It was an honor to serve as the President of INFORMS in 2023. During my term, I wrote a president’s column in ORMS Today entitled “Presidential Punk Rock OR.” You can read all of my columns here.
In my last president’s column, I retrospectively summarized my term by the numbers. I’ve reprinted my final column below:
As I write my last “Presidential Punk Rock O.R.” column, I am officially the INFORMS past-president. Now that my term has ended, I have been reflecting on my time as the 2023 INFORMS president, and will summarize my year by the numbers. In 2023, I …
- Chaired 4 Board of Directors meetings held over 9 days
- Worked with 19 board members (as president and president-elect)
- Wrote 4 OR/MS Today print columns
- Including this article, published an additional 9 Presidential Punk Rock O.R. online articles and videos
- Recorded 7 Resoundingly Human podcasts
- Published 2 op-eds (in the Chicago Tribune and The Hill)
- Moderated 1 panel discussion (at the Conference of International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS))
- Participated in 8 briefings with U.S. Senate, House and White House staffers
- Chaired 12 INFORMS Executive Committee meetings
- Attended 2 INFORMS Book Club meetings (and read 5 of the selected books throughout the year)
- Recorded 1 data literacy webinar for policymakers
- Announced 1 Franz Edelman Award winner
- Attended 20 award ceremonies, receptions and meals (12 at the INFORMS Annual Meeting and 8 at the Analytics Conference)
- Wrote 30 INFORMS Connect posts as well as many more posts on LinkedIn and X
- Showed up in approximately 1 gazillion pictures with INFORMS award winners at INFORMS conferences
- Most importantly, met countless members (Although I tried to meet every single member, I did not achieve that goal. Please introduce yourself in 2024 if we have not yet met.)
It has truly been an honor to serve as the 2023 INFORMS president. I look forward to continuing volunteer service to INFORMS and the OR/MS community as the past-president in 2024, and beyond as an INFORMS member. I know 2023 will be hard to beat, but I will keep crunching the numbers and the countless ways INFORMS members are making smarter decisions for a better world.
From ORMS Today
I’m grateful for the countless ways INFORMS members are making smarter decisions for a better world!
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