Dr. Vidya Mani is an Associate Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Area at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. Dr. Mani’s research focuses on how supply chain imperatives drive operational decisions across electronics, oil and natural gas, pharmaceutical, and retail sectors. She works with the industry and policymakers to identify the impact of recent legislative efforts and ESG standards on the supply chain and evaluate the tradeoffs associated between local policies, national security, and global goals. She is part of a working group for creating sustainability standards for the textile and apparel sector at GRI. She is also a Franklin Fellow at the Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Office of International Labor Affairs. She teaches an elective on Sustainable Global Value Chains in the Residential MBA Program and the Executive MBA Program at the Darden Business School.