Increasing minority representation in Operations Research and Management Science

The purposes of the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum are:

• To foster minority representation in OR/MS;

• To develop ties between those interested in increasing the number of minority participants in OR/MS;

• To disseminate information about the issues facing minority researchers and practitioners.

Membership is free to student members of INFORMS.

Email: mif.informs@gmail.com

Minority Issues Forum Officers

Past President
Eduardo Pérez
Texas State University
eduardopr@txstate.edu

President
Shannon Harris
Virginia Commonwealth University
harriss10@vcu.edu

Vice President
Karen Hicklin
Mount Sinai Health System
karen.hicklin@mountsinai.org

Secretary
Mike Gordon
Virginia Tech
mmgordon@vt.edu

Treasurer
Daniel Otero-León
Harvard
dotero-leon@mgh.harvard.edu

Industry Liaison
Seun Ogunmodede
MITRE
oogunmod@mines.edu

Vice President of Communications
Gian-Gabriel Garcia
Georgia Tech
giangarcia@gatech.edu

Vice President of Communications
Juba Ziani
Georgia Tech
jziani3@gatech.edu

Junior Vice President of Communications
Jusse Hirwa
Chevron
jusse.hirwa@chevron.com

Webmaster
Aaron Swift
Colorado School of Mines
aswift@mines.edu

Vice President of Programs
Sofía Pérez-Guzmán
Georgia Tech
sofia.perez-guzman@ce.gatech.edu

Vice President of Programs
Wesley Marrero
Dartmouth College
wesley.marrero@dartmouth.edu

Junior Vice President of Programs
Mina Yi
Dartmouth College
Mina.Yi.TH@dartmouth.edu