Mission
The committee's responsibility is to consider, and to recommend improvements in all aspects of the Institute's formal recognitions of outstanding contributions. These contributions may be in the theory, practice, or teaching of operations research and management sciences; to the Institute or the profession in general; at the senior, mid-career, junior, or student levels; and by individual works or cumulative achievements. Awards may be given by INFORMS alone or in conjunction with other societies. The committee should from time to time review the appropriateness of all the Institute's prizes, individually and as a set, their monetary components, medals and certificates; and all their procedural aspects, such as their names, eligibility requirements, composition of selection committees, notification, presentation, timing, etc.
2026 Committee Chair
Banafsheh Bahzad
California State University - Long Beach
[email protected]
Committee Members
Tim Jacobs, Walmart
Jonathan Owen, GM (Retired)
Daniel Reich, Naval Post Graduate School
Jessye Talley, Morgan State University
Emily Tucker, Clemson University
Jeremy Blake Watts, I-O Urology
Board Liaison: VP, Membership and Professional Recognition (Anahita Khojandi)
Staff Liaison: Membership, Prizes & Awards (Mary Magrogan)