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INSTITUTE FOR SUPPLY MANAGEMENT® HONORS 30 UNDER 30 RISING SUPPLY CHAIN STARS

Winners represent future leaders, as standout and passionate problem-solvers

, /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Supply Management^® (ISM^®) announced the winners of the 2024-2025 30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars Recognition Program to honor global emerging leaders across various industries and supply management disciplines. The top nominee or "megawatt" winner from the 30 Under 30 is Erika Espinosa, a Wells Category Manager at Chevron.

"The achievements and skills of this group are extraordinary," said Thomas W. Derry, chief executive officer of ISM. "We're continually impressed by the standout initiative, leadership, and abilities these young professionals have demonstrated to drive value across their organizations."

Now in its eleventh year, the ISM program honors individuals who are 30 or younger and demonstrate leadership, innovation, collaboration, and other outstanding attributes--at work and through their professional associations. Intended to help bridge the talent gap in procurement and supply management for younger generations, the program highlights role models for aspiring supply chain practitioners and students.

Hundreds of applications are received annually, and a rigorous review process assesses candidates based on detailed nominations provided by professional peers, leaders, and executives.

Working in the United States, Belgium, Canada, India, and Costa Rica, the honorees are making their mark on the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, aerospace and defense, oil and gas, and business services industries, among others. Sixty percent of the winners are women, and the median age is 28.

"The latest 30 Under 30 winners exemplify the new generation of supply chain leadership and demonstrate how high performers can make an impact on the profession," said Derry.

Megawatt winner Erika Espinosa, for example, manages a US$300 million annual spend across Gulf of Mexico offshore assets in her current role as a wells category manager. In her previous role at Chevron, Espinosa served as the sole procurement specialist for the Mexico fuels and lubricants division. She quickly identified gaps in the contracting and procurement processes and shifted her focus to improve supply chain management capabilities in Mexico. With minimal direction and working in her second language, Spanish, she established a SCM organization and deployed a country-specific shaping plan aimed at strategic impact with minimal resources. Key achievements included building a governance board, integrating a shared services model, strengthening category strategies and implementing a new procurement system.

The full list of the outstanding ISM 30 Under 30 winners includes:

Andrea Macchiusi, Senior procurement manager, GSK (Bradford, Ontario, Canada)
Anna Skelton, Senior manager, sourcing customer strategy, Grainger (Chicago)
Annie Fishback, Construction services procurement manager, QTS Data Centers (Dallas)
Anwar Haj, MBA, CPSM, Category procurement buyer, Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.)
Bianca Cianelli Doto, Site procurement specialist and interim planning and purchasing manager, GSK (Philadelphia)
Briana Becker, MBA, Senior procurement specialist, Qualcomm (San Diego)
Christa Boon, MBA, Wells category manager, Chevron New Energies, Chevron (Houston)
Cross Kotrozo, Category manager II, raw materials, United States Steel Corporation (Pittsburgh)
David Reiling, Category manager, logistics, Chevron (Covington, La.)
Erika Espinosa, Wells category manager, Chevron (Houston)
Gaurav Singh Chaudhary, MSCM, Channel planning manager, service supply chain, Tesla Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.)
Jason Aristides, Chief executive officer and co-founder, OpenTug (Seattle)
Katherine Johnson, MS, Principal supply chain planning specialist, Northrop Grumman Corporation (Dallas)
Kenneth Pilkington, MBA, Procurement PMO manager, Flex (Austin)
Logan Schnur, Category manager, Ball Corporation (Denver)
Laura Martínez Guerra, MBA, Senior sourcing specialist, acquisitions, Boston Scientific (Santa Ana, San Jose, Costa Rica)
Natalie Schulhof, CPSM, Contracting officer, United States Postal Service (Washington, D.C.)
Nayantara Mehta, MSCM, Innovation program manager, digital, CMA CGM (Norfolk, Va.)
Nina Benhamida, Corporate procurement manager, Hilton Supply Management (McLean, Va.)
Pong Shao, MS, OEM business manager, EE sourcing manager, Amazon (San Francisco)
Rachel Ley, Project leader, Boston Consulting Group (Minneapolis)
Rohan Shandilya, MBA, Associate manager, procurement transformation, Haleon (Bengaluru, India)
Ryan Miller, Senior strategic sourcing analyst, H.B. Fuller (Aurora, Ill.)
Ryan O'Neill, Supplier development engineer, Caterpillar Inc. (Chillicothe, Ill.)
Ryan Schmidt, Manager, supply chain, Capital One (Philadelphia)
Sally Musa, MS, Supplier inventory manager, Wayfair (Boston)
Shang Chen, MSCM, CPIM, Network design planner, Amazon Air, Amazon (Bellevue, Wash.)
Stefania Consiglio, MS, Procurement future leaders programme associate, GSK (Brussels, Belgium)
Stephanie Duda, Category manager I, global procurement, United States Steel Corporation (Pittsburgh)
Sudharsan Sathya Narayanan, Associate procurement professional, Caterpillar Inc. (Thiruvallur, India)

All 30 Under 30 winners receive a one-year ISM membership and complimentary admittance to ISM World, ISM's annual conference, June 1 - 3, 2025 and the ISM Awards Gala on June 2, 2025 where all winners will be recognized and celebrated.

For more details on the winners, please visit www.ISMWorld.org.

About Institute for Supply Management^® (ISM^®)
Institute for Supply Management^® (ISM^®) is the first and leading not-for-profit professional supply management organization worldwide. Its community of more than 50,000 in more than 100 countries around the world manage about US$1 trillion in corporate and government supply chain procurement annually. Founded in 1915 by practitioners, ISM is committed to advancing the strategy and practice of integrated, end-to-end supply chain management through leading edge data-driven resources, community, and education to empower individuals, create organizational value and to drive competitive advantage. ISM's vision is to foster a prosperous, sustainable world. ISM empowers and leads the profession through the ISM^® Report On Business^®, its highly-regarded certification and training programs, corporate services, events and assessments. The ISM^®Report On Business^®, Manufacturing, Services, and Hospital are three of the most reliable economic indicators available, providing guidance to supply management professionals, economists, analysts, and government and business leaders. For more information, please visit: www.ismworld.org.