Our department fosters lasting connections with industry leaders, and those bonds have led to robust, active advisory boards, which provide us with advice, resources, guest speakers, funding for scholarships, field trips, internships, and faculty consulting opportunities. Our boards also ensure that curriculum meet the needs of employers.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Advisory Board Members

A headshot of Ian Francis with dark hair styled in a fade with a quiff on top and a well-groomed beard and mustache. He is wearing a crisp white button-down shirt and looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. The background is a textured light grey wall.

Ian Francis
LSCM Advisory Board President
General Manager
DHL Supply Chain

 

 

 

A professional headshot of Aaron Jones with a shaved head and a light complexion. He is smiling slightly and wearing a dark blazer over a blue and white pinstriped button-down shirt. The background features a geometric pattern of light blue and grey triangles.

  Aaron Jones
President and CEO
Bastian Solutions

 

 

 

 

Braxton Forestal 
IT Project Analyst 
Eli Lilly and Company

 

 

 

Dwayne Gott 
Consultant for Cardinal Indiana Consulting LLC.

Ball State University class of 1975, B.S. in Journalism with minor in Business Administration.  MBA from Indiana University Kelley School of Business 1982.  Over 30 years of supply chain management experience in warehouse and delivery operations and purchasing/inventory management with regional and national companies including Ferguson and Unisource.  Currently retired but continuing as a consultant in the field as Cardinal Indiana Consulting LLC. 

Yancey Jones
Corporate Indirect Purchasing Sourcing Director
Cummins, Inc.

 

 

 

Megan Mills
Vice President of Procurement
Genesys

Genesys is the industry’s #1 customer experience platform and leads in both cloud and on-premise customer engagement solutions. Prior to Genesys, Megan was the Business Leader for Schlage Residential Locks at Allegion and has spent over 13 years in progressive procurement, operations, and supply chain management roles at Allegion, Ingersoll Rand, and Delta Faucet. 

Megan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management from Ball State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Colorado State University.  Megan and her husband, Lance, have 2 children, Crosby and Monroe.

Jeff Payne 
 Director of Project Management
Loram, Inc.

 

 

 

 

A professional headshot of Jason Fry smiling with short brown hair and a groomed beard. He is wearing a dark suit jacket, a white dress shirt, and a vibrant red tie. The background is a blurred, neutral-toned stone or tile wall. Jason Fry
 Senior Manager, Customer Coverage Strategy
W.W. Grainger, Inc.

 

 

 

A portrait of Sahar Montalvo with long, wavy dark hair and a goatee, smiling broadly. He is wearing a patterned navy and purple plaid blazer over a light-colored shirt with a decorative collar. He is posed with one hand slightly raised, set against a plain, light-colored background.

  Sahar Montalvo
General Manager
DHL Supply Chain

 

 

 

Image of Drake Dillard in a red shirt

  Drake Dillard
Supply Chain Manager
GKN Aerospace

Business Analytics and Information Systems Advisory Board Members

Mike Butler
First Merchants

Chris Crittenden

Emil Ekiyor

Jeni Elkins

Mike Hineline

Peter Jerkewitz
Novus Works

Brian Kovacs

Linc Mitchell

Joel Patrick

Eric Stanley

Melissa Stratton

Dennis Trinkle