Danielle A. Ripsman

Invited reviewer for international journals and conferences in Operations Research and Healthcare Engineering. Responsible for evaluating the methodological rigor, original contribution, and technical accuracy of submitted manuscripts. Trying not to be reviewer 2.

Elected to represent the national student body, spearheading the post-pandemic reinvigoration of student chapters across Canada. Previously served in multiple leadership tiers, including President of University of Waterloo's Student Chapter. Led local membership growth by 200%, transitioned on-boarding processes, and managed digital presence over seven years.

Founded and directed the University of Waterloo branch of this tri-university high school outreach competition. Oversaw the end-to-end development of contest mathematics, automated validators, and administrative infrastructure. Previously served as a long-term Executive at the University of Toronto branch, designing curriculum to introduce OR concepts to secondary students, in a fun, single-day, collaborative format. Oversaw the distribution (as well as raising) 1000's of dollars in prize money. This competition unfortunately went dormant in 2019, after being cancelled due to the pandemic.

Collaborated with Dr. Kiefer Burgess on the architectural design of the virtual "Conference Centre" for CORS 2021 using Gather Town, creating an immersive digital environment for academic exchange during the pandemic. Served as a volunteer for the INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) conference (2025).

Elected representative for the graduate student body at the University of Waterloo. Managed departmental budgets, facilitated faculty-student communication channels, and organized a series of invited speaker seminars and professional development socials.