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. Coates also works as an expert witness on legal cases involving global supply chain disputes and has worked on over 60 legal cases. As a management consultant for 35+ years, She has helped over 80 global supply chain clients worldwide. She is an Amazon.com best-selling author with five supply chain management books, including The Reshoring Guidebook, 42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China, and Legal Blacksmith: How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes.