Donna J. Broussard, PhD

VP Supply Chain and Operations executive level leader in supply chain risk, investment screening, and AI governance.

Thirty plus years across Fortune 500 manufacturing, defense and aerospace, the intelligence community, and federal consulting. I help organizations see risk earlier, decide with evidence, and keep a human accountable for every high stakes call.

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At a glance

Based in Virginia. Open to remote roles across the United States, private sector.
Current work: Supply Chain Independent Consultant at Section 2, training LLMs to identify supply chain anomalies in illicit finance and money laundering.
Focus: Practical intelligence for supply chain leaders: investment risk, sub-tier visibility, and AI governance.
Newsletter: The Mission-Ready Supply Chain, on LinkedIn.

Stats

30+ Years in supply chain and operations
PhD Organization and Management, Leadership
4 Sectors: manufacturing, defense, intelligence, consulting
Nov 2026 Newsletter launched: The Mission-Ready Supply Chain

Executive profile

Risk you can explain.

I work at the point where supply chain operations, national security risk, and AI meet. My career has moved from Fortune 500 manufacturing floors to defense and aerospace programs, intelligence community work, and federal consulting, which gives me a view of the supply chain that spans the supplier, the program, and the policy decision.

Decisions you can defend.

Recently, I have used multi-model LLM workflows, including Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini, under strict Human-in-the-Loop governance to turn unstructured risk data into decisions. That work includes analysis that supported a presidential block of a foreign-controlled entity’s U.S. operations, and ongoing work at Section 2 helping train LLMs to identify supply chain anomalies in illicit finance and money laundering.

My standard is simple: a prediction is a lead, not a verdict. The model advises, the human decides, and the human answers for it. That discipline is what makes AI useful in an audit, in a boardroom, and in a sourcing decision that has to hold up months later.

Core expertise

What I bring to an executive team

Six capabilities, built over three decades and sharpened by recent AI and risk work.

01. Supply Chain Risk Management: Identifying supplier, geographic, and concentration risk before it becomes disruption, with evidence that stands on its own.

02. Foreign Ownership Screening: Four screening questions and a repeatable process for foreign ownership, control, and influence risk in sourcing and investment decisions.

03. AI Governance, Human-in-the-Loop: Named owners, traceable outputs, validation before action, documented data limits, and an audit trail that survives turnover.

04. Sub-Tier Visibility: Seeing beyond tier one: where parts, materials, and money actually move, and where anomalies signal illicit finance risk.

05. Procurement and Acquisitions: Executive level procurement leadership across complex, regulated environments, with quality and delivery held as separate, measurable disciplines.

06. Operations Excellence: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt discipline applied to quality, cost of poor quality, and on-time delivery improvement.

Selected work

Recent programs and impact

Current and recent work, described at the level appropriate for a public portfolio.

Section 2: Current — Training LLMs to spot illicit finance anomalies

As a Supply Chain Independent Consultant, I help train large language models to identify supply chain anomalies in illicit finance and money laundering.

Turns unstructured trade and payment data into investigable leads
Applies supply chain judgment to what counts as a true anomaly
Keeps human validation ahead of any action

Risk Screening — Analysis supporting a presidential block

Multi-model LLM analysis under Human-in-the-Loop governance supported a presidential block of a foreign-controlled entity’s U.S. operations.

Unstructured risk data converted into a defensible decision record
Sources, inputs, and human checks documented for scrutiny
A clear line between prediction and verdict

AI Governance — A governance model that holds up in an audit

A five-control framework now shared publicly through The Mission-Ready Supply Chain for any leader whose decisions AI already touches.

Named human owner for every AI-assisted decision
Show its work: inputs, sources, and workflow kept
Audit trail that survives turnover

Sectors

Fortune 500 Manufacturing: Operations and supply chain leadership at scale
Defense and Aerospace: Regulated programs, quality, and delivery discipline
Intelligence Community: Risk analysis where evidence and provenance matter
Federal Consulting: Advising on supply chain and operational risk

Thought leadership

The Mission-Ready Supply Chain

A LinkedIn newsletter launched November 1, 2026, monthly going forward. Practical intelligence for supply chain leaders: investment risk, sub-tier visibility, and AI governance. Subscribe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7522821367763947520/

Published editions

Read each edition in full on LinkedIn. The first two editions were published at launch, on November 1 and 2, 2026. A third edition, on the ethical use of AI as a predictive tool for supply chain risk, is scheduled for Monday, November 9, 2026.

01. Four Screening Questions Every Supply Chain Leader Should Ask About Foreign Ownership. The questions that surface foreign ownership, control, and influence risk before a sourcing or investment decision is final. Edition 1: November 1, 2026 — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-screening-questions-every-supply-chain-leader-should-broussard-azzse/

02. Human-in-the-Loop AI Governance That Holds Up in an Audit. Five controls an auditor will look for: a named owner, traceable work, validation before action, honest data limits, and a durable audit trail. Edition 2: November 2, 2026 — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-in-the-loop-ai-governance-holds-up-audit-donna-j-broussard-up7je/

Credentials

Education and certifications

Education

PhD, Organization and Management (Leadership) Capella University, conferred October 31, 2010
MBA, E-Commerce University of Dubuque, 2000 to 2001
BBA, Computer Information Systems University of Dubuque, 2001 to 2004
BBA, Business Management Cameron University, 1987 to 1992
Six Sigma Studies Villanova University, 2007 to 2008

Certifications

Claude 101 Certificate Outskill
AI Certificate, Purdue Global Purdue Global, in progress, finishing
LOGTECH Advanced Institute for Defense and Business, issued May 18, 2021, does not expire. Verify credential: https://www.credential.net/24504ae8-a2a3-494d-8c23-bfff7edb3a88
Six Sigma Black Belt Certified by the U.S. Army, 2007
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Florida Technical Institute, 2002

Also in this portfolio

Executive experience includes Leidos Plus Section 2 consulting and work connected to Purdue Global

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