Kimberly Anders, MBA, is Group Vice President of Strategic Supplier Engagement at Premier. In this role, she provides the expertise and thought leadership necessary to create and drive strategic engagement with contracted suppliers to maximize the value of the Premier relationship, resources, and reach. Anders serves as the primary liaison for Premier business partners and their executive team, working in concert with Premier’s spend advisors, clinical and technical talents, and supply chain professionals to transform providers’ performance and propel growth opportunities for suppliers. Anders has more than 15 years of leadership experience delivering and sustaining revenue growth in the healthcare and insurance industries from entrepreneurial organizations to Fortune 15 companies.

As SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer for Penn State Health, Richard leads the Penn State supply chain to deliver best in class solutions to the customers and patients we serve in central Pennsylvania. Richard is actively engaged in transforming the existing materials function. Penn State health is a $2.5B IDN anchored by the Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center. Prior to Richard’s current role, he led the sourcing and contracting team at Intermountain. Richard has worked for 3M Health Information Systems in development of their electronic medical records. Richard has also worked for Siemens developing commercial IT products. Richard is a graduate from the University of Utah with a degree in computer science and also has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix where he has taught 17 years.

John Becker leads Vizient’s Strategic Growth Solutions, including Sg2’s Intelligence, Analytics and Advisory Services, and the Vizient Research Institute. His oversight ensures Vizient delivers market-differentiated points of view and provides thought leadership, intellectual rigor and intellectual integrity to its members. His oversight also advances Sg2 thought leadership across cost, quality and market performance strategic pillars. Prior to his current role, John served as general manager for Sg2’s strategy business and led various service, sales and strategic accounts teams over his more than 15-year tenure with the company. In his pre-Sg2/Vizient life, he held multiple sales and management positions with Merck & Co, Inc. John earned his MBA from Loyola University Chicago and was awarded the Graduate Business School’s Outstanding Graduate. He also holds an MS in organic chemistry from Indiana University. As an undergraduate, he majored in psychology and chemistry, earning a BA with departmental honors from Northwestern University.

Chris Box is the Senior Supply Chain Analyst for the Surgical Procedure Value Alignment Program (SPVAP) at Banner Health and assists in system level product standardization. He is responsible for cost comparison between comparable product lines, tracking trends in supply utilization and compiling standardized supplies for procedure card benchmarking. Chris has over 6 years of experience in supply chain analytics and 17 years in health care. Chris holds a BS in Public Administration from Northern Arizona University.

Dr. Randy V. Bradley is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management at the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee. He is also EVP, Digital Transformation in Life Sciences for Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) and Principal Owner of RV Bradley, LLC. He holds a Ph.D. in Management of Information Technology and Innovation, an M.S. in Management Information Systems, and a B.S. in Computer Engineering, all from Auburn University.

Dr. Bradley is a preeminent thought leader and highly sought-after speaker for professional and corporate conferences and events. Dr. Bradley has 20+ years of industry experience as a consultant and healthcare supply chain and IT strategist and researcher. His expertise includes digital business transformation, supply chain digitalization, and the strategic application of business analytics and IT in the supply chain, with an emphasis on the healthcare sector.

Jocelyn Bradshaw has more than 25 years of healthcare experience in optimizing supply chains, driving operational growth and in building and leading best-in-class sourcing processes and teams. In her role as the senior vice president of Strategic Sourcing for HealthTrust, Bradshaw is responsible for the operational activities of the GPO and the sourcing of its national products and services portfolio in the areas of nursing, surgery, laboratory, radiology and medical device. She also manages the member-led Supply Chain and Clinical Advisory Boards that drive the organization’s contracting processes as well as HealthTrust’s global sourcing and environmental sustainability initiatives. Bradshaw’s previous experience includes senior-level supply chain, contracting and/or finance positions with MedAssets, Broadlane and Johnson & Johnson Medical.

Martina Brooks is the Senior Surgical and Procedural Standardization Program Manager with the Care Management department at Banner Health, where she has served for over 16 years. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Innovation with a concentration in Healthcare Administration and Management

Mark Campbell is the vice president of supply chain at Tampa General Healthcare (TGH), a nationally renowned nonprofit academic medical center. Campbell has been serving as vice president of supply chain at TGH since 2006. In his position, Campbell is responsible for all aspects of the supply chain including, strategic sourcing, distribution, value analysis and minority business inclusion. Prior to this role, Campbell served as director of health information management at TGH. Before joining TGH, Campbell was as a senior associate at KPMG LLP and a manager of health information management at Florida State Hospital. Campbell received his Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management from the University of Tennessee and Master of Business Administration and Health Administration from the University of Florida. He is a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives and a certified materials and resource professional with the Association of Healthcare Resource and Materials Management.

Jim Dausch has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. At NCI, Jim oversees operations, including strategic direction of the firm. His background includes: Bio Medical Engineering, Materials Management, Group Purchasing, International Consulting, Manufacturing, Corporate Accounts, Sales and Marketing, and Sales Management. At NCI, Jim is responsible for the leadership and direction of key business partner engagements, business development, and strategic planning. He works as a business development partner to represent medical device, medical products, capital, distributor, service, technology, pharmaceutical, laboratory companies. To group purchasing organizations, and integrated delivery networks, coalitions, health systems, stand-alone health systems, Alternate site, home care. With expertise in corporate development and the cultivation of industry relationships, He generates unique opportunities for supplier clients in the healthcare arena. Jim is the sole owner of NCI Consulting Group and the primary contributor to NCI's national recognition as the leading consulting firm in business development of market solicitation and penetration solutions.

David Finley serves as a Managing Partner at Excelerant Consulting. He previously spent 11 years as Vice President, Strategic Supplier Engagement at Premier, Inc. where he evolved the strategy and organization from an emphasis on supplier relations to comprehensive leadership of strategic contracting across all service lines. He was most recently Senior Vice President of Strategic Contracting, ZB Connect, supporting Zimmer Biomet and ZB Connect’s transformation to patient-centric solutions and technology. His team managed more than a half-billion dollars in business with 16 leading IDNs, including Advocate Aurora, Geisinger, Johns Hopkins, Kaiser, Ochsner and others. Dave has extensive experience in specialty and medical-surgical distribution and manufacturing with supply-chain experience in high-tech, automotive and government defense. He previously led sales and corporate accounts teams at Tri-anim Health Services, Professional Hospitality Supply [now Medline] and Kimberly-Clark [now Halyard Health/O&M].

Nick is the founder and CEO of Nick Gaich and Associates, a firm dedicated to providing executive coaching, leadership development, strategic planning, and operational performance. Nick has more than 46 years of experience. His expertise ranges from executive coaching, organizational development, change management, supply chain management, customer service, service line economics, and clinical research administration.

Nick also serves as the CEO/President of the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce a 501(c) 6 organization serving over 500+ members and their 3,000 employees.

Nick and his family also own and operate the first 100% plant-based restaurant in his hometown of Morgan Hill, California. Craft Roots was created on an idea to give his community a new concept that embodies artisan ideologies. Craft Roots believes food is love and the best way to share our passion is with healthy whole foods.

Abel Haile is a Deloitte Advisory Manager with nearly 10 years of health care experience. Abel works in the Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory practice and has experience project managing multi-faceted and cross-disciplinary health care engagements including: (1) analyzing health care data to identify opportunities and compliance concerns; (2) reviewing relevant governance and oversight documentation, including policies and procedures, as well as; (3) assisting with third party audits and performing fraud waste and abuse analysis. Abel has assisted hospital systems with their 340B Drug Pricing Program, and he has worked in tandem with his clients to optimize and increase compliance within their 340B Drug Pricing Program. By leveraging his background in pharmacy and data analytics he has been able identifying system inefficiencies potentially leading to non-compliance. Prior to Deloitte, Abel worked for one of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains and led their performance and decision support team. His role(s) included automating business processes, improving system inefficiencies, and performing data analysis on pharmaceutical claims to identify areas of opportunity.

Maria Hames joined HealthCare Links in March 1999. She has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare market. Her background includes working with companies in senior management roles in the arena of healthcare corporate development and national sales management. Ms. Hames has been involved in start-up and acquisition, operational/sales management, strategic planning, accreditation, practice management, managed care contracting and risk contracting. As a partner in HealthCare Links, her responsibilities include IDN sales and contract implementation on behalf of HealthCare Links clients. She simplifies very complex sales processes at some of the largest healthcare organizations in the country. More importantly, her relationships are built on trust with a sincere desire to see all parties benefit. Her educational experience includes a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Michigan and a Master's Degree in business management from Pepperdine University.

As vice president and chief supply chain officer, Tom Harvieux is responsible for leading BJC HealthCare’s supply chain and logistics strategy to deliver efficient, cost effective and high-quality services and outcomes. His responsibilities include executive leadership of 390 team members and $1.7 billion non-labor spend management. With more than $6 billion in net revenues and more than 31,000 employees in the greater St. Louis area, BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States and one of the largest employers in Missouri. BJC includes 15 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Prior to joining BJC in 2018, Harvieux was the vice president of corporate supply chain management for Sanford Health, a $5 billion health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. There he had responsibility for $1.3 billion in non-labor spend management and lead a team of 445. Before joining Sanford in 2008, he served as director of supply chain operations at Fairview Health Services – Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. Prior to entering healthcare, he spent 22 years in supply chain leadership roles in the military. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a master’s degree in logistics management from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. He serves on multiple industry boards.

Russell has over 25 years of experience working with health care providers, biotech and pharma companies, tech companies and medical device manufacturers addressing a wide variety of information security, cybersecurity, OT security, data privacy and IT risk management problems. Russell has led various types of projects with the following providing a representative sample: the assessment of the security and privacy posture of healthcare related systems and infrastructure, implementation of a connected device total lifecycle cybersecurity solution, implementation of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, implementation of cyber threat intelligence and SIEM solutions, implementation of Cisco’s NAC solution (ISE) and cybersecurity assessments of complex ICS/OT manufacturing sites.

Russell is one of the leaders of Deloitte’s Cyber IoT/Industrial IoT practice and focuses on connected device safety and security. Russell has been published numerous times in periodicals such as the ISACA Journal, Information Security Magazine, and ISC2Information Systems Security Journal. Russell also has been quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Minnesota Star Tribune, InformationWeek, and Healthcare IT News and in 2016 was interviewed by ABC KSTP Minneapolis for a live healthcare segment focused on cybersecurity and implantable medical devices. Russell is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), AWS Certified Security Specialty and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in California and Maryland.

Howard has been in the Healthcare Industry, including medical supply, medical device, and the laboratory supply and service industry for over 33 years. He has held Vice President and Senior Management positions at such prestigious companies as Quest Diagnostics, SIEMENS Medical Systems, Getinge/Castle and Fisher Scientific. He has extensive experience in developing National Account and Integrated Delivery System business strategies. Howard is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in Chemistry/ Business Administration.

Gina serves as a managing director for Advisory Board’s research team. She currently leads research for the Pharmacy Executive Forum across topics such as ambulatory pharmacy strategy, pharmacy benefit management, pharmacy business strategy and leadership.
Previously, Gina led best practice research for other Advisory Board research memberships on topics including reducing COPD readmissions, improving perinatal patient safety, developing a palliative care program, and strategic planning within the imaging and women’s health service lines.
Prior to joining Advisory Board, Gina worked within the health care team at the Government Accountability Office. She holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Johns Hopkins University, where she focused on health policy and nonprofit management. She earned her bachelor’s degree with honors from Iowa State University.

Former diplomat, author, and advisor on emerging markets, Anja Manuel is Co-Founder and Principal along with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, a strategic consulting firm that helps US companies navigate international markets.

She is the author of the critically acclaimed This Brave New World: India, China and the United States, published by Simon and Schuster in 2016. From 2005-2007, she served as an official at the U.S. Department of State, responsible for South Asia Policy.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Manuel was an attorney at WilmerHale working on corporate governance, international and Supreme Court cases, and represented special committees of major corporate boards before the US Congress, Department of Justice and the SEC. She was also an investment banker at Salomon Brothers in London.

A graduate of Harvard Law School and Stanford University, Manuel now also lectures and is a Research Affiliate at Stanford University.

She currently serves on two corporate boards: Overseas Shipping Group, Inc., a NYSE listed energy transportation company (risk committee chair, and audit comm. member), and Ripple Labs Inc., a leading blockchain payments company (governance committee). Manuel also serves on advisory boards of Flexport Inc., Synapse Inc., Center for a New American Security, and the boards of CARE, the American Ditchley Foundation, Natl. Comm. on US-China Relations, and Former Governor Brown’s California Export
Council.

She is a frequent commentator on foreign policy and technology policy, for tv and radio (NBC/MSNBC, Fox Business, BBC, Bloomberg, Charlie Rose, NPR, etc.) and writes for publications ranging from the New York Times, to the Financial Times, Fortune, the Atlantic, and Newsweek, among others.

She is the Director of the Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum -- the premier bi-partisan forum on foreign policy in the U.S. -- and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Ms. Manuel lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

With many incredible twists and turns Christie Pearce Rampone's life story exemplifies how humility, perseverance, and hard work can be the perfect formula for success, on and off the field.

One of the most legendary players in the history of international soccer, Pearce Rampone retired as a professional player in 2017 and has transitioned to being an author, prominent sports broadcaster, keynote speaker and soccer coach.

A native of Point Pleasant, N.J., Pearce Rampone attended Monmouth University on a basketball scholarship and was their starting point guard, walking on to the school’s soccer team. During her senior year, then U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Tony DiCicco called her into the USWNT camp in January of 1997, just months after the USA had won its first Olympic gold medal. A high-scoring forward for Monmouth, tallying 79 goals in her college career, DiCicco brought her into camp for a run at playing defender, transitioning her from an attacking player in college. After playing well in her first training camp in San Diego, she made the roster for a trip to Australia. Aside from injuries and the birth of her two daughters (Rylie, born in September of 2005, and Reece, born in March of 2010), she was rarely out of the starting lineup for the next 19 years, starting in 272 of her 311 caps. Her 311 caps are the second highest in the history of international soccer, for both men or women.

Known for her lead by example approach to the game, Pearce Rampone eventually saw USWNT head coach Pia Sundhage put the captain’s band on her in 2008. Affectionately referred to as Captain America, she eventually captained the US for nearly nine years. Pearce Rampone was the captain of the USWNT during two gold medal runs and one FIFA Women’s World Cup title. She played in 19 total Women’s World Cup matches, tied for sixth best all-time, and played in 22 Olympic matches, more than any US player.

Pearce Rampone finishes as the USWNT’s only four-time Olympian, a three-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2008, 2012) and an Olympic silver medalist (2000). She also finishes as a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion, winning in 1999 and 2015, playing in five FIFA Women’s World Cups (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015), making her one of the most decorated players in US history.

Pearce Rampone, who began her professional career in 2001, played in all three iterations of the US professional leagues (WPS, WUSA, NWSL). She played for the New York Power in the Women’s United Soccer Association from 2001-03, played for Sky Blue FC and MagicJack SC in Women’s Professional Soccer, and finished her career in her home state of NJ with Sky Blue FC in the National Women’s Soccer League from 2013-17. She also served as the head coach of Sky Blue FC in 2009 (while still playing as the captain), leading the team to an improbable Women’s Professional Soccer championship. Oh yeah, and she did it all while she was pregnant with her second daughter, Reece.

Since hanging up her boots, Pearce Rampone has begun doing broadcast work for FOX Sports, including its coverage of the US Women’s National Soccer Team, covering the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and other matches.

Pearce Rampone, has teamed up with clinical and sports neuropsychologist, and fellow sports mom, Dr. Kristine Keane, to co-author Be All In: Raising Kids for Success in Sports and Life, sharing practical, real world advice on how to handle the pressures felt by youth athletes, parents, and coaches today, and provide kids with their best shot at reaching their goals and dreams

Claudia R. Rosales is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at University of Arkansas. Her research interests include healthcare operations, risk management, inventory management, cross docking/logistics, optimization, simulation modeling, and analytics. Prior to her academic career she worked in manufacturing holding several engineering positions such as productivity, process, and packaging engineer at Colgate Palmolive, C.A. She obtained a Master of Science in Quantitative Analysis and a PhD in Operations Management from University of Cincinnati. Her research publications have appeared in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, Transportation Journal, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Interfaces. Claudia received two best paper of the year awards for publications at Decision Sciences and Transportation Journal. She is currently a member of the Editorial Review Board of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and an Associate Editor for Decision Sciences Journal.

Dr. Rodney Whitlock is an accomplished health care advisor with more than two decades on the Hill where he specialized in rural health, the health care safety net and disability policy. While working in Congress, Rodney served as former US Representative Charlie Norwood’s (R-GA) health policy director where he managed the Patients’ Bill of Rights (S.1890), among other notable health policy matters. Rodney then went on to serve Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in the Senate. He first joined the Senate Finance Committee Staff as a health policy advisor to Chairman Grassley, and ultimately joined the Senator’s personal office as health policy director. For the last 20 years, Rodney has been an adjunct faculty member at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management, and the Graduate School of Political Management’s Department of Legislative Affairs.

Nancy Wobig is a Sr. Director of Category Management at Mayo Clinic responsible for the Medical, Surgical & Laboratory Contracting team and activities. This team negotiates Commodity, Clinical Preference & Laboratory contracts for Mayo Clinic and Captis, an aggregation group consisting of 90+ health care providers across the United States. Nancy is part of the integrated Vizient team at Mayo Clinic and started her role with Vizient and Mayo Clinic in 2008. She provides team leadership as well as develops processes and procedures used in negotiations with suppliers and communications with Captis members. Nancy has over 30 years’ experience in numerous roles throughout the supply chain in varying industries. Nancy has a Master of Science in Management degree from Cardinal Stritch University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, with an emphasis in Journalism, from the University of Minnesota.

Kenny Yu, PharmD, MBA, is the Senior Director of Pharmacy Services at NYU Langone Hospitals (NYULH) in New York. He provides executive leadership, builds strategy and coordination for all pharmacy services provided within NYULH to promote standardization and alignment of practices across all pharmacy sites. He has helped to coordinate pharmacy initiatives across the enterprise, including working closely with the pharmacy leaders at four hospital locations, investigational pharmacy, hospital-owned retail pharmacy, hospital-owned specialty pharmacy, stand-alone ED pharmacy, and nine infusion center pharmacies. He has been instrumental in facilitating pharmacy’s pivotal role in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across the NYU Langone Health System.

Kenny served as the inaugural director of 340B pharmacy services, starting in 2016. He managed both compliance and optimization of the 340B program, where he and his team built the program from the ground. His role evolved to include pharmacy business and analytics, in which he supported pharmacy-related contract negotiations, pharmacy projects/initiatives, and pharmacy-driven analyses. Before assuming the director’s role, Kenny served as the assistant director of pharmacy, ambulatory services, where he had a dual role of managing an infusion center pharmacy and handling all medication management for NYULH in the ambulatory care setting to promote safety, quality and standardization. Before he stepped into pharmacy leadership, he was an oncology pharmacist at the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYULH.

Dr. Yu received his PharmD from Rutgers University in New Jersey and his MBA with a concentration in health care from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He became a 340B Apexus Certified Expert (ACE) in 2017.