Clifford F. Lynch of C. F. Lynch & Associates has provided management advisory services in logistics since 1993.

During the previous thirty-five years, he was Vice President– Logistics for the Quaker Oats Company and President of Trammell Crow Distribution Corporation.

He attended public schools in Memphis, received his under- graduate degree from the University of Tennessee, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

He is a Certified Member of the American Society of Transportation and Logistics and is a member of:

• Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business Logistics
  
• Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
  
• Editorial Review Board, Supply Chain Management Review
  
• Warehousing Education and Research Council
  
• Advisory Council to Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee

Mr. Lynch is a member and past president of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and has received numerous awards in the field of logistics. Among them are:

• CLM Distinguished Service Award

• Traffic Management Magazine Professional Achievement Award

• University of Tennessee Department of Marketing and Transportation Distinguished Alumnus

• President's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the American Society of Transportation and Logistics

• 1992 Salzberg Memorial Medallion

• 1997 AST & L Outstanding Transportation/Logistics Executive

• 2000 AST & L Chairman's Award of Excellence

• 2000-2001 e-Business & e-Supply Chain Executive

• 2005 Eagle Award from Operation Stimulus

He is an adjunct at the University of Memphis and a frequent lecturer at other colleges and universities and an author of numerous articles on the subject of logistics and two books on logistics outsourcing.

He is a director and past chairman of The Memphis Food Bank, and is licensed as an affiliate real estate broker in the State of Tennessee.