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
President 2020 - 2022
Ben Zavitz
Chief Ergonomist
Ergo Human Performance LLC
Brunswick, ME
Immediate Past President 2020 - 2022
Teresa A. Bellingar
Senior Corporate Ergonomist
Haworth
Holland, MI
President-Elect 2021 - 2022
Gary Allread
Program Director, SRI-Ergonomics
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Director 2021 - 2024
Julie Thompson
Technical Director - Organizational Practices
Liberty Mutual Insurance
East Syracuse, NY
Director 2021 - 2024
Bobbie Watts
Director of Ergonomics
Michelin Americas
Greenville, SC
Director 2021 - 2022
Amanda Kauder-Warren
Industrial Engineer
Kysor Warren
Columbus, GA
Director 2018 - 2022
Sandra Sellers
Injury Prevention Associate
Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics
Orlando, FL
Director 2020 - 2023
Eric Hassen
Director of Business Development
Caster Connection
Columbus, OH
Director 2020 - 2023
Gary Orr
Health Scientist - Ergonomist
US Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Director 2020 - 2022
Julia Abate
Executive Director
Ergonomics Center of NC
Raleigh, NC
Appointed 2021 - 2022
Jose Banaag
Industrial Engineer
Consultant
President 2020 - 2022
Henry Lester
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Immediate Past President 2019 - 2021
Brian K. Smith
Assistant Professor Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mississippi University
Mississippi State, MS
President Elect 2021 - 2022
Christina Rinaudo
Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Warner Robbins, GA
Director 2020 - 2023
Lizzette Perez Lespier
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC
Director 2020 - 2023
Ruel Ellis
Lecturer
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Director 2020 - 2023
Michael Graul
Assistant Department Head
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX
Director 2019 - 2022
Michael V. Testani
Director of Outreach and Continuing Professional Education
Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
Director 2021 - 2024
Casey Spansel
Supply Chain Manager
Ruelco, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
Director 2021 - 2024
Sandra Furterer
Associate Professor and Department Chair
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Director 2021 - 2024
Joseph Michels
Principal
Solomon Bruce Consulting LLC
Fort Worth, TX
President 2022 - 2023
Tarun Mohan Lal
Chief Analytics and Solutions Officer/Vice President
Atrium Health Navicent
Macon, GA
Immediate Past President 2022 - 2023
Lauren Todd
Director of Staffing Efficiency
Parallon, HCA Healthcare
Jacksonville, FL
President-Elect 2022 - 2023
Elizabeth Gentry
Healthcare
Philips Healthcare
Louisville, KY
Director 2020 - 2023
Aaron Kanne
Director, Implementation Services
Care Logistics
Alpharetta, GA
Director 2020 - 2023
Cody Hall
WVU Medicine
Parkersburg, WV
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 - 2023
James Rawson
Radiology Vice Chair of Operations and Special Projects
Harvard Medical Faculty Practice
Boston, MA
*Secretary/Chief of Staff (appointed 2020)
Neal Moriconi
Healthcare Operations Engineer
Alpharetta, GA
*Assistant to the President (appointed 2021)
Karl Kraeber
Director of Xenotransplantation Operations
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
*Assistant to the Past President (appointed 2021)
Dean Athanassiades
VP / Director
Philips
Atlanta, GA
*Data Analytics (appointed 2022)
Todd Banks
Clinical Operations Analyst
Wake Health
Winston Salem, NC
*Strategy (appointed 2022)
Dustin Kuchera
Unit Head, Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
*Fundraising (appointed 2022)
Bianca Garcia
Quality Manager
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, GA
*Non-voting members
Divisions
President 2021 - 2022
Emily S. Wall
CAVS-Extension
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Javad Seif
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA
President Elect 2021 – 2022
Kris Harbin
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station, TX
Director 2021 - 2023, Conference Track Chair 2023
Christina Rinaudo
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg, MS
Director 2021-2023
Henry Lester
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Director 2020 - 2022
Mehdi Khazaeli
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA
Director 2021 - 2023, Industry Chair
Robert Ranallo
FedEx
Pittsburgh, PA
Director 2021-2021
Brian Moore
Kahua, Inc.
Alpharetta, GA
Director 2021-2023
William Leonard
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg, MS
Director 2020 - 2022
Setareh Torabzadeh
University of North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
President 2021 - 2022
Sinal Onal
Associate Professor
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
Immediate past President 2021 - 2022
Changing Cheng
Assistant Professor
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
President-elect 2021 - 2022
Xiao Liu
Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Director 2020-2022
Hyunsoo Yoon
Assistant Professor
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
Director 2020 - 2022
Cheng-Bang Chen
Assistant Professor
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Director 2020 - 2022
Zimo Wang
Assistant Professor
University of New York
Binghamton, NY
Director 2020 - 2022
Ziteng Wang
Assistant Professor
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
Director 2021-2023
Haifeng Wang
Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
Director 2021 - 2023
Chenang Liu
Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Director 2021 - 2023
Fei Gao
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
LinkedIn Trust AI team
Sunnyvale, CA
Director 2021 - 2023
Nathan Gaw
Postdoctoral Fellow
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Energy Systems Division Board, June 2021 - June 2022
President 2021 - 2022
Sandra Eksioglu
Professor
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AK
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Zhimin Xi
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
Past President 2021 - 2022
Andrew Kusiak
Professor
University of Iowa Informatics Initiative
Iowa City, IA
President-elect 2021 - 2022
Ramteen Sioshansi
Professor
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Director 2020 - 2022
Ahmed Aziz Ezzat
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ
Director 2020 - 2022
Benjamin D. Leibowicz
Assistant Professor
University of Texas
Austin, TX
Director 2021 - 2023
Ekundayo Shittu
Associate Professor
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Director 2021 - 2023
Pingfeng Wang
Associate Professor
University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign
Urbana, IL
President 2021 - 2022
Ahmet Akgun
Associate Professor
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Cameron Mackenzie
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Program Chair (President-elect) 2021 - 2022
Raymond L. Smith III
Assistant Professor of Engineering
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Director 2021 - 2023
Kellie Grasman
Lecturer
Missouri Science and Technology
Flushing, MI
Director 2020 - 2022
Terry R. Collins
Associate Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Director 2020 - 2022
Nabil Nehme
Assistance Professor of Practice
Lebanese American University
New York, NY
Director 2020 - 2022
Wujun Si
Assistant Professor
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
Wellington Award Committee
Leland Blank
Chair
Professor Emeritus
Texas A&M
James T. Luxhoj
Professor and Undergraduate Director
Rutgers University
The Engineering Economist Editor - in -Chief
Heather Nachtmann, Editor -in-Chief (2021 – 2024)
President 2021 - 2022
Krystel Castillo
Professor
University of Texas
San Antonio, TX
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Murat Erkoc
Associate Professor
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Past President 2021 - 2022
Pratik J. Parikh
Wright State University
Associate Professor
Dayton, Ohio
President-elect 2021 - 2022
Hector Vergara
Associate Professor
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Director 2020 - 2022
Jacob Harris
Senior Manager
FedEx
Pflugerville, TX
Director 2020 - 2022
Payam Parsa
Assistant Professor
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Pomona, CA
Director 2020 - 2022
W. Kendal Roberts
Senior Manager
Raytheon
Arlington, VA
Director 2021 - 2023
Mohamed Awwad
Assistant Professor
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA, VA
Director 2021 - 2023
Zhijie Sasha Dong
Assistant Professor
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Director 2021 - 2023
Michael Sherwin
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Director 2021 - 2023
Ravi Vengadam
Principal Engineer, Supply Chain Engineering
Target Corporation
Sunnyvale, CA
President 2021 - 2023
Guha Manogharan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
University Park, PA
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2023
Lourdes A. Medina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
department of Engineering
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
President-elect 2021 - 2023
Harry Pierson, Ph.D
Senior General Engineer
Air Force Research Laboratory
Materials & Manufacturing Directorate
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Secretary 2021 - 2023
David Vance III, PE
Industrial Engineer
Air Force Material Command
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
External Relations Director 2021 - 2023
Wenmeng Tian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Mississippi State, MS
Media Director 2021 - 2023
Katie Basinger, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructional Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator
University of Florida
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Gainesville, FL
Advisory Committee 2021 - 2023
Brandon Lane, Ph.D
Project Lead
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Advisory Committee 2019 - 2021
Shayla Spearman, Ph.D.
Industrial Engineer
Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Flowery Branch, GA
President 2021 - 2022
Andrew J. Collins
Assistant Professor
Old Dominion University
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Norfolk, VA
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Caroline Krejci
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington
Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
Arlington, Texas
President-elect 2021 - 2022
John Shortle
Professor and Chair
George Mason University
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Fairfax, VA
Director 2020 - 2022
Allen G. Greenwood
Simulation Education Specialist and Professor Emeritus
FlexSim Software Products Inc. and Mississippi State University
Greenboro, NC
Director 2020 - 2022
Katie Prochaska
Project Engineer
Simio LLC
Sewickley, PA
Director 2020 - 2022
Jessica Yoo Perry
Senior Analyst
Systecon, North America
Arlington, VA
Director 2020 - 2022
Amrita Basak
Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Director 2021 - 2023
Greg Zerr
Advanced Senior Analyst
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Findlay, OH
Director 2021 - 2023
Rick Haberlin Jr.
Division Chief Engineer
Mitre
McLean, VA
Director at Large 2020 - 2022
Salvador Romo
Director General
STHAL LLC
Miami, FL
President 2021 - 2022
Johanna Ficatier
Quality Improvement Advisor
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Nadiye O. Erdil
University of New Haven
Assistant Professor
West Haven, CT
President-Elect 2021 - 2022
Steve Vijayan
Measurement Specialist
Nemours Children’s Health System
Wilmington, DE
Director 2020 - 2022
Crystal Y. Davis
CEO & Principal Lean Consultant
The Lean Coach, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Director 2020 - 2022
Chinweike Eseonu
Lead Process Improvement Consultant
Commonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Director 2020 - 2022
Krishnan Krishnaiyer
Chief Engineer - Data Analytics and Strategy
Marathon Petroleum
San Antonio, TX
Director 2020 - 2022
Leigh Ann Schildmeier
President
Park Avenue Solutions
Scottsdale, AZ
Director 2021 - 2023
William Edwards
Professor
Kettering University
Flint, MI
Director 2021 - 2023
Ahmad Elshennawy
Professor
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Director 2021 - 2023
Sampson Gholston
Professor
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
Director 2021 - 2023
Jasbir Kumar
Senior Consultant
JSK Consulting Services
Atlanta, GA
President 2021 - 2022
Guiping Hu
Associate Professor
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Katie McConky
Associate Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
President-elect 2021 - 2022
Thomas Sharkey
Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Director 2020 - 2022
Lei Fan
Assistant Professor
University of Houston
Houston, TX
Director 2020 - 2022
Sharan Srinivas
Associate Professor
Iowa State University University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Director 2021 - 2023
Talayeh Razzaghi
Assistant Professor
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Director 2021 - 2023
Karmel S. Shehadeh
Assistant Professor
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Director 2021 - 2023
Yongjia Song
Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
President 2021 - 2022
Linkan Bian
Associate Professor
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Adel Alaeddini
Associate Professor
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
President-elect 2021 - 2022
Ramin Moghddass
Assistant Professor
University of Miami
Coral Gable, FL
Director 2021 - 2023
Ahmed Aziz Ezzat
Assistant Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ
Director 2021 - 2023
Xiaolei Fang
Assistant Professor
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Director 2021 - 2023
Na Zou
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Director 2019 - 2023
Yisha Xiang
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Director 2020 - 2022
Chen Kan
Assistant Professor
University of Texas
Arlington, TX
Director 2020 - 2022
Mingyang Li
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
President 2021 - 2022
Gokhan Egilmez
Assistant Professor
University of New Haven
West Haven, CT
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Brion Hurley
Owner, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Business Performance Improvement
Portland, OR
Past President 2020 - 2021
Joel Brock
Senior Manager
West Monroe Partners
Chicago, IL
President-elect 2021 - 2022
Ricardo Thierry Aguilera
Assistant Professor
University of New Haven
West Haven, CT
Board Member 2021 - 2023
Cilla Pemberton
Lecturer in Industrial Engineering
The University of West Indies
Trinidad and Tobago
Board Member 2020 - 2022
Dustin Diep
Portland, OR
Board Member 2019 - 2022
Anuj Mittal
Instructor
Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis, MN
President 2021 - 2022
Miguel Gonzalez
Dean
University of Houston Clear Lake
Houston, TX
Immediate Past President 2021 - 2022
Erick C. Jones
Associate Dean
UT Arlington
Arlington, TX
Past President 2020 - 2021
Michael Hair
Industrial Engineer
Benchmark
Concord, CA
President-elect 2021 - 2022
Dave Hampton
VP Go to Market
Frito Lay, Inc (retired)
McKinney, TX
Director 2021 - 2023
Greg Melroy
Senior Manager, Operations Excellence
West Monroe
Chicago, IL
Director 2019 - 2022
Laila Cure
Assistant Professor
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
Director 2020 - 2022
Ikechukwu P. Ohu
Associate Professor
Gannon University
Erie, PA
Director 2020 - 2022
Matthew Townsend
Director of Operational Excellence
MW Lifesciences
Winona Lake, IN