Rosemary Coates is the Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a 501c3 nonprofit and non-partisan organization focused on expanding U.S. manufacturing. She is also the President of Blue Silk Consulting, a global supply chain management consulting firm. Ms. Coates also works as an Expert Witness on legal cases involving global supply chain disputes, and has worked on over 60 legal cases.

Ms. Coates has been a management consultant for 35+ years, helping over 80 global supply chain clients worldwide. She has worked for extended periods in Asia where she gained particular expertise in manufacturing in China.

She is an Amazon.com best-selling author with five Supply Chain Management books, including  Reshoring Guidebook, and 42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China, and Legal Blacksmith – How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes. 

Rosemary serves on the Board of Directors at the University of San Diego Supply Chain Management Institute and teaches Global Supply Chain Strategy at UC Berkeley. Ms. Coates is the host of the Frictionless Supply Chain podcast hosted by Supply Chain Management Review, where she is also a contributing writer.  Ms. Coates earned an MBA from the University of San Diego and a Bachelor of Science in Business Logistics from Arizona State University.