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C. John Langley, Jr. has served as a director and a member of our audit committee since December 2003. Dr. Langley is a professor of supply chain management and director of supply chain executive programs for The Logistics Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also participates in programs of The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific, located in Singapore. Previously, he served for nearly three decades at the University of Tennessee, most recently as the Dove Distinguished Professor in logistics and transportation. While at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Langley co-founded three organizations that have helped to shape the development of the industry: the Center for Logistics Research, the Supply Chain Forum and the Office of Corporate Partnerships.
Dr. Langley is a former president of the Council of Logistics Management. He has co-authored three major industry texts, including Third Party Logistics: Views from the Customers , an annual study conducted to identify key trends and issues relating to the use of outsourced logistics services by customers in North America, Western Europe, Asia Pacific and South Africa. He has been published in the Journal of Business Logistics , International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management , International Journal of Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review .
Dr. Langley currently serves on the board of Averitt Express, Inc., and is an advisor to ChainConnectors, an Atlanta-based supply chain advisory firm. He is a former director of Landair Transportation, where he served as chairman of the audit committee. Dr. Langley earned his B.S., M.B.A. and Ph.D at Penn State University in mathematics, finance and business logistics, respectively. | 