Rosemary Coates

Executive Director, Reshoring Institute

Rosemary Coates is the Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a 501c3 Non-Profit (www.ReshoringInstitute.com), and the President of Blue Silk Consulting, a global supply chain firm. She is an Amazon.com Best Selling author with 5 books about global supply chains including: “The Reshoring Guidebook” and “Legal Blacksmith – How To Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes.” She has been a management consultant for 25 years, and is an Expert Witness for cases involving global manufacturing. Ms. Coates earned an MBA from the University of San Diego and a BS in Business from Arizona State University. She teaches Global Supply Chain Strategy at UC Berkeley. She is passionate about bringing manufacturing back to America.