CURRICULUM VITAE

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KEVIN L. LYONS

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Rutgers Business School

Supply Chain Management Department (SCM)

RBS-Public Private Community Partnerships Program (PPCP)

Rutgers Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency (CLSCR)

1 Washington Park, Room 974

Tel: 973.353. 2791

Fax: 973.353.1325

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Web: RBS-Public Private Community Partnerships Program

Research Labs and Affiliations:

• University Office of Climate Action - Link

• Rutgers EcoComplex – Link

• Rutgers Energy Institute – Link

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. Supply Chain Management, Environmental Management and Policy, Graduate Research School, School of

Sciences, Centre for Environmental Informatics, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, England, 2002

Dissertation: ‘Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling and Federal Acquisition/Supply Chain

Management Systems (EO13101)’: A Critical Assessment of Supply Chain Management and Purchasing Within the

US Higher Education Sector

Technical Training: Oracle Database Systems Certification; Oracle Financials 11i, Oracle 8i Database, PL/SQL,

Forms, Reports, 3-tier Architecture (web, forms and database servers); servers running on Unix/Sun Solaris platforms.

Rutgers University/Oracle Corporation (April 2000)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Supply Chain Management

• Supply Chain Archaeology

• Supply Chain Environmental Management

• Applied Decision Analysis – Process Improvement (Operational and Personnel)

• Big Data Analytics; Systems-Thinking Process Modeling (Game Theory-Decision Theater Modeling)

• Supplier Diversity, Capacity Building, Protégé-Mentorship Relationship Management

• Supply Chain Industrial and Manufacturing Decision, Innovation and Solution Research

•

Global Disaster Response Supply Chains (Global Health Initiatives)

• Life-Cycle Assessment and Costing Modeling (using parallel Product Life Cycle-Supply Chain Modeling)

• Supply Chain Energy Systems; Energy Grid Security; Alternative Energy Development

• Supply Chain Fashion and Other Creative Pursuits

• Supply Chain Waste Archeology

•Waste Management and Recycling Technology

• Alternative Product and Packaging Composite Development and Design Research (Application and Implementation

of Agricultural and Waste By-Product)

• Environmental Economics; Energy Economics (Alternative Energy Economics and Purchasing)

• Carbon-Energy Eco-Labeling

• ERP System Planning and Development - Environmental Resource Tracking Utilizing ERP Systems

• Environmental Reporting and Informatics e-Business/e-Environmental Contract Management

• eco-Economic Development and Environmental Justice; Sustainable/Community Development (shared

services/cooperative purchasing agreements-between the Higher Education Municipal NGO Community-based

services and School District Sectors).

• Public Procurement

• Public Procurement Systems

• Public Bidding Laws

• Public Budgeting and Finance Accounting Procurement and Budget Fundamentals

• Contract Management and Administration, Contract Law

ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, MILITARY AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Academic

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus

Associate Professor - Professional Practice

July 2014 – Present

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus

Director, Rutgers Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency

July 2022 – Present

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus

Director, RBS Public Private Partnerships

January 2015 – Present

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus, Rutgers Global, U.S. State Department

Director/PI, Rutgers Mandela Washington Fellowship Program

January 2015 – Present

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus

Assistant Professor

July 2011 – June 2014

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus

Field Researcher, Supply Chain Environmental Archeology Lab

2011 – Present

• Rutgers School of Business, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Camden Campus

Part-Time Lecturer, Supply Chain Environmental Management; Green Purchasing

January 2011 – Present

• Rutgers Public Policy and Administration Department, Rutgers University, Camden Campus

Part-Time Lecturer, Public Budgeting and Finance

2011 - Present

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus

Part-Time Lecturer, Supply Chain Environmental Management; Green Purchasing

September 2009 – 2011

• Rutgers Public Policy and Administration Department, Rutgers University, Camden Campus

Part-Time Lecturer, ‘Supply Chain Environmental Management

2007 – Present

• School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick Campus

Part-Time Lecturer, Supply Chain-Industrial Ecology/Ecological Business Management and ‘Green

Purchasing and Ecological Systems

September 2004 - Present

• Rutgers Business School, Supply Chain Management Department, Rutgers University, Newark and New

Brunswick Campus

Part-Time Lecturer, Entrepreneurship and the Small Business Environment’ and ‘High Tech Venturing

January 2003 - 2006

• School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick Campus

Part-Time Lecturer, Institutionalizing Environmentally Sensitive Contracts and e-Business Systems

1991 - 1996

Additional Rutgers Academic Assignments (New Brunswick, Newark and Camden Campus):

• Co-Director, Rutgers Office of Climate Action, New Brunswick, New Jersey

September 2021 – Present

• Director, Newark 2020 Buy Local Program, Newark New Jersey,

June 2017 - Present

• Rutgers Byrne Seminar Researcher, Supply Chain Archaeology/Climate Change Database Development

Project, New Brunswick Campus

2013 – Present

• Rutgers Aresty Researcher, Rutgers Energy Grid and Heat Mapping-Modelling Project, New Brunswick

Campus

2012 – Present

• Fulbright Scholarship Research Advisor, for Fulbright Scholarship recipient Nyrie J. Palmer (University of

New South Wales/Rutgers University/Princeton University).

July 2002 - July 2003

• Supply Chain Archeology Researcher, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers SEBS, Rutgers

Business School – Conducting Global Landfill and Archeological Digs 1999 - Present

Professional Positions

University Procurement and Contracting Division:

• Chief Procurement Officer/Executive Director, University Procurement and Contracting Division

2005-2011

• Director, University Procurement and Contracting Division

2003-2004

• Procurement Project Manager, Rutgers/Oracle e-Procurement/Financials Systems Implementation Project

2002-2003

• Procurement Functional Lead, Rutgers/Oracle Systems Implementation Project (Rutgers Integrated

Administrative System Project)

1999-2002

• Purchasing Manager, University Procurement and Contracting Division, Camden Campus

1995-1999

• Senior Buyer, University Procurement and Contracting Division

1991-1995

• Buyer, University Procurement and Contracting Division

1988-1991

Additional University Professional Positions:

• Co-Director, University Climate Action Office

2021 – Present

• Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute

2008 - Present

• Associate Director/Researcher, Business Development Rutgers EcoComplex

2004-2005, 2011 - Present

St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey

• Senior Purchasing Agent

1986-1988

United States Air Force (Active Duty); 1980 – 1986:

• Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics Non-Commissioned Officer, United States Air Force,

Department of Aerospace Science, Rutgers University and Princeton University (Joint Assignment)

1983-1986

• Supply Management, Procurement and Logistics Non-Commissioned Officer, United States Air Force,

Procurement/Comptroller Divisions, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming

1980-1983

Board and Commission Memberships

• New Jersey Commission on the Green Economy; 2021-Present

• New Jersey Recycling Markets Commission; 2021-Present

• Rutgers Global Health (Core Faculty Member); 2019-Present

• Newark Anchor Collaborative (Steering Committee Member, Researcher); 2019-Present

• Newark Equitable Growth Commission; 2018-Present

• Rutgers Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Board Member; 2018-Present

• NJ Manufacturing Research (NJMEP Board of Trustees); 2017-Present

• Rutgers Center for African Studies (Researcher and Board Member); 2017-Present

• Rutgers Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering & Mathematics; 2017- Present

• Center of Accelerated Real Time Analytics an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center; 2015-

• Newark 2020-Buy Local (Researcher, Board Member); 2013-Present

• Rutgers Edison Papers (Board Member and Researcher); 2012-Present

• Rutgers CAIT (Researcher); 2012-Present

On-line/Television Instruction

• CNBC Guest Analyst and Presenter, “Better Your Business” Small Business Series (Presented 4 shows with

CNBC TV Host Tyler Mathison), CNBC, Englewood Cliffs, NJ March 2012 - Present

• Part-Time Lecturer, ‘Public Policy and Administration-Procurement and Budgeting for Public Managers’, (In-

Class and On-Line-via Rutgers eCourse AU), Department of Public Policy & Administration, Rutgers

University, Camden Campus, 2007 - present

• Instructor, National Wildlife Federation’s Web ‘Teach-in’ (60 minutes); Course Title: ‘Driving Sustainable

Markets National Teach-in, Washington DC,. 2002 – present

UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES

• Researcher, Rutgers Flavor, Fragrances, and Perceptions Institute, Office of Research and Economic

Development, New Brunswick Campus, 2011 - Present

• Researcher, Rutgers Sustainable Materials Institute, Conduct collaborative research on Supply Chain

Environmental Archaeology-Alternative Product and Packaging Composite Development and Design

Research (Application and Implementation of Agricultural and Waste By-Product), School of Arts and

Sciences, New Brunswick Campus, 2009 – present

• Researcher, Rutgers Energy Institute, Conduct Research on Energy Economics, Alternative Energy

Development and Economics, Waste, Carbon Emission GHG-Energy Product Certification, Institute for

Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick Campus, 2008 - present

• Researcher, Rutgers EcoComplex, Supply Chain Environmental Archeology (waste management archeology

research), Burlington County Landfill, Rutgers Greenhouse and Agricultural Research (alternative energy

research), School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Station, Bordentown,

NJ, 2001 - present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Green Purchasing Instructor, New Jersey State Department of Community Affairs, Rutgers Center for

Government Services, Green Purchasing Training and Certification Program, 2013 – Present

• Green Supply Chain, Sourcing and Procurement Certification Program – Developed the first Rutgers

Business School, Center for Supply Chain Management GSCSP Certification Program for Rutgers RBS-SCM

Students and Professionals, 2011 -

• Board Member, Middlesex County Green Communities and Economic Development Project, 2008 - present

• Member, University President’s Community Development Project, 2009 - present

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)

Climate Change and Allergic Disease Supply Chain Economics

Journal Current Allergy & Asthma Report

12(6)

485–494

10.1007/s11882-012-0314-z

0000-0002-3563-5634

2012

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (NON PEER-REVIEWED)

Lyons, Kevin (1996) "Environmentally Sensitive Contracts at Rutgers University", Corporate Environmental Strategy;

The Journal of Environmental Leadership, Summer 1996, PRI Publishing

BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS

Lyons, Kevin (2015) “A Road Map to Green Supply Chains – Using Supply Chain Archaeology, Big Data Analytics to

Prepare for the Next Industrial Innovation Revolution.” Industrial Press

K. Lyons (2013), Green Purchasing Environmentally Responsible Purchasing - A U.S. Government Training Guide

New Jersey State Version, Trenton, NJ State Treasury and Community Affairs Department, U.S. Government Printing

Office (this 117 page publication written and published by K. Lyons in response to the 2007 2007 the State amended

Section 9 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-9). The New Jersey Act requires Organizations to obtain green purchasing

training and to procure green products, commodity or services that has a lesser or reduced negative effect on human

health and the environment when compared with competing commodities or services.)

Lyons, Kevin (2000). "Buying for the Future; Contract Management and the Environmental Challenge." London: Pluto

Press.

PROCEEDINGS (PEER-REVIEWED)

Data and Metering Infrastructure for Sustainable Consumption and Production

ASME Journal and Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &

Computers and Information in Engineering Conference

ASME

Volume 2A

33rd

14 pages (https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2013-12467)

2014

COMPLICATION OF READINGS, ARTICLES, OR CASES

1. Rutgers University Procurement Disparity Study, December 2022

2. APM Terminals Port Efficiency, Resiliency and Vessel Idle/Turnaround Time White Paper (Spring 2022)

3. City of Pittsburgh Anchor Buy Diverse Local Study, March 2022 (in progress)

4. New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Equity Investment Disparity Study, February 2022

5. Jersey City Purchasing Disparity Study, September 2020

6. New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Wind Port Purchasing Disparity Study, June 2020

7. Newark Anchor Institution Buy Local Performance Report (August 2018)

8. Newark Industrial Solutions and Economic Development Strategy, June 2016

9. White Paper Report to the New York and New Jersey Legislation to Support Expert Testimony of Doug Morgante,

VP, Government State Relations, Maersk (on behalf of the Maritime Industry) Container Facility Charge at the

Port Authority of New York New Jersey Potential Impacts to the Newark Industrial Solution Project (Newark

Manufacturing Sector)

PRESENTATIONS

Note: Since 1988, I have been invited to conduct field research, lecture and/or present papers on environmental contract

management and public policy development and implementation systems. I have provided over 20

lectures/presentations per year in the United States and internationally. Below is a selected listing of the most recent

lectures/presentations:

• ISM-CT, 2018 New England Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition (October 1, 2018)

• Hackathons:

•Mandela Washington Fellows (Global Health-Supply Chain Disaster Response and Women’s Leadership);

2017 - Present

•Merck, Supply Chain Sustainability-Green Purchasing Program Development (April 2018)

•Merck, Supplier Diversity (April 2018)

•JnJ, Supplier Diversity (December 2017)

• ProcureCon – Paper: “Teaching The Future Of Procurement” and “What’s The Most Critical Skill-Set For

Procurement In The Next Decade?” October 15, 2013, Atlanta, GA

• NIGP (National Institute of Government Procurement) Atlantic City Conference Proceedings – Paper: “Supply Chain

Archaeology and Climate Change Economics,” May 2, 2012, Atlantic City, NJ

• NJIT Energy Conference Forum – Paper: “Supply Chain Management in the Energy Sector (Public Policy and

Supply Chain Conflicts)” March 30, 2012, NJIT's Campus Center NJIT, Newark, NJ

• ISM-NJ (Institute of Supply Management) – Paper: “Supply Chain Environmental Management and Archaeology”

March 14, 2012, Parsippany, NJ

• NSF-IGERT Forum (NSF-Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) – Paper: “Supply Chain

Environmental Management and Archaeology” March 6, 2012, Rutgers University Bloustein School, New

Brunswick, NJ

• CSCMP - Par Pharmaceutical - Paper: “Tier-One Supply Chain Supplier Relationship Management” January 19,

2012, Park Ridge, NJ

• Fall 2011/Spring 2012/Fall 2012 CPMCP, ISM-NJ, NIGP, NIGP-NJ, ProCon – “Greening the Supply Chain and

Supply Chain Archeology”

• Fall 2011 Fordham University – Gabelli School of Business's Global Learning Opportunities and Business

Experiences Lecture Series “Rutgers Greening the Supply Chain”

• NAPM/ISM, South Carolina, Supply Chain Environmental Management, Green Purchasing, Marketing the Value of

Procurement to the Organization, 2011, Myrtle Beach, SC

• NAPM/ISM, South Carolina, Supply Chain Environmental Management, Green Purchasing, Marketing the Value of

Procurement to the Organization, 2010, Myrtle Beach, SC

• Prudential, Green Purchasing Implementation and Community Development Program, April 2009, Newark, NJ

• ISM/NAPM-Philadelphia – Supply Chain Environmental Management, Green Purchasing and eProcurement System

Integration, December 2009, Philadelphia, PA

• ISM-NY – Greening the Supply Chain-ROI, October 2009, New York, NY

• ISM-Minnesota – Supply Chain Environmental Management Systems-Life Cycle Assessment, September 2009,

Minneapolis, MN

• MetLife, Corporate Environmental Management and Green Purchasing Implementation Strategy, December 2008,

March 2009, New York, NY

• MetLife, Corporate Environmental Management and Green Purchasing Implementation Strategy, December 2008,

March 2009, New York, NY

• City of Burlington, VT; Public Purchasing – City-wide Green Purchasing Training and Implementation Project (2008

– 2009)

• Cherry Hill Township, Sustainable Cherry Hill, Developing a City-wide Sustainable Development and Green

Purchasing Strategy, November 2008 - Present, Cherry Hill, NJ

• Time Warner, Corporate Social and Environmental Reporting – Corporate Implementation of Global Green

Purchasing Strategy, November 2008, New York, NY

• M & M Mars Corporate Educational Series, Green Purchasing and Corporate Research and Development, September

2008, Princeton, NJ

• NAEP Annual Conference – Supply Chain Archeology, April 2008, Austin, TX (2001 – Present)

• NIGP NJ Regional Conference – Supply Chain Archeology and Green Purchasing for Public Purchasing

Professionals, February 2008, Somerset, NJ

• NAEP Regional Conference Northeast – Supply Chain Archeology and Green Purchasing, October 2007, Cape Cod,

• University of Trinidad-Tobago – eWaste, Green Purchasing, eProcurement and Local Economic Development in the

Caribbean, Port of Spain, Trinidad, April and July 2007

• NAEP Sustainability Institute – Supply Chain Archeology and Green Purchasing, July 2007, Phoenix, AZ

• CAUBO Annual Conference - ‘Everyone can contribute to the development of a sustainable campus: Explore

strategies for engaging the entire campus’, Prince Edward Island, June 2007

• NAEP Annual Conference – Supply Chain Archeology, April 2007, San Jose, CA

• NASA - NASA Recycling and Affirmative Procurement (RAP) & Pollution Prevention (P2) Workshop, ‘Supply

Chain Environmental Management, NASA Ames Conference Center (NACC), May 24-26, 2005, Moffett Field, CA

• Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities - Greening the Campus: Exploring Practices,

Curriculum, and Management in Higher Education, November 2006, Purchase College (SUNY)

• NAIS – National Association of Independent Schools - Institute for Leadership in Sustainability “Green Purchasing –

The Rutgers University Case Study”, June 2006, Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ

• Rutgers EcoComplex - Environmentally Preferred Purchasing and Bio-Based Products

• Workshop, “Environmentally Preferable Purchasing”, April 2006, Rutgers EcoComplex, Bordentown, NJ

• OFEE – Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, Executive Order 13101 InterAgency Working Group

(EIOAG) Meetings “Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and Federal Government Executive Order”, October

2004, Washington DC

• NYSE – New York Stock Exchange, Green Purchasing Lecture Series, September 2004

• USEPA - Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Trends, Opportunities, and Benefits for the Higher Education and

Governmental Sectors, June 2003, New York City

•

Greening the Campus from a Procurement Perspective, Keynote Address (Link), Twenty-Second Annual E.F.

Schumacher Lectures; MANAS Journal (Lecture Transcript), E.F. Schumacher Center for New Economics,

Northhampton, Massachusetts, 2002

• Northern Ireland Assembly, Development and Implementation of a Systems Thinking Approach to Environmental

and Sustainable e-Procurement Systems, Programs and Policies, 2002, Belfast, Ireland

• Westminster University, The Rutgers University Environmental and Sustainable e-Procurement Systems, Programs

and Policies, 2002, London, England

• World Wide Fund for Nature UK, (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland); 1995 – Present, Lecturer and

Consultancy (The European Union, Parliament and the Implementation of Agenda 21, Best Value Through e-

Environmental Contract Management, Policy and Law)

• Atlantic Colleges of the South, The Rutgers University Environmental and Sustainable

• e-Procurement Systems, Programs and Policies, 2002, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

• Cardiff City Council New ‘City-wide’ Governmental Policy Initiative, European Union Sustainable Procurement

Policies, Best Value and the Development and Implementation of Environmental and Sustainable e-Procurement

Systems, Programs and Policies, 2001, Cardiff, Wales

• Caledonian University (Keynote and Lecture), Best Value Procurement and the Development and Implementation of

Environmental and Sustainable Procurement Systems, Programs and Policies, 2001, Glasgow, Scotland

• Michigan State University (Presentation), The Rutgers University Environmental and Sustainable Procurement

Systems, Programs and Policies, 2001, Lansing, Michigan

• Emory University, The Rutgers University Environmental and Sustainable Procurement Systems, Programs and

Policies, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia

• University of New Hampshire, Product Take Back (Extended Product Responsibility Regulations) Implementation

and Policy, 2001, Durham, New Hampshire

• Edinburgh University, Developing and Implementing Higher Education and Public Sector Environmental and

Sustainable Procurement Systems and Programs, 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Purchasing and Environmental Literacy, 1998, Keynote Speaker, La Tadeo University, Bogotá, Colombia

• Keynote Speaker, Sustainable Technology and Contract Management Development, Sustainable Technology

Conference, 1998, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia

• National Wildlife Federation, Campus Ecology Programs, 1997, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South

Carolina

• Conference On University Purchasing, (Environmental Contract Management and Public Policy Implementation),

1997, Angelia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford, England

• The 21st Century Alliance for Sustainability, Environmental Contract Management-Best Value/Local Authority

Conference, 1997, World Wide Fund for Nature - UK, Coventry, England

• University Environmental Program Development, 1996, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez and Rio Piedras, PR

• Contract Management and University Environmental Literacy Programs, ULSF Secretariat, 1996, Universidad De

Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogota, Colombia

• Procurement, Public Policy and University Environmental Literacy Programs, ULSF Secretariat, 1995, Universidad

De Cusco, Cusco, Peru

CONTRACTS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND SPONSORED RESEARCH

· New Jersey State Budget Line-item, establish the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Resiliency; $1,000,000,

2024/25 (reviewed and approved annually)

· New Jersey State Budget Line-item, establish the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Resiliency; $500,000,

2023/24 (reviewed and approved annually)

· New Jersey State Budget Line-item, establish the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Resiliency; $500,000,

2022/23 (reviewed and approved annually)

· APM Terminals Port Efficiency, Resiliency and Vessel Idle/Turnaround Time R& D White Paper; $9,500,

2022

· NJDEP Recycling Enhancement Grant; $206,346 to Design Recycling Systems at Rutgers University using

Decision Support Tools and Strategic Management Principles, 2021/22 (co-PI)

· Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; $78,635.00 University Procurement Division to conduct a

Purchasing Disparity Study to determine local set-a-side purchasing legislative guidance, 2021/22

· New Jersey Economic Development Authority; $78,635.00 to conduct an Equity Investment Disparity Study

to determine disparity in NJEDA equity investments via their investment partners, 2021

· Riverside Community Initiative/Hillman Family Foundation: $32,527 to develop the Pittsburgh Buy Local

Diverse Program, 2021

· Public Service Electric Gas (PSEG); $71,725 to develop the PSEG Supplier Mentorship Program for the Clean

Energy and Direct Install Program, 2021

· New Jersey Economic Development Authority; $58,267.00 to conduct a Purchasing Disparity Study to

determine disparity in NJEDA contracting, development of supplier base for the Salem County Off-Shore

Wind Port, and for establish purchasing legislative guidance, 2020

· Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; $173,000 to conduct research on the Newark Buy Local-Social

Determinants of Health, 2019/2020

· City of Jersey City; $184,000 to conduct a Purchasing Disparity Study to determine local set-a-side purchasing

legislative guidance, 2019/2020

· U.S. State Department; $150,000/yr for the Mandela Washington Fellowship Grant (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

· Department of Commerce; $177,762 to support the Accelerating Advanced Food Manufacturing Partnerships

initiative, which will develop strategies to strengthen the food industry sector in Newark, Camden, and

Bridgeton by helping manufacturers gain access to advanced technologies, critical information, training,

technology, and financing. 2013

· Brick City Development Corporation; $30,000, Newark Industrial Solutions Center; 2013

· Garfield Foundation; $50,000, Newark Industrial Solutions Center; 2013

· NSF-IGERT; $3.2 Million; Nanotechnology for Clean Energy (multiple researchers), 2009

· NSF-IGERT; $1.5 Million; Solutions for Renewable and Sustainable Fuel in the 21st Century (multiple

researchers), 2009 (complete January 2014)

· New York City Transit Authority/MTA; $50,000 (MTA Green Purchasing Implementation, 2007

· Lawrenceville School; $20,000 (Green Purchasing eProcurement System Development), 2006

· Lawrenceville School; $37,000 (Green Purchasing and Recycling Implementation), 2004

· USEPA; $50,000 (Development of Life Cycle Assessment Systems for Environmentally Preferable Purchased

Products and Services), 2004

INTERNAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

· Rutgers Third Space Grant-Rutgers Arts Express; $13,000 – Business of Creating a Documentary, 2019

· Rutgers Newark Chancellor Seed Grant; $70,000 - Rutgers-Newark Green Zone 2020 EmCARS™ Initiative

· Rutgers 4-H Grant; $4,000; Rutgers 4-H Development of Green Supply Chain – Green Purchasing Science

Toolkit for Rutgers 4-H Institute for Marine and Costal Sciences (SEBS) Students (Adrianna DiGuglielmo,

Rutgers School of Business, Camden), Summer 2012

· Rutgers Energy Institute Grant; $5,000 – Development of a Supply Chain Renewable Energy Cost and

Economic Analysis Research (Developing a Web Portal for renewable energy capital project decision-makers)

· Rutgers Business School - Research Resources Committee Award for 2012 ($1,585) Research Title:

“Identifying Cost and Efficiency Opportunities in Government Procurement”

· Rutgers – SCM Departmental Grant ($1,000) – Supply Chain Archeology Database Development Research

· Rutgers Climate Change Grant; $10,000 (to develop product climate impact labeling and evaluation system)

· Rutgers Energy Institute; $70,000 (to develop Procure-to-Waste Greenhouse Gas Database, develop and

managed Rutgers Energy Conservation Internship program)

AWARDS/HONORS

•

Notable Document Award - National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL); The Legislative Research Librarians

(LRL) Professional Staff Association for the publication: “2022 Recycling Market Development Council: Report to

the Governor and Legislature” - 2023

•

New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Awards - PSEG® Environmental Stewardship, 2015

•

University President Leaders in Faculty Diversity Award, 2015

•

ISM Professional Supply Chain Annual Chair Award, 2013

• Sierra Club Annual Professional of the Year Award, 2010

• New Jersey State Governor’s Award for Environmental Leadership and Excellence, 2006

• Heinz Family Foundation Annual Award Nomination Board Member, (The Heinz Awards), 2002

• National Wildlife Federation, Annual Individual and Special Achievement Award for Environmental Stewardship,

2001

• African-American Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia – Annual Award for Corporate Leadership, 2000

• United States Vice Presidential National Recycling Challenge Award, 1998

• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Research/Advancement of Environmental Protection in New

Jersey, 1993 and 1995

• New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Award for Environmental Contract Management Research, Rutgers

University, 1995

PROFESSIONAL AND/OR EXECUTIVE TRAINING

Professional/Executive Training Type: Executive Training

Client/Organization: Rutgers Business School; CUEED

Location: Newark, NJ

Compensated or Pro Bono: Compensated

Start Date/End Date: January 2015 – Present

Professional/Executive Training Type: Executive Training

Client/Organization: Rutgers Business School; Executive MBA

Location: Newark, NJ

Compensated or Pro Bono: Compensated

Start Date/End Date: January 2015 – May 2020

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS and QUOTES

Media Contribution/Quote Title: Multiple (https://www.business.rutgers.edu/faculty/kevin-lyons)

Media Type: Newsprint

Media Name: Multiple

Description: Supply Chain Disruptions, Climate Change, Sustainability, Waste Management

Date: 2011 - Present

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY

Committee Name: Global Health Institute

Position/Role: Faculty Member

Elected or Appointed (if given): Appointed

Start Date/End Date: January 2018

Committee Name: Rutgers Energy Institute

Position/Role: Associate Director

Elected or Appointed (if given): Appointed

Start Date/End Date: January 2010

SERVICE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Organization/Committee/Club: NJ State Commission on the Green Economy

Position/Role: Commissioner

City: Trenton

State: New Jersey

Country: U.S.

Elected or Appointed (if given): Appointed

Start Date/End Date: January 2020

RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP

In 1988 I commenced a global applied research initiative to research product, commodity, energy, and waste

development and design and to electronically model and integrate environmental, sustainable development, social and

economic criteria within the supply chain/operations management process. By following the development and disposal

of products via field research (international raw material and waste material as feedstock for product development to

landfill archeological digs) I have been able to develop and utilize several computer modeling programs including

systems thinking, life cycle analysis/costing and strategic management processes and systems in order to evaluate and

implement effective supply chain management programs, which support and incorporate public policy, environmental

management programs, as well as sustainable, social and economic development concepts. This research has shown

that these models can be used to execute environmental policy, sustainable and economic development while executing

an effective supply chain/operations management system in all sectors. In addition, this research and its practical

applications can be applied throughout the global business community, which include the institutionalization of public

policy/environmental contract management programs for governmental agencies, local communities and educational

institutions worldwide. I have worked on and applied these concepts with several governmental, public and private

sector agencies and institutions in the United States, Europe and South America.

APPLIED RESEARCH; SERVICE/OUTREACH

University/Community

During the 1997 through 1998 calendar year, I was asked by the State of New Jersey (State Government Relations

Division) to investigate (research), author and implement the City of Camden's first comprehensive Purchasing Policy

and Procedural Manual. In order to implement the City’s new purchasing policies and procedures, I developed and

conducted several citywide workshops/training sessions for Camden City procurement, administrative and operational

officials and employees; the New Jersey State Government Relations Division approved the release of the publication

and the workshop/training methodology. In order to sustain the City of Camden’s procurement system and process, I

developed a research/internship program based on this project. As a result, graduate student interns from the Rutgers-

Camden, Masters of Public Administration and the Law School; participate in the on-going maintenance and training

for the City of Camden Purchasing Manual/Publication.

· Supply Chain Archeology Researcher – Conducting Global Landfill and Archeological Digs 1999 -

· Faculty Member ISM Services Group – Professional Student Development/Case Competition 2012-

· Faculty Advisor for Fall 2012 Sustainable Supply Chain Conference (Joseph Fung, Kyle Hegel)

· Faculty Advisor for Spring 2012 Developing a Sustainable Walmart Supply Chain App – Walmart Business

Plan Competition (Tarak Shah, Barak Epstein, Sameer Grover, and Brian Pan)

· Research Advisor and Co-PI for Fall 2012 Climate and Sustainable Coffee Supply Chain in Kenya

Symposium (Rose Kiwanuka, Ph.D. Candidate)

· Faculty Advisor (Ph.D. Candidates … Sustainability, Climate and Renewable Energy Research)

· Research Member of the Rutgers Big Data Research Program at CoRE (research to merge my global supply

chain sustainability and archeology data into one computational database that will eventually be utilized by

professional supply chain, sourcing and procurement professionals globally)

· Research Member of the new Rutgers Center for Sensory Sciences (Flavors, Fragrances, etc.)

· 2011/12 Rutgers Gardens New Visitors Center Building; Selected as a the head of the RFP Green Building

and Architectural Selection Committee

· Summer 2012 - Rutgers Freshman Orientation Lectures (4 (four) Introduction to SCM Lectures were provided

to incoming Rutgers Students)

· Associate Director, Supply Chain Business Development, Rutgers EcoComplex. Developing supply chain

readiness plans for 13 alternative energy and agriculture business incubators located at the EcoComplex

· Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute, Student Research Projects – Supply Chain Renewable Energy

Research ($5,000 Student Summer Grant Program)

· Research Member for the Newark Manufacturing Initiative with the Brookings Institute – Developing a

Supply Chain Resource Center for small Newark manufacturing firms (approximately 400 firms) and

sustainable food supply chain networks; papers will be developed based on how the resources perform for

these firms.

· Research Advisor, Summer 2012 Rutgers 4-H Development of Green Supply Chain – Green Purchasing

Science Toolkit for Rutgers 4-H Institute for Marine and Costal Sciences (SEBS) Students (Adrianna

DiGuglielmo, Rutgers School of Business, Camden); $4,000 Grant (presented at Spring Teen Summit)

The Rutgers Green Purchasing Program and the Green Cooperative Purchasing Initiative

Since 1988 I have been involved in the development of green purchasing concepts and initiatives. Using the standard

University contract as a gateway to greening the institution has been an extremely successful process. The contract is

an extremely powerful mechanism for communicating what your organizational requirements and needs are, specifying

high quality goods and services and for tracking supplier performance. Green purchasing adds another important and

critical layer to the established contract and the Rutgers Purchasing Department has introduced multiple environmental,

social and corporate disclosure and reporting criteria to the competitive contract. Adding this information during the

design of the specifications has allowed the University to ensure that this information is introduced at the beginning

rather than at the end of the competitive bid process.

As a major public research institution Rutgers has always had a commitment to the New Jersey citizens, communities

and organizations that surround our University system. As the director of the Rutgers Purchasing Department I

understood this valuable and important responsibility and I directed the staff to utilize the green purchasing concept to

serve a required environmental and social responsibility. As I wrote and competitively bid our green RFPs, RFQs and

negotiated our University-wide contracts, the Purchasing Department has included mandatory cooperative purchasing

language which allows the University to extend and share our contracts with other Universities, Schools (K-12),

Municipalities, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). These entities will now have the ability to purchasing

green products and services at the same quality and cost thresholds as Rutgers University. Note: I conducted extensive

research into New Jersey State Public Bidding regulations and policies to ensure that we could extend our University

contracts to other public sectors within the State.

During my research into developing the Green Purchasing Cooperative I began to understand and focus on how the

Rutgers Purchasing Department could serve a more important role … bringing together the power of State, County,

Rutgers, Local and Municipal green purchasing power to serve a much larger audience. It is our continued goal to

ensure that the communities that directly surround the University … Newark, Camden, New Brunswick and Piscataway

are able to take advantage of green purchasing. Our view is that the Rutgers Purchasing Department can serve an

important networking and consulting role as we continue to conduct valuable and cutting-edge green purchasing

research we will extend and outreach to NJ State Treasury/ Purchase Bureau Officials, County Purchasing Officials

(Essex, Camden and Middlesex), Public and Private School Officials, Administrators, Teachers and Students (Newark,

Camden, New Brunswick and Piscataway), State, County and Local Governmental and Legislative Officials, Local

Businesses, and Citizens. The synergy that green purchasing and the Rutgers Purchasing Department can bring is

tremendous, empowering and progressive … it is the knowledge that green purchasing could serve as the common

mindset changing force in how we view the community and community service. We are connecting multiple sectors to

a common goal and we hope that we are changing and greening the landscape as we continue to provide more guidance

and green purchasing opportunities.

National and International

In addition to my Supply Chain/Environmental Contract Management research that I have conducted, I have traveled

throughout the United States and internationally to assist governmental officials, communities, higher education

institutions and industry leaders in the design and implementation of environmental and social justice and protection

programs. I have also conducted lectures and consultation work on behalf of the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection, the World Wide Fund for Nature - UK, Tufts University's Environmental Literacy Institute,

and the National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC. In 1995, I was invited to commence work on the UK

governmental procurement conversion plan (Compulsory Competitive Tendering - CCT to Best Value) and have

traveled to England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland to assist in the negotiations, and implementation strategies with

several local authorities, European Union Officials, WWF-UK and DETR (Department of Environment and Transport)

several times a year.

In 2001, I began collaborative work with the WWF-UK on the development of a Sustainable Procurement Continuing

Education Course and Professional Certification Program for Government and Higher Education Procurement

Professionals. In the Spring of 2005, this project was implemented simultaneously in London (Westminster

University), Cardiff, Wales (Government), Belfast, Northern Ireland (Government), New Brunswick (Rutgers

University) and Washington D.C. (Office of the Federal Environmental Executive/USEPA).

Doctoral theses supervised as primary advisor.

a) 2023-Present, Haiyan Liu, RBS, DBA Candidate

b) 2023-Present, Angelo Torres Soldevila, RBS, DBA Candidate

COURSES TAUGHT AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

· 29:799:490 Public Procurement (elective undergraduate course)

· 22:799:580 Operations Analysis (core MBA course)

· 29:799:475/6 Supply Chain Management; For Fashion and Other Creative Pursuits I and II (elective

undergraduate course)

· 22:799:608 Procurement and Global Sourcing (core MBA course)

· 29:799:301 Intro to Supply Chain Management (core undergraduate course)

· 29/33:799:440 Supply Chain Environmental Management; Green Purchasing (elective undergraduate course)

· 22:799:642 SC Global Sourcing and International Distribution for Fashion (Business of Fashion Core)

· 29/33:799:498 Supply Chain Environmental Management; Green Purchasing (Independent Study)

· 29:799:498:Q5 The Business of Creating a Documentary (RBS/SAS Independent Study Course)

· 22:799:672 Supply Chain Environmental Management; Green Purchasing (elective MBA and EMBA course)

· 16:137:602 Supply Chain Environmental Management; Green Purchasing (MBS course)

· 01:090:101 Supply Chain Archaeology (Rutgers Byrne Seminar)

· 52:620:493 Supply Chain Management (core undergraduate course)

· 56:834:515 Public Budgeting and Finance (core MBA course)

· 11:015:300 Green Purchasing (elective undergraduate course)