Dr. Isabella Sanders is an Assistant Professor at United States Military Academy in the Systems Engineering Department. Her current research focuses on creating supply chain innovations using methodologies in Operations Research, GIS, and Strategic Management, in the application areas of food and defense. Before coming to USMA, she did her graduate education at Georgia Tech receiving a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, an MBA, an M.S. in Operations Research and an M.S. in Geographic Information Sciences & Technology. She did her undergraduate studies at MIT and received an S.B. in Mathematics with minors in Ancient & Medieval Studies and Management Science. She has also worked for the US Army’s DevCOM Aviation & Missile Center in Huntsville, AL conducting supplier risk analysis. Dr. Sanders has been recognized for her research, service and scholarship. She was the recipient of the Food Research Distribution Society’s Outstanding Graduate Research Award, the AASHTO GIS-T Student Paper Award, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Outstanding Collegiate Member Award, the Byron Hanke Fellowship and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She has served in society level leadership positions in SWE & IISE. Isabella was a 4-year D1 rower at MIT and now serves as one of the volunteer head coaches for West Point Men’s Crew. She serves as the Faculty Advisor and OIC for the West Point SWE Section. Additionally, she is involved with EXCEL Scholars as well as the Center for Leadership and Diversity in STEM helping serve under-resourced populations in STEM from grade school through college.