| Ali E. Abbas Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering University of Southern California | For distinguished contributions to Decision Analysis, including influential papers and textbooks; for being a public spokesperson for the profession; and for leadership in studying and applying ethical decision-making. |
| Jose H. Blanchet Professor, Management Science & Engineering Department Stanford University
| For contributions to applied probability and stochastic systems; for advancing rare event simulation, exact sampling, and the use of optimal transport in distributionally robust optimization; and for sustained service to the community. |
| Timothy C. Y. Chan
Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Strategic Initiatives University of Toronto
| For outstanding contributions to inverse optimization; impactful applications of OR in healthcare and sports; and an exceptional record of educational innovation, student mentorship, and service. | |
| Oktay Günlük Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Tech
| For fundamental contributions to integer optimization; managerial leadership of multiple large-scale industrial applications; and for service to both INFORMS and the optimization community. | |
| Timothy L. Jacobs Vice President, Applied AI and Machine Learning Walmart
| For advancing operations research practice by developing and deploying pioneering optimization systems in airline scheduling, revenue management, air logistics, and transportation marketplaces, delivering billions in documented industry impact. |
| Robin Lougee Founder and Principal Lougee Decision Intelligence
| For practical applications of operations research and advanced analytics models across diverse industries; for development and promotion of open-source optimization through COIN-OR; and for sustained professional service to INFORMS. |
| Elise Miller-Hooks
Bill & Eleanor Hazel Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Engineering George Mason University
| For contributions to stochastic and dynamic network optimization, transportation systems, and infrastructure resilience, with consequential impact on disaster preparedness, sustainable infrastructure, and transportation practice. |
| Johannes O. Royset
Professor, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial University of Southern California
| For extensive contributions to the field of optimization under uncertainty, including innovative research and expository books and tutorials; for applying OR techniques to important practical problems; and for providing service to the INFORMS community. | |
| Huseyin Topaloglu
Professor, Department Operations Research Cornell University
| For deep theoretical advances in operations management, particularly in revenue management and assortment optimization; for transformative impact on industry practice; distinguished teaching; and dedicated service to the profession. |
| Amy R. Ward Rothman Family Professor of Operations Management and Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow University of Chicago
| For distinguished service to INFORMS publications and the Applied Probability Society, and for contributions to the intersections of stochastics and operations management, particularly in queueing theory. |
| Yuehwern Yih Tompkins Distinquished Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering Purdue University
| For pioneering contributions to healthcare engineering and humanitarian logistics and advancing the deployment of operations research in complex real-world environments with global societal impacts. | |
| Bert Zwart Group Leader and Professor, Stochastics Center for Mathematics & Computer Science CWI Amsterdam & Eindhoven University of Technology | For sustained fundamental contributions to applied probability, in particular the analysis of heavy-tailed stochastic systems and applications to computer, communication, and electricity networks. |
