Arlington 
Arlington, TX

Past President 2023 - 2024
Ricardo Thierry Aguilera                                                         
Professor                                                           
ITESM                                                         
Mexico City, MX

President-Elect 2023 - 2024
Jeremy Rickli  
Associate Professor
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Board Member 2023 - 2025   
Andres Acero
Professor                                                       
Tecnologico de Monterrey                                                          
Nuevo Leon, MX

Board Member 2023 - 2025   
Chen Zhou
Associate Professor                                                      
Georgia Institute of Technology                                                         
Atlanta, GA

Board Member 2022 - 2024
Curtis Bush
Manager/Supervisor
Avid Technology, Inc.
Tyler, TX

Student Board Member 2023 - 2024
Kathlyn Reilley
Student
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Work Systems Division Board,  June 2023 - June 2025

President 2023 - 2024
Laila Cure
Assistant Professor
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Immediate Past President 2023 - 2024  
Dave Hampton
VP Go to Market                                                           
Frito Lay, Inc. (retired)                                                           
McKinney, TX

President-Elect 2023 - 2024
Greg Melroy
Senior Manager, Operations Excellence
West Monroe Partners
Columbus,OH

Director 2023-2025
Chang Nam                                                      
Professor                                                        
North Carolina State University                   
Raleigh, NC

Director 2023-2025
Denny Yu                                                      
Associate Professor                                                        
Purdue University                    
West Lafayette, IN

Director 2022 - 2024 
Ikechukwu P. Ohu                                                            
Associate Professor                                                               
Gannon University                                                                
Erie, PA

Director 2022 - 2024 
Jon Grooms                                                            
Manager                                                              
West Monroe Partners                                                                
Columbus, OH

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