John Berry
John R. Berry is founder and Chairman of The Family Business Boardroom, Inc., which assists family firms in developing effective boards.
Most recently, Berry was a Senior Partner of Heidrick & Struggles, an international Board Director and Executive Search Consulting firm. His search industry peers chose him as one of the top 250 Search Consultants in the United States.
Berry was recruited to Holland America Line as the non-family President and CEO of this family-owned business. He turned the firm around financially and ensured its continuity.
Prior to Berry’s 12 years in the Executive Search field, he spent 10 years as an Entrepreneur. With partners, he started up three businesses.
Berry is a former member of Loyola University Chicago’s Council of Regents, a former Board Director on its Family Business Center and a former Board Member of Loyola University’s Center for Ethics and Social Justice.
Berry is a member of the Chicago Chapter of the World President Organization and President of the Board of Trustees of The Kenilworth Union Church, Kenilworth, Illinois. He was President of the Board of Trustees of Colorado Academy, a Trustee of American Field Service (AFS), a member of the Young Presidents Organization and his Chapter’s Chairman, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chief Executives Organization.
Berry received his Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Colorado, Boulder.
Charles L. Brazik
Charles Brazik is the principal of The Brazik Group, LLC, a retained executive search and consulting practice. Previously he was an owner/partner of Performance Technology Group.
Brazik began his career in education, as a high school Marketing Education teacher and then as an Associate Professor, Business Education, at Bowling Green State University. He has extensive experience in human resources, leading the training efforts for Allied Supermarkets, Inc.; May Department Stores; and Goldblatt’s Department Stores. Brazik was Vice President of Human Resources for Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing Division and then Time Warner Cable Communications. He was Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Risk Managment for Dominick’s Finer Foods, Inc.
Brazik has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and Master of Science degree in Education from Bowling Green State University. He was a participant in the Doctoral Program at Bowling Green State University and Ohio State University.
He joined the DSC Advisory Board of Directors in 1999.
Ann M. Drake
Ann Drake is Chief Executive Officer of DSC Logistics.
Since becoming CEO in 1995, Ann has guided DSC through a transformation from an extended family of 22 separate companies to a nationwide network of integrated logistics and supply chain management operations. She restructured DSC around an information-age strategy known as sense-and-respond which enables DSC to help customers make the most of rapid and dramatic change in the marketplace.
Prior to being named CEO, Ann served as Executive Vice President from 1990 and as a member of the Advisory Board of Directors from 1985.
Ann is currently a member of The Chicago Network, The Committee of 200 and the Commercial Club of Chicago. She has been a member of the Boards of the North American Logistics Association, Plymouth Tube Company and Gray, Inc.
Ann is Vice Chairman of the Business Advisory Council (BAC) for the Northwestern University Transportation Center. She also serves on the Board of Governors and as Co-Chair of the Transportation Committee for the Metropolitan Planning Council, the Board of Governors for The Committee of 200 and the Board of Directors for the Center for Women’s Business Research.
Ann received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and her Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.
Ralph Drayer
Ralph Drayer is Founder and Chairman of Supply Chain Insights, a supply chain strategy consultancy.
Drayer is the former Chief Logistics Officer of Proctor & Gamble. During his 32 years with Proctor & Gamble, Drayer held responsibilities in distribution, logistics, customer service and Customer Business Development, both domestically and internationally. As P&G’s first Vice President of Customer Service/Logistics, he was instrumental in the development of P&G’s industry leading supply chain capabilities. Through his leadership of Efficient Consumer Response (ECR), he helped transform an entire industry.
Drayer has served as Co-Chair of the Grocery Industry’s ECR Best Practices Committee and Chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers of America Distribution and Logistics Committee. He has served on the Boards of The Uniform Code Council, VICS (The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association) and The Council of Logistics Management’s Executive Committee. He was a founding member of the Global Commerce Initiative (GCI). He currently serves as a Director of Roundy’s Incorporated and on the Advisory Boards of Best Buy, Whirlpool, Notiva, DemandTec, Savi Technology and the Velosel Corporation.
Drayer received the Grocery Industry’s first Path Forward Award for his industry leading work on ECR, the Council of Logistics Management’s Distinguished Service Award and The 2003 VICS Roger Miliken Career Achievement Award for his leadership in the creation of the Global Commerce Initiative.
Drayer received his undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond, Virginia, and did graduate work at Xavier University, Cincinnati.
James A. McIlrath
Jim McIlrath is Founder and Chairman of the DSC Logistics. Advisory Board of Directors. He founded DSC as Dry Storage Corporation in 1960, operating out of a single floor in a rented building on Chicago’s southside.
McIlrath began his career in logistics in the Army Corps of Engineers, working in France to help rebuild transportation and water systems at the close of WWII; he achieved the rank of major. He then worked at the Glidden Company as a chemical engineer responsible for quality control and plant processing, and was promoted to production superintendent of the Soya products division. McIlrath joined U.S. Cold Storage Corporation and became the general manager of Chicago operations.
Always active in service and industry organizations, McIlrath was chairman of the International Warehouse Logistics Association, a member of the Board of Directors of the Transportation Data Coordinating Committee in Washington, D.C., a director of the Illinois Association of Merchandise Warehousemen and a member of the International Federation of Public Warehouses Association.
McIlrath was a director of the United Methodist Home and a member of the Board of Directors of the First State Bank and Trust of Park Ridge, Illinois.
McIlrath received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Iowa State University.
Nancy Nix
Dr. Nancy W. Nix is the Director of the Supply and Value Chain Center (SVCC) and Associate Professor of Supply Chain Practice in the Neeley School of Business at TCU in Fort Worth, TX. During her tenure as Director of the SVCC, Dr. Nix has established close working relationships with multiple companies, generated funding for the development of TCU’s supply chain programs, led the development of MBA and undergraduate curriculum in supply chain management, and hosted multiple Executive Forums and conferences featuring supply chain experts discussing leading-edge practices. Today, TCU’s Supply and Value Chain programs are recognized among the leading programs in the U.S.
Dr. Nix teaches Global Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Information Technology, and Supply Chain Strategy courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She also teaches the Executive MBA International Business class, which includes visits with companies and economic development organizations in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. She received an MBA Faculty Award in 2005 and an award for innovation in curriculum development in 2006.
Previously with the DuPont Company, she worked in manufacturing, logistics, procurement and customer service. She also spent one and a half years as VP of Logistics for Reliance Industries Ltd., in Mumbai, India.
Dr. Nix is an active member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and currently serves as Chair of the Research Strategies Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors of CSCMP.
Dr. Nix completed her doctorate in Logistics and Marketing at the University of Tennessee. She completed her MBA in the Fox School at Temple University, and her Bachelor of Science degree at Salisbury State University.
Bob Rich
Bob Rich has over 25 years of financial and operations experience. Most recently, Rich was Executive Vice President Operations and Finance for Master Lock Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He restructured and revitalized core businesses to better align customer requirements to their supply chain needs.
Rich began his career as a Financial Analyst at the Ford Motor Company and was Controller for Pullman Incorporated. He served as CEO of Hartmarx Special Markets Group, initially starting with them as Vice President, Administration. He was Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tonka Corp., responsible for financial planning and analysis, treasury, audit and management information systems.
Rich received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.
He has been a member of the DSC Advisory Board of Directors since 2002.
Antonia Shusta
Antonia Shusta has extensive experience in both the domestic and international financial services industry. Most recently, she was Chief Operating Officer for the Pacific Financial Group, a privately-held group with financial services companies in the United States, Central America and Peru.
Shusta was with Citibank for 16 years in international and domestic corporate and consumer banking positions. Then, at Household International for eight years, she was a Group Executive with responsibilities for Consumer Banking, Mortgage Banking, the Household Bank UK and other corporate units.
Shusta is a member of The Committee of 200 and a member of the Board of Directors of HemoTherapies, Inc. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Advisors of the Commonwealth Institute, a non-profit organization founded in 1997 to help women entrepreneurs, CEOs and senior corporate executives build successful businesses.
Shusta received her Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative government from Harvard/Radcliffe.
She has been a member of the DSC Advisory Board of Directors since 1998.
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