Donna Palumbo-Miele
Assistant Professor of Practice
Bio
Donna Palumbo-Miele, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State University. She also founded Concordia Supply Chain Group LLC, a WBENC-certified supply chain management solution consulting firm, providing startups to Fortune 500 clients with solutions in business process outsourcing, strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, supplier diversity, and supply chain sustainability. Prior, Palumbo-Miele held an executive level position in Global Procurement for Bloomberg L.P. in New York City and roles of increasing responsibility in supply chain disciplines at Johnson & Johnson, including 15 years at The Walt Disney Company.
Areas of Specialization
- Strategic sourcing (direct & indirect)
- Procurement
- Sustainable supply chain
- Supplier relationship management
- Supplier diversity
- DEI
- Supplier enabled innovation
- Global sourcing
- Logistics
- Product development
- Reverse logistics