Mission: To propose and advocate for the development of initiatives, services, and programs that serve the broad operations research/analytics practice community as a means of enhancing the engagement of organizations and attracting/retaining practitioners in INFORMS.

Mission: To facilitate strong partnerships between practice organizations and academic institutions as well as between practitioners and academics interested in the education and practice of operations research and analytics.

Mission: To advocate to organizations the importance of operations research and analytics; create initiatives that enhance awareness of INFORMS as the leading professional association in operations research and analytics; develop and coordinate activities/resources to assist practice organizations; and design strategies that demonstrate INFORMS’ value to organizations (government, military, consulting, software vendors, non-profits).