INFORMS 2018 Phoenix Luncheon Dorothee Honhon President of

INFORMS 2018, Phoenix Luncheon Dorothee Honhon President of WORMS November 6, 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting

LUNCHEON AGENDA § Overview of WORMS § 2018 events and initiatives § Presentation of the WORMS Awards § Awards presented at the Analytics conference § Family care § Advancement of Women in OR/MS

ENJOY YOUR FOOD ! § If you’d like the vegetarian entrée, simply notify the wait staff when they will be bringing the plates. Also, if you have other dietary restrictions (vegan, gluten-free, etc. ) or allergies, please mention these to the wait staff immediately upon arriving to your table.

MISSION OF WORMS ü To encourage all forms of support for women’s careers in OR/MS, and to publicize women’s successes ü To facilitate communication among women in the field of OR/MS about career opportunities and challenges ü To encourage discussion and interaction among individuals having interest in the issues facing women in relation to the profession of OR/MS ü To encourage interest among women in the field of OR/MS, and ü To advise the INFORMS Board on issues facing women in the profession of OR/MS and to keep the Board apprised of developments in this area. Not a WORMS member? We welcome everyone (all genders – all diversity)! Click on “Join INFORMS Communities” then select “Women in ORMS forum” under the “Fora” tab.

WORMS OFFICERS Dorothee Honhon President Sarah Nurre Past-President Banafshesh Bezad, Hiba Baroud, Sr VP of Communications Jr VP of Communications Sudharshana Apte President-Elect Margarit Khachatryan Sr VP of Meetings Monica Gentile, Sr Treasurer Zhijie Sasha dong, Jr Treasurer Guang Li Jr VP of Meetings Sara Saberi Secretary

WORMS OFFICERS Heather Moe, Industry Liaison Atieh Madani, Student Liaison Mabel Chou International Liaison Are you interested in becoming a WORMS board member? Please reach out to one of us! We will hold elections in December Aineth torres-Ruiz, Industry Liaison Julie Hammett, Student Liaison Luce Brotcorne International Liaison

2018 WORMS SPONSORS § Arizona State University § Kelley School of Business, ODT Dept § Northwestern University, Department of Industrial § Marshall School of Business – USC § § Mc. Combs School of Business – Department of § § § § Engineering and Management Sciences Center on Stochastic Modeling, Optimization, and Statistics at The University of Texas at Arlington Clemson University Industrial Engineering Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Eindhoven Technical University Fuqua School of Business Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky Georgia Institute of Technology, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor Ioana Popescu, INSEAD Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Information, Risk, and Operations Management § Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas § NYU Stern – Operations Management Group § Olin Business School § Stanford Graduate School of Business § Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona § The Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management

2018 WORMS SPONSORS § The Operations Management group at the University § University of Arkansas, Department of Industrial § § § of Chicago Booth School of Business Tuck School of Business Vanderbilt University School of Engineering UBC Sauder School of Business University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Business University of Florida, Department of Information Systems and Operations Management University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering University of Southern California University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business Department of Operations, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics § § § § § Engineering Carlson School of Management David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah Department of Management, Miami Business School, University of Miami Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research, Virginia Commonwealth University Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Questrom School of Business Operations & Technology Management The Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto University of Illinois – Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering WPI Robert A. Foisie School of Business Professor Candace Arai Yano

BIG THANK YOU! Beth West INFORMS India Williams INFORMS

2018 WORMS EVENTS & INITIATIVES § At the 2018 INFORMS Analytics Meeting in Baltimore (April 15 -17) § WORMS Mentorship Network – Coffee with a mentor § WORMS Breakfast § Networking Reception: Cocktails and Questions with Diane Bryant, COO Google Cloud § Awards § Family Care § Early Career Professionals’ Network Colloquium § Lactation Suite 10

COCKTAIL & QUESTIONS WITH DIANE BRYANT (APRIL 2018)

2018 WORMS EVENTS & INITIATIVES § At the 2018 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix (Nov 3 -7) § New member breakfast § Cluster with 2 sessions § Panel session: He for She, what does it mean for us at INFORMS § General session: Advancing Diversity of Women in STEM § Bring a male colleague along to get a free WORMS mug § WORMS Mentorship Network – Coffee with a mentor § Awards § Doctoral Colloquium § Family Care § Advancement of Women in OR/MS § Business meeting § Networking reception, co-sponsored with Arizona State University § Luncheon (is SOLD OUT!) § Lactation Suite § Listing of childcare resources near the conference on WORMS website 12

SESSIONS (YESTERDAY MORNING)

NETWORKING PARTY (LAST NIGHT)

NOTEWORTHY AT THIS CONFERENCE… Plenary and Keynote Speakers

NOTEWORTHY AT INFORMS Newly elected INFORMS Board of directors: Class of 2018 Newly-Elected INFORMS Fellows: § President-Elect: § Pinar Keskinocak § Vice President - Education: § Melissa "Missie" Bowers Vicki M. Bier University of Wisconsin-Madison § Vice President - Sections and Societies: § Laurie Garrow Kavita Ramana, Brown University

FAMILY CARE AWARD AT ANALYTICS MEETING § WORMS provides support for students, postdocs, and early career professionals (all genders!) to help with family care costs when attending a conference § We awarded one such award to a student attending the INFORMS Analytics conference in April Vahab Vahdat. Zad Northeastern University

ECPN COLLOQUIUM AWARD § WORMS sponsored a student to attend the 2018 INFORMS Early Career Professionals’ Network (ECPN) Colloquium at the INFORMS Analytics Meeting in April 2018 Siyu Wang UC Davis

DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM AWARD § WORMS sponsored two Ph. D. students to attend the 2018 INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium at the Annual meeting Toyya Pujol Georgia Tech Emily Tucker Michigan

FAMILY CARE AWARD AT ANNUAL MEETING § WORMS provides support for students, postdocs, and early career professionals (men and women) to help with family care costs when attending a conference § We awarded five such awards to participants to the INFORMS Annual Meeting Nibal Albashabsheh Kansas State University Yaarit Even Columbia University Şeyma Güven-Koçak Georgia Institute of Technology Amira Hijazi North Carolina State University Yuxin Wen University of Texas at El Paso

WORMS AWARD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN OR/MS § Purpose: § To celebrate and recognize a person who has contributed significantly to the advancement and recognition of women in the field of Operations Research and the Management Sciences (OR/MS). § 2018 Committee § Ruth Williams (chair and 2017 winner) § Sarah Nurre (WORMS Past-President) § Susan Owen § Karen Smilowitz § Amy Ward Past Winners 2006 – Radhika Kulkarni 2007 – Anna Nagurney 2008 – Candi Yano 2009 – Alice E. Smith 2010 – Brenda Dietrich 2011 – Berna Dengiz 2012 – Vicki Sauter 2013 – Kathy Stecke 2014 – Aleda Roth 2015 – Margaret Brandeau 2016 – Karen Smilowitz 2017 – Ruth Williams 2018 – …

AND THE AWARD GOES TO… § Professor, Operations Research Department and Graduate School of Business & Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California § Leader in the field of simulation and designed experiments § INFORMS Fellow, 2017 § Titan of Simulation Award, 2016 § Gus Schaefer Award, 2015 § Scientific Achievement Award, NATO Science & Technology Organization, 2014 § Bernard Koopman Prize, INFORMS Mil. Appl. Soc. 2013 § UPS George D. Smith Prize, INFORMS, 2013 § Chair of the ORSA Ad Hoc Committee on Women in OR from 1993 - 1995, which led to the establishment of the WORMS Forum SUSAN SANCHEZ § VP/Pres-Elect of WORMS in 2002, President of WORMS in 2003

MANY WOMEN’S CAREER PATHS ADVANCED “Susan has contributed to the advancement of many individual women in many capacities – from interns and research assistants to graduate students and colleagues. ” “Because of its military connection, NPS has a smaller representation of women than the larger OR/MS community, and is behind many academic institutions in developing policies supportive of women……. In this environment, her example and her support are particularly important. ” “She has been a leader in INFORMS in support of women in OR/MS. Susan was one of the founding members of WORMS and chaired the Ad Hoc Committee on Women in OR/MS that led to the establishment of WORMS from 1993 -1995. She served WORMS in many other roles, ranging from panelist in WORMS sessions at the annual meeting to serving as its President. ”

AN INVALUABLE ROLE MODEL AND GENEROUS MENTOR “There are not many who are so brilliant at what they do in their research, and yet are so generous with their time and energy to support junior faculty. She is humble and modest. But she is also a strong and courageous person in private and professional life. She is a dedicated teacher. She is a great mentor and inspiration to her students and junior faculty. ” ”Susan’s desire to help and support students and junior faculty, and the integrity to follow through with it has influenced my philosophy at my school. I have followed her example, have been mentoring junior faculty. ” “She supported and encouraged me to be the best at what I do. I believe she personifies the spirit of the WORMS award. ” ”As one of her thesis students, I was a direct beneficiary of her wealth of knowledge, and unrelenting support and guidance. ” “Interning for Dr. Sanchez was a unique experience in that she was interested in teaching interns like myself about OR and data farming in ways that appealed to each of us…. . She took time to help each intern develop projects to work on that fit their interests. ”

2019 AWARD: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS § Possibly two awards next year! § Industry and Academia § Cash prize § Nominations are due July 1, 2019 § If you have nominated someone in the past, please update!

WORMS ELECTIONS § Please reach out to one of us if you are interested in becoming a WORMS board officer § We will hold elections in December § Positions open: § President-Elect (3 years) § Jr. VP of Meetings (2 years) § Jr. VP of Communications (2 years) § Jr. Treasurer (2 years) § Secretary (1 year)

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