Amy R. Ward is the Rothman Family Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  She received her Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 2001.  She is a fellow of the INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM) Society (elected June, 2023).  She is the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Operations Research (term began 1/1/2024).  Earlier, she held the position of Chair of the INFORMS Applied Probability Society (term 11/2016-11/2018).