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Spencer Ligon

Spencer Ligon

President

My name is Spencer Ligon and I am the current President of Arkansas Supply Chain Association.  An organization that hosts coffee chats with industry leaders, executive panels, intern/full time opportunities within the industry, and much more.

 My major is Supply Chain Management with a minor in Mandarin Chinese. I have always enjoyed how the world is connected so I chose to study International Business, but I decided to switch my major to Supply Chain after taking the intro course taught by Dr. Thomas. I have had three internships. My first two were with J.B Hunt both working in the intermodal department, and my third was with Whirlpool in the supply chain leadership development program. I have recently accepted a full-time role at Whirlpool after graduation in their 3.5 year rotational program for supply chain. 

 

Jacob MacKenna

Jacob MacKenna

Chief Operations Officer

Hi, my name is Jacob MacKenna.I am the Chief Operations Officer for Arkansas Supply Chain Association. I Am currently a Junior majoring in Supply Chain with a minor in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. I’m from Coppell, Texas (a suburb of Dallas). This past summer I had the opportunity to be a sales operations intern at Schneider National.  The role involved researching carriers, calling on same-day freight, quoting and negotiating loads, Scheduling freight, and learning how a large logistics company runs and operates. This job allowed me to grow and improve and gain an internship for this upcoming summer in which I will be a Supply Chain Intern for Hershey. In my spare time, some of the activities I enjoy are hiking camping watching sports such as football, basketball, and strongman.

Macie Daniels

Macie Daniels

Vice President of Administration

My name is Macie Daniels and I am currently serving as Vice President of Administration. I am a senior majoring in International Business with a concentration in Supply Chain Management and minoring in Chinese. I have had two summer internships with Mastercard and one co-op with Arvest Bank. This summer I will be joining Mastercard as a Network Operations Analyst. I am very excited to be joining a company where I can use my International Business, Supply Chain, and hopefully my Chinese knowledge! In my free time I love being outdoors hiking and biking. I am excited to be apart of ASCA this year!

Lindsey Jetton

Lindsey Jetton

Vice President of Finance

My name is Lindsey Jetton and I am a senior supply chain and accounting major from Russellville, Arkansas, and currently serving on ASCA as the Vice President of Finance. Last spring, I was the first supply chain intern at The Clorox Company’s Glad Manufacturing plant in Rogers, and I will be completing an internship with J.B. Hunt this upcoming semester. I am also involved in Kappa Kappa Gamma, serving as the Vice President of Finance. The Arkansas Supply Chain Association has connected her to multiple opportunities including LINK: The Retail Supply Chain Conference and the Future Leaders Program held by the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). 

Austin Burgess

Austin Burgess

Vice President of Honors Society

My name is Austin Burgess and I am a Senior studying Supply Chain Management and Organizational Leadership. I am someone who is dedicated to service, both professionally and personally. I put that into practice by serving at my church, in my workplace in ASCA as the VP of the Honors Society, and in the economics forum as its vice president. I am interning currently with The Fishin’ Company, a supplier for Walmart. In the past I also interned with Dextera, a small consulting firm in Little Rock, Arkansas. I strive to instill a culture of understanding, kindness, dedication, and selflessness in places that I lead and I hope that through ASCA’s partnership with the Springdale School District and Samaritan’s Feet that this can be accomplished!

Riley Ireland

Riley Ireland

Vice President of Public Relations

My name is Riley Ireland and I am the VP of Public Relations! I am a sophomore from Austin TX majoring in International Business: Supply Chain Management and minoring in Spanish. I am a proud member of the Gamma Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma and am involved in organizations such as WISE, UARK Running Club, and a Mamaka employee. One of my favorite classes was Intro to Information Systems and have found that having skills with Microsoft- and especially Excel -is extremely useful in every setting. I am beyond grateful to serve ASCA this term!

Kyleigh Duboise

Kyleigh Duboise

Vice President of Student Engagement

My name is Kyleigh Duboise and I am the Vice President of Student Engagement for ASCA. I’m currently a Senior here at the U of A and I am major in Supply Chain Management with a Minor in Business Analytics. Some fun facts about me are I love ranch dressing more than anyone you will ever meet, and I love to watch Spanish shows.

Donnie Williams

Donnie Williams

Advisor

Donnie Williams, Ph.D. in an Assistant Clinical Professor of Supply Chain Management and the Executive Director of the Supply Chain Management Research Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Williams has a BBA in Finance, an MBA and. Ph.D. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, all from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. Donnie has a passion to build a bridge between the logistics/supply chain industry and academia, seeking to build relationships that will benefit students, practitioners and faculty in a collaborative environment.  Donnie’s current research interests include understanding and overcoming barriers to innovation in the logistics industry, strategic human resource management through talent and workforce management, leadership in the logistics/supply chain environment and alignment between strategic goals and operational performance.  Dr. Williams is also part of a team of researchers that provides the annual DC Measures Benchmarking study for the Warehouse Educators Research Council (WERC).  Dr. Williams’ professional experience includes warehouse operations, project management and leadership training.  His work has been published in various academic and practitioner journals, including Transportation Journal, Marketing Theory and Practice, Transportation Management Journal, Supply Chain Management Review and Supply Chain Quarterly.