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Allison Bennett Irion

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Board Member at Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Allison Bennett Irion is the Director of Supply Chain Research at Argonne National Laboratory, leveraging over 20 years of experience from the DOE complex and military. A graduate of MIT, she specializes in improving the resilience and security of U. S. supply chains for critical materials, energy, and national security.

Outside of her primary role, she is a Commander in the U. S. Navy Reserve and a licensed U. S. Merchant Marine officer. For over a decade, she has been a member of the Junior League, holding leadership positions to address womens poverty and literacy issues in her community.

In an interview, she shared that if she could have any other job, she would visit a friend in Antarctica to see the happy penguins.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Board Member
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Critical Material Security
Leads research at Argonne on the supply chains for rare-earth elements and lithium-ion batteries to support the Department of Defense and other government agencies.
National Security
Her career is rooted in national security, with extensive experience in nuclear non-proliferation and material security programs for the DOE, DOD, and DHS.
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Career

Work history

12-2023
Board Member
Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
12-2022
DOE Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Fellow
US Department of Energy
6-2022
Director, Supply Chain Research
Argonne National Laboratory
9-2021 - 9-2022
Atlantic Council Veterans in Advanced Energy Fellow
Atlantic Council
1-2019 - 5-2022
Group Leader & Principal Systems Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
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Education
Masters of Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS
United States Merchant Marine Academy
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