INFORMS Ad-hoc
Diversity Committee
During the
Summer of 2006, Professor Mark S. Daskin of Northwestern
University,
the 2006 President of INFORMS (The Institute for
Operations Research and the Management Sciences), appointed an Ad-hoc
Committe
on Diversity. The commitee's preliminary findings, along with the
presentation on the findings, were presented to the INFORMS Board of
Directors at its meeting at the Annual INFORMS Meeting held in
Pittsburgh, PA, November 5-8, 2006.
Findings (pdf)
Presentation (pdf)
The Chair of the
Ad-hoc Committee, Professor Anna Nagurney, thanks President Daskin for
taking the initiative to examine diversity within INFORMS. She also
wishes to thank the committee members:
Dr. Ann Campbell, University of Iowa
Dr. Jim Cochran, Louisiana Tech University
Dr. Illya Hicks, Texas A&M University
Dr. Tava Olsen, Washington University
Dr. Susan Sanchez, Naval Postgraduate School
Dr. Z-J Max, University of California at Berkeley
Dr. Beril Toktay, Georgia Institute of Technology
Last Update: December 10, 2006