In the role since January 2020, David Leich leads global supply chain operations along with assembly, propulsion and stamping, material launch execution and the demand/supply planning and scheduling organisations. He represents GM’s Global Purchasing and Supply Chain team on its North American Staff. He joined GM in 1989 and has worked across purchasing, supply chain and production, including working at different plants, executing launching for new vehicles and a greenfield plant. He has also led supply chain for pre-production, launch readiness and risk management, before taking over demand/supply planning in 2019 to lead vehicle and propulsion scheduling and capacity planning. Since 2015, Dave has represented General Motors on the Board of Directors for the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). He has a BS Degree in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University and a MS Degree in Management from Walsh College in Troy, MI.

Patrick Bauer has led supply chain, logistics, inventory management and data analytics activities at global tier-1 supplier IAC Group since 2021. His career spans more than 30 years across manufacturing, supply chain, indirect purchasing, material planning and logistics, including at Ford Motor Company and more than 25 years at major automotive suppliers, including Visteon, Faurecia (now Forvia) and Dana. He has a strong track record in logistics network engineering, optimisation and management, material flow and warehousing and inventory control, optimization and management. He has a BA in material logistics management from Michigan State University and an MBA from Wayne State University.

Anna Markett has been in the leading role for supply chain management at Stellantis North America since August 2022. She is responsible for instilling and executing the carmaker’s Dare Forward 2030 plan, including demand, production and long-range planning, order-to-delivery processes, supplier capacity, inbound and outbound logistics, as well as managing the flow of parts and materials to the carmaker’s 35 plants across the region. Markett joined the carmaker in 2000 at Windsor Assembly Plant in her native Canada and has worked across leadership roles in manufacturing and supply chain, including in material logistics, supplier delivery risk, world class manufacturing and logistics and as vice-president of North America supply. Anna Markett has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Windsor.

Gerardo is an experienced automotive supply chain executive with extensive experience leading Nissan’s regional and global supply chain and manufacturing operations, currently responsible for supply chain improvements in North America. He recently led Nissan Americas Semiconductor Supply Crisis Management Strategy enabling incremental production volume during the severe global supply crisis, receiving the 2021 Global Nissan President Special Award in recognition of his leadership and his teams’ contribution.

Since joining Nissan in 1989 he has successfully implemented global innovations, improvements and strategies across new model launches in Mexico, Brazil and USA, dealer and manufacturing order-to-delivery and vehicle allocation in the Americas markets, and global sales planning and car flow management in Japan. In 2015 Gerardo received the Global Nissan-Renault Alliance SCM Innovation award in Paris.

Greg Toornman is the Global VP of Materials, Logistics, and Demand Planning at AGCO, a global manufacturer of agricultural equipment. He has worked at AGCO since 2004 in the Aftermarket, Purchasing, Sales and Operations Planning, Materials Management and Logistics areas. He now leads the transformation of AGCO’s global end-to-end Sales and Operations Planning. He has previously led successful global transformation initiatives while being based in Brasil and Switzerland, and prior to that worked in heavy truck, automotive, and high-end electronics. He received a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Marketing and Operations Management from Western Michigan University and has studied further at Emory and Stanford Universities in Strategies in Leadership and Supply Chain.

Bridget joined Magna International in September 2013 and is currently assisting its 136 plants in North America achieve cross-group synergies. She has built a Packaging and Transportation Steering Committee to optimise this non-core business area by identify cost-saving opportunities across all the plants in North America, Europe and Asia. She holds the position of Great Lakes Regional Vice-President for the Institute of Packaging Professionals and has also served as President of the MSU School of Packaging Alumni Association. Bridget has considerable experience in the automotive industry, including roles at Ford and The Budd Company, and in 2008 started the Packaging Consultant Group, helping firms like Mobis, Polaris and Caterpillar with packaging optimisation.

Martin J. Oberman was designated Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by President Biden on January 21, 2021. The STB is an independent federal agency responsible for economic regulation of surface transportation, primarily freight rail.
With an extensive career in the public and private sectors, Marty served as General Counsel to the Illinois Racing Board from 1973-1974 and later as Alderman of Chicago City Council’s 43rd Ward from 1975 to 1987. He became Chairman of Metra, the Chicago region’s commuter railroad, the second-largest U.S. commuter railroad, in 2014. Marty also served on the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning board until November 2018. Additionally, he has maintained a successful legal practice in Chicago as both a trial and appellate lawyer since 1975. Marty graduated with honors from Yale University and the University of Wisconsin Law School, serving as a Note Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review.

Patrick Bauer has led supply chain, logistics, inventory management and data analytics activities at global tier-1 supplier IAC Group since 2021. His career spans more than 30 years across manufacturing, supply chain, indirect purchasing, material planning and logistics, including at Ford Motor Company and more than 25 years at major automotive suppliers, including Visteon, Faurecia (now Forvia) and Dana. He has a strong track record in logistics network engineering, optimisation and management, material flow and warehousing and inventory control, optimization and management. He has a BA in material logistics management from Michigan State University and an MBA from Wayne State University.

Amy Broglin-Peterson works as full-time faculty within Michigan State University's #1-ranked Supply Chain Management program, teaching logistics, transportation management and capstone courses within the undergraduate, graduate and MBA programs. As an entrepreneur, Amy partners with clients across the manufacturing, automotive, EV, start-up, packaging and tech industries, in addition to the federal government, to confront end-to-end supply chain challenges. Amy is a Subject Matter Expert to Big 4 consulting firms, advisor to academia and research groups, and Board member to several businesses. She is an expert witness in commercial litigation and contributes regularly as a guest lecturer and keynote speaker at academic and industry events.

Amy previously worked as a supply chain executive within many global companies, including Dana Corporation, Ford Motor Company, American Axle, Robert Bosch, Panalpina and CEVA Logistics.