I received the news that I am elected to become the 2018 president of the INFORMS based society Transportation Science and Logistics (and that I will thus serve in 2017 as the president-elect/vice-president for the society). Extremely happy about this !
Thanks to all who voted for me!
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is the largest society in the world for professionals in the field of operations research (O.R.), management science, and analytics. More information on INFORMS can be found here: https://www.informs.org
The INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Society was formed in 2004 with the merger of the Transportation Science and Logistics Sections. The Transportation Science and Logistics Society includes around 1,000 members and focuses on Air Transportation, Freight Transportation and Logistics, Urban Transportation Planning and Modeling, Facility Logistics, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. More information on the Transportation Science and Logistics society can be found here: https://www.informs.org/Community/TSL
Tom Van Woensel 
Excellent news. Big congratulations!