Staff and Affiliated Faculty

Staff Members

Shoshanah Cohen, Director
Shoshanah Cohen is Director of the Forum. Prior to joining the GSB, she was a partner at PRTM Management Consulting, where she led PRTM's Global Supply Chain Innovation practice. Shoshanah was one of the original developers of the Supply Chain Operations Reference-model® (SCOR®) and is co-author of the book Strategic Supply Chain Management: The 5 Disciplines for Top Performance. She holds an MBA from Harvard, an MA in Technology Strategy from Boston University, and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford.

Sonali Rammohan, SER Program Director
Sonali directs the Forum’s Socially and Environmentally Responsible (SER) Supply Chains program and manages SER-related research projects. She has written and published numerous case studies on responsible supply chains.  Prior to joining the Forum, she was a project manager at the GSB’s Center for Social Innovation.  Before coming to Stanford, she was a supply chain financial analyst at PepsiCo, and served as a consultant to and employee of several non-profit organizations. Sonali received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Davis Albohm, Project Manager

Davis Albohm, Project Manager
Davis has deep experience in international development and aid projects in the developing world.  He is currently managing a two-year health delivery research study based in Zambia's Southern Province. Davis spends significant time abroad, working alongside the project staff based in Zambia, to ensure effective and accurate data collection.  Davis holds an MA in African Studies from Stanford and a BA in History from Trinity College.

 

Angharad Porteous, Research Assistant
Angharad is a graduate research assistant, supporting the Forum's Initiative for the Study of Supply Chain Responsibility. Prior to entering Stanford's PhD program in Production & Operations Management, she held operations positions at several companies, including MeadWestvaco, Rolls Royce Engine, and Schlumberger. Angharad holds BA and MEng degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Tracey Wyatt, Program Coordinator
Tracey plans and manages all aspects of Forum events, manages department finances, oversees the database of global contacts, and provides administrative, marketing, and communications support. Before joining the GSB, Tracey worked in administrative and procurement roles at several local technology firms and was an event manager for several non-profit organizations.

Affiliated Faculty

Faculty affiliated with the Forum are involved with both teaching and researching the challenges and opportunities in designing and managing global supply chains. These faculty members are committed to working with Stanford students and the business community in the study and pursuit of excellence in supply chain management.

Dr. Joshua Cohen
Martha Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society
Professor of Political Science, Philosophy and Law
Director, Program on Global Justice, Freeman Spogli Institute

Dr. Feryal Erhun
Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, School of Engineering

Dr. Warren Hausman
Professor of Operations Management (by courtesy)
Professor of Management Science and Engineering, School of Engineering

Dr. Blake Johnson
Consulting Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, School of Engineering

Dr. Hau L. Lee
Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, GSB
Director of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum
Director of the Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains Executive Program

Dr. Haim Mendelson
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Professor of Electronic Business and Commerce and Management, GSB

Dr. Evan Porteus
Sanwa Bank Professor of Management Science, Emeritus, GSB

Dr. Erica Plambeck
Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, GSB
Senior Fellow (by courtesy), Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford

Dr. Robert Swinney
Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Technology

Dr. Seungjin Whang
Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, GSB
Codirector of the Stanford-National University of Singapore Executive Program in International Management

Senior Research Fellows

Dr. Eric Johnson
Benjamin Ames Kimball Professor of the Science of Administration
Director, Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Dr. Chris Tang
Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration UCLA, Anderson School of Management

Dr. Andy Tsay
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Operations Management & Information Systems
Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

Kevin O'Marah
Head of Faculty, SCM World