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

President
Shannon Harris
Virginia Commonwealth University
harriss10@vcu.edu

Jessye Bemley Talley
Morgan State University
jessye.bemleytalley@morgan.edu

Secretary
Sofia Perez-Guzman
Georgia Tech
sofia.perez-guzman@ce.gatech.edu

Treasurer
Mike Gordon
Virginia Tech
mmgordon@vt.edu

Industry Liaison
Soheil Sibdari
UMass Dartmouth
ssibdari@umassd.edu

Vice President of Communications
Omer Shakeel
UTHealth Houston
omershakeel96@gmail.com

Vice President of Communications
Veronica White
Florida A&M University
vwhite@eng.famu.fsu.edu

Webmaster
Mina Yi
Dartmouth College
mina.yi.th@dartmouth.edu

Vice President of Programs
Arda Yenipazarli
Georgia Southern University
ayenipazarli@georgiasouthern.edu

Vice President of Programs
Himdari Gupta
Colorado State University Pueblo
himadri.gupta@csupueblo.edu

Junior Vice President of Programs
Tongrui Zhang
Sun Yat-Sen University
zhangtr3@mail2.sysu.edu.cn