Building Supply Chain Leadership
The Supply Chain Advisory Council was launched in the fall of 2020 by the Supply Chain Management faculty to include six members – Scott Sexton, Pam Wiseman, Jenn Kling, Robert Cook, Matthew Moton and Todd Avery. The council's founding members helped build the mission of the Supply Chain Management
program to create a focus on building supply chain leaders.
Together with the supply chain faculty, the council developed the guiding goals of the program to build supply chain leaders by:
- Building Professionals
- Building Problem Solvers
- Building Stewardship
- Building Resilience
- Building Values
- Building Collaboration
The advisory council has expanded to include eight members in addition to four founding members. The advisory council now engages supply chain leaders and Baylor alumni across industries: Kathy Burnaman (Rain Incubator), Robert Cook (Parhelia Biosciences), Ricky Dickson (Blue Bell Creameries), Jimmy Garza (Bebo Distributing), Joel Hoyt (HEB), Whitney Klemm (Danone), Jenn Kling (Alkegen), Denton McLane (McLane Global), Norma Payne (DIF Transportation), Scott Sexton (Ever.Ag), Pam Wiseman (Supply Chain Advisory Services LLC) and Loren Smith (Skyline).
The goal of the advisory council continues to focus on partnering with faculty to build supply chain leaders through envisioning the necessary experiences supply chain students need to be competitive and competent leaders in global supply chains after Baylor. Advisory council members join faculty and students twice a year to engage with students, bring industry insights to the program and support supply chain education at Baylor.
In the spring of 2024, the advisory council met on campus for a day of faculty engagement, student mentoring and brainstorming about the future impact of the Baylor supply chain program. During the course of the day, Denton McLane shared with students his journey from Baylor to the boardroom of McLane Global and Loren Smith shared highlights from Capitol Hill regarding supply chain trends and legislation.
The faculty and board had a conversation centered around building stewardship to further shape and provide language for the supply chain thought leadership unique to Baylor:
Economic development and human flourishing are driven by two primary market factors: economic growth and technology. From a Christian standpoint, flourishing goes beyond material wealth and includes the reconciliation of our relationships with God, self, society, and creation. We can contribute to human flourishing through supply chain stewardship and transformative research, which goes beyond risk mitigation to include supply chain integrity and responsibility to align with stakeholder values to grow economic and technological opportunities.
