NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER BOARD OF DIR

NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President - Shari Ruelas

Shari Ruelas is the Americas Supply Chain Manager for Chevron Oronite responsible for Planning, Procurement Operations, Logistics and Subcontracting. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nebraska and a MBA from the University of Houston. She has also earned her CPIM and CSCP certifications.

V.P. of Membership - David Fahr

David has served multiple capacities on the New Orleans Chapter Board for the past 10 years. Professionally, he has worked in a number of Supply Chain roles since graduating from LSU with an Operations Management degree in 1997. He currently works at Community Coffee Company in Baton Rouge as IT Manager. More recently, David helped lead a team of Community Coffee employees throughout the SAP implementation and continues to manage and guide the company on use of the new system. David has 8 years of SAP experience consisting of both functional and project management. In 2002, David received an M.B.A from Southeastern Louisiana University.

VP of Finance - Mary Ann Caruso

Mary Ann has served on the New Orleans APICS board for 5 years. She has been working in IT related jobs for 28 years. She has worked for the Laitram, L.L.C. in the Information Technology Services department for the past 25 years. She has been involved in varies IT related jobs from Programmer Analyst to Project Manager implementing ERP solutions. Mary Ann is currently a Data Base Administrator for Laitram's Oracle EBS application. Mary Ann graduated from Tulane University and has attended UNO working on her MBA.

VP of Administration - Dinah Desoto

Dinah has been a member of APICS since 1999 and has served on the Board of Directors for the New Orleans chapter since 2003. She has worked in various aspects of manufacturing for 30+ years. Dinah will be graduating from the University of New Orleans in December of 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and a minor in Management Information Systems. Dinah has also earned her CPIM certification through APICS. She is currently employed by Laitram Machine Shop in Harahan providing support in scheduling, capacity planning and forecasting.