University at Buffalo School of Management

Simpson's research in supply chains and emergency services appears in journals including the Journal of Operations Management, the Journal of the Operational Research Society, and the European Journal of Operational Research. Simpson received a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and both an MBA and PhD from the University of Florida. Her teaching interests include operations management and analytics, and she has earned numerous distinctions for instruction, including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Production and Operations Management Society's Wickham Skinner Award. She currently serves as President of the Decision Sciences Institute. Noon-1 p.m. — Lunch – Lobby Afternoon Keynote Presentation 1-1:30 p.m. — Keynote: She Persisted: A Journey to Improve Health through a Food System Social Enterprise – Ballroom Rita Hubbard-Robinson, Associate Director, CEO, Community Health Equity Research Institute, Neuwater & Associates, Buffalo Center for Health Equity This presentation will share the process of identifying and solving a problem, using a business model to generate wealth in a disinvested community. Hubbard-Robinson has been committed to the improvement of health and social determinants of health for more than 30 years. As a lead member of the African American Health Equity Taskforce, Hubbard- Robinson is building infrastructure of the newly formed community-based Buffalo Center for Health Equity. She is also one of four associate directors of the recently launched UB Community Health Equity Research Institute. She is a pioneer in efforts to bring health equity strategies to the City of Buffalo through several important partnerships and collaborations with health care, national and local foundations, and government. She is a leader in reimagined food systems: senior planner of the Healthy Community Store Initiative, Northland Avenue Food Oasis Initiative and visionary/developer of Project Rainfall, a food system social enterprise. 1:30 p.m. — BREAK 1:40-2:30 p.m. — Afternoon Breakout Sessions 1 a. Hesitant at the Helm: Potential Strengths of the Reluctant Leader – Ballroom Danielle Tussing, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources, UB School of Management Have you ever felt reluctant to lead? Contrary to advice that one must be completely confident to lead, recent research indicates that reluctant leaders have the potential to be effective on the job. In this session, we will explore common reasons why people are hesitant to be a leader, when and why reluctance to lead can be a resource, and how to help other employees manage their reluctance. Tussing teaches Organizational Behavior and Administration, and her research interests include work motivation, leadership and work-life boundary management. Her work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Organizational Behavior and featured in the Wall Street Journal. Danielle received her PhD in management at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where her advisor was Adam Grant. Prior to joining the faculty at UB, she was an assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. She received her Bachelor of Science with Honors in psychology from Davidson College and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. b. Employee Retention – Room 103 Ginine Capozzi, Founder and President, KnowledgeForce Consulting LLC Moderated by Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, Clinical Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources, and Faculty Director of Global Programs, UB School of Management

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