Punk Rock OR: A decade in review

As we mark the beginning of a new decade, I reflected on the last decade from a professional perspective. In the last decade I

• Was nominated and won a National Association of Counties award with community partner Hanover County EMS for putting some of my research into practice
• Was awarded a Young Investigator award and an NSF CAREER award
• Had my third child
• Was tenured at VCU
• Was tenured at Wisconsin and moved to Madison
• Had some personal setbacks and bounced back
• Gave six keynote, plenary, and semi-plenary talks throughout the world in Germany, the Netherlands, and Brussels
• Started new research in cybersecurity and disaster restoration
• Served two terms on the INFORMS Board as VP of Marketing, Communications, and Outreach and notably took on big roles in the INFORMS advocacy efforts
• Was awarded the INFORMS Impact Prize for my research in aviation security
• Served one term as the Wisconsin CoE Assistant Dean for Graduate Affairs
• Graduated my first four PhD students
• Am engaged as ever with teaching at Wisconsin
• Met many new wonderful colleagues
• Collaborated with fabulous colleagues

I’m looking forward to the coming decade!