Anne Strauss-Wieder, Senior Freight and Logistics Executive and Rutgers University Lecturer

Abstract

Maritime cargo movements are often part of multimodal supply chains, particularly in international corridors.  This presentation discusses how disruptive events are characterized within a supply chain context, provides several examples of disruptive events and impacts, and articulates some of the approaches for managing through disruptive events. 

Bio:

Anne Strauss-Wieder is a nationally respected senior executive with over 45 years of public and private sector experience involving supply chains, industrial and economic development, resilience, and freight movement. She was the 2022 recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship. Strauss-Wieder has served in leadership roles in several national professional organizations. She was an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s advisory committee on supply chain competitiveness and the U.S. Maritime Administration’s marine transportation system national advisory committee. She is a Senior Freight and Logistics Researcher and teaches a graduate class on freight and public policy at Rutgers. Strauss-Wieder has a Master's in regional science from the University of Pennsylvania and was a 2010 Lead New Jersey Fellow.

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