Published: December 29, 2025
We close out another terrific year of Resoundingly Human podcasts with our 2025 INFORMS President Dave Hunt, for a look back over his time as president, milestones, and what activities he’s looking forward to getting back to in 2026.
I’m just proud, the way that we have come together and to support each other as a community. We’re offering a free membership if someone lost their job, we’ve created a rapid response fund if you lost funding for an event you were going to hold. I mentioned already that we had the conference in Asia, we’ve been talking to the leadership of national societies in Asia about ways that we can work together to serve our members but also to help grow their members and grow the influence of OR/MS in that region.
Interviewed this episode:
Dave Hunt
2025 INFORMS President
David Hunt, a manager at Oliver Wyman, has had a 30+ year career implementing operations research solutions in the transportation industry for clients on six continents. David has led public policy efforts in the transportation industry, and he has written several white papers filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation that have helped shape federal transportation regulations, including the first-ever nationwide rail capacity study. His current interest is in applying predictive models to improve transportation safety and reliability. He began his INFORMS involvement in the early 1990’s and has served in many capacities since then, including as President of the New Jersey Chapter of INFORMS, President of the Rail Applications Section, Chair of the INFORMS Subdivision Council, and as a Vice President on the INFORMS Board of Directors. David led the development of the INFORMS Ethics Guidelines in 2016. Most recently he led the effort to create Pro Bono Analytics, a new INFORMS volunteer service that provides support to nonprofit organizations in need of analytics help. At last count, over 450 volunteers have offered their analytical skills to a wide variety of projects for nonprofit organizations working in underserved areas or for underserved populations.
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