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December 2017 | ISE Magazine 57 president - elect K.J. (Jamie) Rogers Associate Chair, Depart- ial, actur ersity of Texas at Texas If elected, I will work to preserve, protect and defend in- dustrial and systems engineering professionals as the gold standard for solving our critical global challenges. Most importantly, my focus will be to improve the impact of IISE and the profession. Together, we can strategically build on IISE's relationships to increase visibility and rele- vance, domestically and internationally. As we more clear- ly communicate the impact of our profession, the value proposition of IISE to students and working professionals will grow, compelling lifelong partnerships. I will leverage my recent experience as ABET president, which provides unique networking capabilities and perspective for this ex- citing opportunity to serve IISE. senior vice president at large, academics Leslie F. Monplaisir hair, Wa ersity Detroit I will strive to shape opportunities for the growth of the profession. IE is the engineering discipline least under- stood by industry and by high school educators. This po- sition will provide me a platform to reach out to industry, schools and the general community to raise the aware- ness of IE as a career and the significant impact of IE in transforming the economy. I will continue to build and strengthen our student chapters. We need to encourage strongly that all IE programs around the United States support a vibrant student chapter. Finally, I will work to- ward expanding membership by encouraging our young- er members to become engaged and active. Sunderesh Heragu Head, Humphreys Chair, Sc ial ersity Stillwater, Oklahoma IISE is very good at providing networking and leader- ship opportunities. By targeting and recruiting engineers from industry, IISE can provide these opportunities to even more ISEs and grow membership. I will help vol- unteers and leaders develop and promote the next genera- tion. Together, we will develop strategies to communicate regularly and effectively to the broader public on multiple media about the trends that we see emerge around us and how ISEs help exploit these trends (artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles and drones, internet of things, machine learning, sharing economy and virtual reality) for our soci- ety's benefit. Great days are ahead for our beloved institute. Ann Bisantz Professor, ersity at Buffalo, The State ersity of New York Buffalo, New York My wide range of academic experiences – teacher, advisor, mentor and administrator – will allow me to improve the industrial engineering profession by bringing important viewpoints to IISE that can strengthen ties between the IISE organization and academic departments, helping to improve educational programs at all levels and to increase diversity within the profession. Similarly, based on these experiences I can identify mutual ways that academic de- partments can be responsive to industry needs and ways in which industry leaders can advocate for industrial and sys- tems engineering education as well as research at local, state and national levels – addressing important and timely needs in workforce development and higher education.