Learn from industry leaders and network with other supply chain professionals as we talk about managing teams in supply chains.
Voorhees Supply Chain Conference
Join us October 10!
Join us in Ames for the 31st annual Voorhees Supply Chain Conference! The Voorhees Conference is designed for professionals involved in planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivering products.
Featured speakers include:
- Jeannie Frana, Global Process Owner and Global Transportation Process, Data, and Technology Leader at Cargill
- Kevin Dresser, Head Wrestling Coach, Iowa State University
- Coralie Voss, Vice President of Creative Solutions, Grain Processing Corporation
The event also includes quick research updates from Iowa State’s internationally recognized supply chain management faculty.
Bring your team and take advantage of special group pricing for teams of three or more!
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“Mission Possible: Activating a Global Team”
Jeannie Frana is the global process owner for the deliver process and the process, data, and technology leader for Cargill Transportation and Logistics. She manages a global team of more than 45 professionals, including process managers, technology deployment professionals, and a team of data scientists. Cargill’s global transportation team members utilize their processes, data, and technology to serve their businesses and customers, executing 8,000 shipments daily.
Frana has held a variety of transportation management roles over the course of her 34-year career at Cargill. In 2012, she transferred to Cargill’s global IT department, working as a process advisor for their SAP implementation project. In this role, she designed the processes for Cargill’s transportation activities globally and determined how these processes were enabled by technology.
Frana is a member of the Cargill Transportation and Logistics leadership team and Cargill’s process, data, and technology leadership team. In addition, she is a member of the National Industrial Transportation League, as well as a number of industry advisory boards. Frana earned a bachelor’s degree in transportation and logistics from Iowa State University, where she serves on the Supply Chain Management Executive Advisory Council.
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“Dare to be Great: Managing Individual Heroes Within a Strong Team”
Kevin Dresser is in his eighth season as the head coach of Iowa State wrestling. He has rejuvenated the once-legendary program and brought Cyclone wrestling back to national prominence.Coach Dresser inherited a team ranked 57th in the nation when he arrived at Iowa State in 2017. This year, the team finished fourth in the nation at the NCAA Division I Championship Tournament. The Iowa State squad also won the Big 12 Conference Championship this year – the first time in Coach Dresser’s tenure in Ames. Dresser was named Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2024.
Coach Dresser is known for his recruiting ingenuity, his relentless pursuit of excellence on the mat, and his ability to appeal to and attract fans and supporters to the program. The team averaged 6,690 fans per dual meet in Hilton during the 2023-24 season – its highest average home attendance in the Big 12 era.
Before coming to Iowa State, Coach Dresser led the Virginia Tech Hokies for more than a decade. An Iowa native, he was a standout wrestler at Humboldt High School and the University of Iowa, where he won a NCAA Championship title in 1986.
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“From Silos to Synchronization: Fostering Teamwork in Supply Chain”
Coralie Voss is the vice president of creative solutions at Grain Processing Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KENT Corporation, headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa.Voss was previously the vice president of supply chain management for KENT Corporation, an award-winning, privately-held family business with operating subsidiaries involved in corn wet milling, the production of animal nutrition, and the manufacture of high-quality food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and pet products.
Recognized for her expertise in leadership and business change, Voss earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.