WHO ARE WE?

Purpose. Established in 1995, the purpose of the Forum on Women in OR/MS is:

- To encourage interest in the field of operations research and the management sciences;

- To encourage discussion and interaction among individuals having interest in the issues facing women and its relationship to the profession of operations research and the management sciences;

- To advise the INFORMS Board on aspects of issues facing women in the profession of operations research and the management sciences and to keep the INFORMS Board apprised of developments in this area.

Past Presidents. The Forum on Women in OR/MS has served the OR/MS community under the leadership of the following past presidents since its inception:

Term	President
1993-1995	Susan Sanchez (chair of ad hoc committee)
1995-1996	Sharon Johnson
1996-1997	Cindy Barnhart
1997-1998	Donna Llewellyn
1998-1999	Candi Yano
1999-2000	Brenda Dietrich
2000-2001	Elise Miller-Hooks
2001-2002	Janny Leung
2002-2003	Robin Lougee-Heimer
2003-2004	Susan Sanchez
2004-2005	Amelia Regan
2005-2006	Pinar Keskinocak
2006-2007	Sila Cetinkaya
2007-2008	Jill R. Hardin
2008-2009	Ana Muriel

Sponsorship. The Forum on Women in OR/MS organizes activities to foster interaction among forum members and welcome new members. We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors for these activities.

Meeting	Location	Sponsors
Fall 1997	Dallas	IBM Research
Spring 1999	Cincinnati	IBM Research
Fall 1999	Philadelphia	First USA Bank
Spring 2000	Salt Lake City	Hewlett-Packard Labs
Fall 2000	San Antonio	Vector Research Level 3 Communications
2001	Miami Beach	IBM Research The INFORMS Miami Organizing Committee INFORMS Roundtable
2002	San Jose	IBM Research
2003	Atlanta	Georgia Institute of Technology
2004	Denver	Leeds School of Business at UC-Boulder
2005	San Francisco	Georgia Institute of Technology ILOG SAS Stanford University, Management Sci & Eng Stanford, Grad School of Business University of Maryland, School of Business University of Florida, Dept of Ind & Sys Eng
2006	Pittsburgh	University of Pittsburgh, Industrial Engineering INFORMS Pittsburgh Local Organizing Committee University of Florida, College of Engineering University of Florida, Dep of Ind & Sys Eng ILOG, Inc. SAS Institute Texas A&M University, Ind& Sys Eng Dept ILOG, Inc. Arizona State University, Dept of Ind Eng Penn State, Smeal College Washington University at St Louis, Olin School
2007	Seattle	ILOG, Inc. SAS Institute University of Pittsburgh, Industrial Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Massachusetts, College of Engineering Virginia Commonwealth University, Stats/OR Penn State Berks University of Washington, College of Engineering

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