On Wednesday, November 17, AWESOME’s Founder and Chair Ann Drake became the first woman to deliver the Northwestern University Transportation Center’s William A. Patterson Transportation Lecture – now in its 39th year. Speaking also as the President and Founder of Lincoln Road Enterprises, Ann described the background for her topic —… Continue reading
At the recent AWESOME Scholar CONNECT! event, our 2021 AWESOME Excellence in Education Scholars met with Stephanie Powell Thomas, PhD, Associate Professor of Practice, Executive Director of Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence (WISE) at the University of Arkansas, and AWESOME Advisory Board member,… Continue reading
As supply chain organizations increase their interest in reducing their environmental footprint, one of AWESOME’s 2021 sponsors – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US)– has reached a major sustainability milestone and is now carbon negative. The global EY organization achieved carbon neutrality at the end of 2020; in January of 2021, EY leadership issued an ambition to be carbon negative in 2021 by setting targets to significantly reduce the organization’s absolute emissions and remove and offset more carbon than it emits. To reach the goal, EY followed through on seven key elements. Continue reading
In our recent Lead & Succeed Workshop with Meri Stevens, Worldwide Vice President Supply Chain – Consumer Health & Deliver at Johnson & Johnson, we discussed how to leverage what we learned in the pandemic to create more agile, resilient, and successful teams. To kick off the workshop, … Continue reading
At the recent AWESOME Scholar CONNECT! event, our 2021 AWESOME Excellence in Education Scholars met with the 2021 Friends of AWESOME Scholarships and AWESOME Advisors Fran Tucker, Nancy Nix, and Maria Nieradka to share their insights and knowledge with industry leaders. Continue reading
There’s no one better-positioned to talk about the challenges of 2020 than Kathy Wengel, the Vice President and Chief Global Supply Chain Officer at Johnson & Johnson. In her AWESOME Out-In-Front Talk, Kathy spoke about how J&J is building a resilient, and flexible supply chain ecosystem that’s committed to digital transformation. Continue reading
At the recent LIGHTNING Round, AWESOME leaders talked about steps their companies are taking – and, in some cases, planning to take – to improve sustainability. Which steps are feasible and have the potential to have the greatest impact vary by industry and type of business. Continue reading
At the recent AWESOME Scholar 𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘕𝘌𝘊𝘛! gathering, AWESOME Excellence in Education Scholars from 2019-2021 and AWESOME/MIT Advancing Women through Education (AWE) Fellows took advantage of the opportunity to ask questions of two successful supply chain pros. Continue reading
At the September 17th AWESOME LIGHTNING Round, leaders talked about what they’ve learned over the past year-and-a-half and how they’re moving forward with their teams. One of the participants said, “Let’s be honest…it’s a struggle.” Some of their team members are facing burn-out, leaders are trying to accommodate diverse concerns and situations while keeping their supply chain up and running,… Continue reading
For the first time since 2014, when the AWESOME Legendary Leadership (ALL) Award was created, the award presentation will take place at an ALL Award Luncheon, which will be held on October 7 from 11:30 to 2:30 pm at the University Club of Chicago. The 2021 honorees areLillian Dukes Lillian Dukes, SVP Technical Operations, Atlas Air Worldwide, and Jamie Rhee, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation. Continue reading
