Logistics and Supply Chain Management Advisory Board Members
Dr. Michael Gambrel
LSCM Advisory Board President
Senior Transformation Consultant
Community Health Network
Dr. Michael Gambrel brings over 20 years of experience across multiple industries including telecommunications, retail, advertising, logistics, financial services, and healthcare. He currently serves as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with Community Health Network working in Performance Excellence. He has held senior positions in operations, improvement, and analytics along with experience teaching operations management, Lean Six Sigma, and quality improvement at Ball State and Franklin University. Dr. Gambrel holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Franklin University, an MBA from Ball State with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Health Economics, Policy, and Administration and a doctorate in Healthcare Administration from Franklin University. Additionally, he holds certifications in Lean Six Sigma and SAFe Agile Methodology.
Lolita Chandler
Senior Executive
Guidenar
With over 20 years of business and leadership experience, Lolita Chandler has leveraged business analytics for strategic decision-making and operational excellence across various sectors. As Founder and CEO of Guidenar, an innovative EdTech company, Lolita is utilizing analytics to forge career readiness solutions, aligning educational outcomes with market needs. At Google, Lolita's role as Head of Partner Process & Requirements Automation involved extensive use of business analytics to automate partner solutions and develop Go-To-Market strategies, significantly enhancing efficiency and stakeholder engagement. Prior to Google, Lolita held data-driven leadership roles at OneAmerica and Roche Diagnostics. Lolita possesses an MBA from Ball State University and a bachelor’s in organizational leadership and Supervision in Technology from Purdue University.
Braxton Forestal
Toll Technology Analyst
HNTB Corporation
Braxton Forestal is a Data Analytics expert with almost a decade of experience in the field. He graduated from Ball State in 2015 with a BA and continued on to graduate with his MBA in 2017. He started his time with TMC Transportation helping the logistics department solve all manner of data problems. Currently, he is working for HNTB as a data consultant for a project between KY and IN on the Ohio River Bridges tolling project.
Dwayne Gott
Retired logistics and supply chain manager
Dwayne is a member of Ball State University class of 1975, B.S. in Journalism with minor in Business Administration. He received MBA from Indiana University Kelley School of Business 1982. Dwayne has over 42 years of supply chain management experience in warehouse and delivery operations and purchasing/inventory management with regional and national companies including Ferguson and Unisource. He is now retired.
Aaron Jones
Bastian Solutions President & CEO
As President and CEO of Bastian Solutions, Aaron led his organization through the transition of becoming a subsidiary of Toyota Automated Logistics in 2017. During his tenure as president of Bastian Solutions which started in 2014, they have grown their revenues from $150M to $760M. He has been employed at Bastian Solutions since 2005, serving as a regional manager, national director, and vice president before taking on his role as president succeeding Bill Bastian II. He became the President and CEO in April of 2022. Before Bastian Solutions, he worked as a product design engineer at Ford Motor Co./Visteon Corp from 2000- 2005. From 1997-2000, he played professional baseball within the New York Yankee organization. While at Bastian Solutions, Aaron has received several patents in robotic applications and automated guided vehicles (AGVs). He has led five strategic acquisitions for the company in the software, consulting, integration, and AGV functional areas. Since 2014, Bastian Solutions has been recognized numerous times as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana, Louisville, Texas, and St. Louis. Aaron holds a master’s degree in engineering management from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Southern Illinois University, while also being named the Universities Top Scholar Athlete and an All-American Baseball Player.
Yancey Jones
Sourcing Director/Global Category Leader- Product Testing/Manufacturing Goods & Services Team
Cummins, Inc.
Within the Corporate Indirect Purchasing team, Yancey is responsible for a global team of sourcing team members that negotiate over $900+ Million in spending on our manufacturing plants globally. They support all supplier-related contracts, terms, and pricing within the Product Testing/Manufacturing Goods & Services category. He has worked within Cummins for over 14 years in the Corporate Indirect Purchasing area leading multiple teams. Prior to working for Cummins, Yancey worked for supply chain within Ford Motor Company and General Motors in plants and corporate. Yancey holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and supply chain logistics from Ball State University and an MBA in Business Leadership from Baker College. He has a Green Belt in Six Sigma along with being a Certified Professional in Supply Manager (CPSM). He is also a graduate of the Cummins Global Leadership Development Program. Yancey represents the North America supplier diversity initiatives for all Corporate Indirect Purchasing. He’s previously been a leader within the Indiana Black Expo’s Summer Celebration representing Cummins volunteers. He has been a part of the Ball State University’s Logistica & Supply Chain Advisory Board for over 14 years and is an annual presenter at their Dialogue Days event. Yancey has been a leader within his church’s volunteers for the Recreation Ministry and other ministries over the years. Finally, he’s one of the contributors for the Cummins Advocating for Racial Equity (CARE) initiative for the Supplier Impact committee providing diversity procurement support. He lives in Fortville, IN, with his wife, Channelle and two dogs, Cate and Carter. He loves to travel globally and has been a big Formula 1 fan for over 20 years. He also loves to spend time watching sports and riding bikes with his wife, daughter, Monay and son-in-law, Dayo.
Megan Mills
Vice President
Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.
Megan is the Vice President of Global Procurement at Genesys, the global leader in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions. Prior to Genesys, Megan spent over 20 years in progressive procurement, operations, supply chain management, and business leadership roles at Allegion, Ingersoll Rand, and Delta Faucet. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management from Ball State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Colorado State University.
Jeff Payne
Chief of Staff
Director of Portfolio Management & Continuous Improvement
Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company