Logistics Hall of Fame appoints jurors for Lynn C. Fritz Medal

Jurors will decide which humanitarian organization will be honored for an exemplary humanitarian logistics project in 2023.

Ismaning near Munich/San Francisco, June 27, 2023. The Logistics Hall of Fame announces the appointment of 16 jurors to select the winner of the 2023 Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics. The members of the jury will decide which project of a humanitarian organization will be awarded in Berlin in late 2023 with the medal, which is sponsored by the Fritz Institute in San Francisco. A shortlist from the applications was finalized on June 20 by the Expert Council of the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics.

Allowed to vote on the jury for the first time are:

Martijn Blansjaar, Head of Logistics & Supply, Oxfam (Great Britain).
Martin Dalton, Head of Logistics, Concern Worldwide (Ireland)
Mahyar Efthekar, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University (USA)
Benedict Janich, Head of Unit KS1 Crisis Management, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, (Germany)
Paul Jansen, Executive Director, Fleet Forum (Switzerland)
Thilo Jörgl, Executive Chairman of the Jury Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics (Germany)
Prof. Dr. ir. Sander de Leeuw, Chair of Operations Research and Logistics, Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands)
Syon Niyogi, Corporate Services Director, International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka)
Sarah Penniman-Morin, Senior Director for Global Supply Chain Management, Catholic Relief Services (USA)
Andreas Reuther, Co-Host logistik4punktnull-Podcast (Germany)
Megan Richardson, Associate Staff Member in the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Systems Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (USA)
Benjamin Safari, Head of Supply Management Services, UNHCR (Hungary)
Prof. Dr. Dorit Schumann, President of Trier University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Anita Würmser, Executive Chairperson of the Logistics Hall of Fame Jury (Germany)
Prashant Yadav, Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (USA)
Yuehwern Yih, Professor of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University (USA)

The international jurors come from business, associations, the media and politics, or are active as scientists. The Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics will be awarded for the first time in November 2023 - at the Logistics Hall of Fame gala reception in Berlin. At this reception, a personality from logistics or supply chain management will also be inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame and the "Logistics Leader of the Year" award will be presented.

The proposal portal for the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics closed on May 15. For next year, applications will be accepted beginning in March 2024.
The Logistics Hall of Fame is supported by government, associations, media, business and science. The Hall of Fame can be viewed free of charge at any time at www.logisticshalloffame.net and offers information about logistics milestones and their makers.

Background Logistics Hall of Fame: The Logistics Hall of Fame honours outstanding personalities who have made lasting contributions to the further development of logistics and supply chain management. The aim is to serve as a global platform for documenting the milestones of logistics and honouring the people who made them happen, thus underscoring the importance of logistics for business and society. The Logistics Hall of Fame also presents the Logistics Leader of the Year Award to current pacesetters in logistics. The donor is the STILL GmbH. In addition, the Logistics Hall of Fame honours innovative logistics projects of humanitarian organizations with the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics. The sponsor is the Fritz Institute. The initiative is supported by politics, associations, media, business, and science. Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, is the patron.

Sponsors: 24/7 ASSISTANCE, ADAC Truckservice, AEB, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Logistik-Initiativen Deutschlands, Baumann Paletten, BLG LOGISTICS, Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport, Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL), Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik (BME), Bundesverband Paket und Expresslogistik (BIEK), Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik (DSLV), Bundesverband Wirtschaft Verkehr und Logistik (BWVL), Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL), Business+Logistic, COYOTE LOGISTICS, Deutsches Verkehrsforum (DVF), Duisburger Hafen (duisport), EPAL, Förderverein Logistics Alliance Germany, Fritz Institute (Stifter), GARBE Industrial Real Estate, Gebrüder Weiss, Goldbeck, HHLA, HIAB, impact media projects, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA), International Road Transport Union (IRU), Interroll Group, Krone, Lebensmittel Zeitung, LIP Invest, Locus Robotics, LOGISTIK-Kurier, LOGISTIC PEOPLE, LTG – Landauer Transportgesellschaft Doll, materialfluss, Panattoni, pfenning logistics, PSI Logistics, RIO – THE LOGISTICS FLOW, Schnellecke Logistics, SCHUNCK Group, Seifert Logistics, SETLOG, SSI Schäfer, STILL (Stifter), TGW Logistics Group, trans aktuell, Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), Wiltsche Fördersysteme, Winner Spedition, WISAG.

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