Supply Chain Management Department
Our Team
At the heart of the Haslam College of Business Supply Chain Management Department is a team of dedicated professionals committed to excellence in education, research, and community engagement. Our faculty and staff are here to provide students with the support, resources, and expertise needed to succeed academically and professionally. Whether guiding groundbreaking research, offering personalized academic advice, or fostering connections with industry leaders, the Supply Chain Management team is driven by a shared passion for empowering the next generation of economists.
Supply Chain Management Department
Faculty & Staff
Yemisi Bolumole
Supply Chain Department Head, Ryder Professor of Supply Chain Management
Yemisi Bolumole is the head of Haslam’s Department of Supply Chain Management and Ryder Professor of Supply Chain Management in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. Before this, she was an associate professor of supply chain management for the Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business and the director of the transportation and logistics program in the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida. Prior to joining academia, Bolumole worked in the oil/gas and third-party logistics sectors in operations management and business development. She earned her doctorate in logistics and supply chain management…
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Faculty
Chad Autry
Associate Dean, Myers Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, R. Stanley Bowden II Faculty Research Fellow
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John Bell
John H. “Red” Dove Professor of Supply Chain Management, Nancy & David McKinney Faculty Fellow
Christopher Craighead
FedEx Chair in Supply Chain Management, Sarah Alice & Tommy Bronson Faculty Fellow
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Scott DeGroot
Managing Director, Global Supply Chain Institute; Adjunct Lecturer of Supply Chain Management
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Pam Donovan
Director, M.S. Supply Chain Management Online; Assistant Department Head; Associate Professor of Practice
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Thomas Goldsby
Dee & Jimmy Haslam Chair of Supply Chain, David P. Perrot Supply Chain Management Faculty Fellow
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Dan Pellathy
Assistant Professor of Practice; Director of Operations, Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative
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Andrea Prud’homme
Benz Supply Chain Leadership Fellow, Professor of Practice, Undergraduate Program Director
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Lance Saunders
Jerry & Suzanne Ratledge Professor of Supply Chain Management, Vallett Family Faculty Fellow
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Ben Skipper
Associate Professor of Practice, Executive Director of Aerospace & Defense Programs, Director of Heath Integrated Business & Engineering Program
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Wendy Tate
McCormick Professor of Supply Chain Management, Ray & Joan Myatt Faculty Fellow
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Izabela Vandeest
Assistant Director, Supply Chain Management Division of Graduate and Executive Education
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Staff
Cole Burns
Director, SCM Student Development and Career Management, Global Supply Chain Institute; Adjunct Lecturer
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