Category: News & Events

It was no surprise to AWESOME that Ashley Servais, a 2020 AWESOME Scholar who is soon to graduate from the Neeley School of Business at TCU, was chosen by Poets & Quants, a high-profile publication for undergrads, as one of the 2021 Best & Brightest Business Majors. She has had an outstanding collegiate career and, after graduation, will begin a position with Dell Technologies in their Supply Chain Development Program. In honor of Ashley’s selection, we decided to explore her “roots.” We learned that both parents are supply chain professionals. What led Ashley to choose supply chain and excel in it? We talked with Ashley and her mom, Donna (Lao) Servais, Sr. Director, Transportation, International Operations at Office Depot. Continue reading

Leaders who participated in two recent AWESOME events brought their own experiences and insights to a discussion facilitated by Deloitte. The March 17th Cross-Industry Collaboration focused on 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏 and the March 19th 𝘓𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎 Round addressed 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝑬𝑿𝑻 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔. Continue reading

David Copeland has joined the AWESOME leadership team as Chief Financial Officer, and Malia Beal, who has provided leadership for a range of AWESOME initiatives since early 2020, has joined the team as Vice President of Strategic Platforms. Continue reading

At an AWESOME/Gartner Strategic Partnership Session on Tuesday, February 9, a panel of executives who have first-hand experience with leading major change and being champions of diversity and inclusion in their organizations talked about what works and what doesn’t. Continue reading

The AWESOME Transformative Leadership Panel held on January 21 featured leaders from top companies providing supply chain services, who described 2020 as a year when everything changed and opened new possibilities for their companies and their customers in 2021. Continue reading

Our AWESOME CEO Ann Drake applies the lessons in leadership from last week’s events in Washington, D.C. and reminds supply chain leaders how their intelligent, rational, holistic leadership can transform an industry and help change the world. Continue reading

“At certain times of year, it just seems right to reflect and start fresh. How can we make 2021 a better year than 2020? That will be easy, you might say…” Continue reading

In 2021, the AWESOME Excellence in Education Scholarship Program will add three new dimensions.  The program, launched in 2013, has awarded experiential scholarships each year to women enrolled in university MBA, MS or undergraduate supply chain programs. Continue reading

Last week, AWESOME Scholars and Fellows from across the country gathered, virtually, for the inaugural AWESOME Scholar Forum, a multi-session series delivering actionable, career development content to these future supply chain leaders. Continue reading

“The AWESOME Advisory Board has ensured that we have the involvement and support of a broad base of senior women in supply chain. From the very beginning, they have enthusiastically embraced our vision to advance and transform the future of supply chain leadership.” -Ann Drake, AWESOME Founder & Chairman Continue reading