In 2026, Sheri Hinish—known globally as the Supply Chain Queen®—was named a Worthy 100 Honoree by WorthMinds, a prestigious editorial recognition for leaders, founders, and change-makers creating measurable influence in their industries. This is a reflection on the journey behind the recognition and what it signals for the future of supply chain leadership.
What Is The Worthy 100 by WorthMinds?
The Worthy 100 is a special edition published by WorthMinds, the editorial platform that brings together world-renowned business leaders, luxury innovators, and industry pioneers. Unlike conventional lists that rank leaders by revenue, title, or company valuation, The Worthy 100 is built around a different premise: that the most meaningful leadership stories are defined by the experiences, choices, challenges, setbacks, and lessons that shape the person behind the achievement.
WorthMinds describes The Worthy 100 as a collective of individuals whose journeys represent more than conventional success. The edition explores not just what leaders have accomplished but how they got there—the pivots, the failures, the decisions made when no one was watching. Its stated editorial mission is to offer the next generation perspectives they can learn from, relate to, and carry forward.
I was selected as a Worthy 100 Honoree in 2026, recognized for my work at the intersection of supply chain transformation, sustainability innovation, and purpose-driven leadership. Being featured alongside leaders whose impact spans business, technology, policy, and social change is a milestone I do not take lightly.
Recognition is not the destination. It is a signal that the work is landing—that the conversations you are pushing, the paradigms you are challenging, and the communities you are building are creating impact beyond your own line of sight.
Why This Recognition Matters for Supply Chain Leadership
For too long, supply chain leadership has been treated as an operational function rather than a strategic discipline. Supply chain professionals design, manage, and transform the systems that power global commerce—every product you touch, every meal you eat, every medication you take exists because a supply chain delivered it. Yet supply chain leaders are rarely featured alongside CEOs, founders, and investors in mainstream business media.
Being named a Worthy 100 Honoree by WorthMinds is significant precisely because it places supply chain thought leadership in the same editorial space as leaders from finance, technology, luxury, and social impact. It signals that the narrative is changing. Supply chain is not a back-office function. It is the most consequential profession in global business, and the leaders who are driving its transformation belong in the rooms where influence, innovation, and purpose-driven strategy are recognized.
The Journey Behind the Supply Chain Queen® Brand
Sheri Hinish is the Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Revolution Global LLC, the company behind the Supply Chain Queen® brand. A former Senior Partner at both EY (Ernst & Young) and IBM Consulting, she has spent over a decade advising Fortune 500 companies and governments on supply chain transformation, circular economy strategy, AI-enabled operations, and sustainability innovation. She holds advanced degrees from Harvard University and Rutgers University and has been recognized among the Top 250 Global Leaders in Sustainability, Top 100 Women in Supply Chain and Technology, and Top 100 B2B Influencers in North America.
But the path to building Supply Chain Queen® was never linear. I did not arrive at the intersection of supply chain, sustainability, and innovation by following a playbook. I got here by questioning why those disciplines were treated as separate conversations in the first place—and by making the case for integration when the boardroom was not ready to hear it.
Circular economy before it was fashionable. Regeneration as an operating model, not a marketing tagline. Diversity as a catalyst for innovation, not a compliance checkbox. Just-transition strategy that acknowledges the human cost of systemic change. These were not popular positions when I started advocating for them. Many of them still are not, depending on the boardroom. The moments that define leadership are not the wins everyone celebrates. They are the decisions you make when the room disagrees, when the data is ambiguous, and when the easier path is silence.
I built my career by simplifying the complex, rethinking paradigms for Fortune 500 clients, and refusing to accept that supply chain leadership should be invisible. The Worthy 100 recognizes that conviction has impact.
How the Supply Chain Revolution® Podcast and Platform Fit In
The Supply Chain Revolution® podcast, now in its third season, is the media arm of that mission. It brings together the boldest thinkers in sustainability, digital transformation, Industry 4.0, talent development, and circular economy to have the conversations that the supply chain profession needs but often avoids. Past guests have included leaders from organizations driving the next frontier of regenerative business, and the podcast has been spotlighted by The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Economist, Forbes, and ESG Today.
Supply Chain Queen® exists because the supply chain profession needed a platform that combined rigorous thought leadership with an unapologetic point of view. Not another consulting brand that speaks in frameworks and hedges every insight. A platform that says what it means, challenges conventional thinking, and serves the community of leaders who are doing the hardest work in global business. Being recognized by WorthMinds validates that a supply chain voice can—and should—hold its own alongside voices from any industry.
What The Worthy 100 Means for the Next Generation of Supply Chain Talent
The Worthy 100 edition's stated mission is to offer the next generation something more meaningful than conventional success stories. That mission aligns precisely with what I care about most: building the bench. Talent development, mentorship, and creating pathways for emerging supply chain leaders to enter the profession with context, capability, and courage are central to everything I do—from keynote stages at COP, NY Climate Week, and CES to the podcast to the advisory work.
The next generation does not need more polished case studies about what worked. They need honest accounts of what was hard, what failed, what required a pivot, and what it actually costs to lead with conviction in a system that rewards conformity. That is what The Worthy 100 is designed to deliver, and that is why this recognition carries weight.
Every supply chain professional who has ever been told their work is just logistics, just operations, just cost management deserves to see supply chain leadership recognized on a global stage. This is for all of us.
To my fellow Worthy 100 honorees: I am grateful to be in your company. To the WorthMinds editorial team: thank you for building a platform that looks beyond titles and achievements to explore the human story behind the work. And to the supply chain community—the practitioners, the leaders, the students, and the rebels who refuse to accept the way things have always been done—this recognition belongs to all of us.
Read the full edition of The Worthy 100 by WorthMinds.
Worthiness is not conferred by a list. It is built daily—in the decisions you make when no one is watching, the conversations you push when the room resists, and the communities you build when the work is thankless. This recognition is a milestone, not a finish line. The revolution continues.
Sheri Hinish is the Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Revolution Global LLC (d/b/a Supply Chain Queen®), a supply chain thought leadership, advisory, media, and community platform. A former Senior Partner at both EY and IBM Consulting, where she led global practices in sustainable supply chain and sustainability services respectively, she advises Fortune 500 companies and governments on supply chain transformation, AI-enabled operations, sustainability, circular economy, and just-transition strategy. She holds advanced degrees from Harvard University and Rutgers University and is recognized as a Top 250 Global Leader in Sustainability, Top 100 Women in Supply Chain and Technology, and Top 100 B2B Influencer in North America. She hosts the Supply Chain Revolution® podcast and speaks globally at COP, NY Climate Week, CES, and major industry events.