Chief Supply Chain Officer
Intermountain Health
With more than 30 years of customer-focused experience, Jeromie is a supply chain evangelist and educator.
Jeromie earned his supply chain credentials in a variety of for-profit industries prior to making the shift to the healthcare supply chain where he applied his focus and passion to help transform the health systems where he worked. Jeromie has served as a supply chain operator and leader in a wide variety of healthcare settings and has also provided supply chain consulting, education, and coaching nationally to health systems and healthcare manufacturers.
In parallel to his professional experience, Jeromie has helped to advance the academic dialog in higher education around supply chain and has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Jeromie serves as Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Intermountain Health.
VP Supply Chain
Prisma Health
Josh Bakelaar is Vice President of Supply Chain at Prisma Health, where he leads sourcing, procurement, logistics, and supply chain strategy initiatives across the health system. With more than two decades of extensive healthcare leadership experience, Josh has held executive supply chain roles at several academic and non-profit health systems, delivering operational improvements, financial performance, and supply chain transformation. He is known for building high-performing teams, strengthening supplier relationships, and driving innovation that supports clinicians and improves patient care. Josh holds an MBA from the University of Washington, a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Northwest University, and is a Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP).
VP Supply Chain
UCHealth
Derrick Billups, MSHA, CMRP, FACHE, serves as Vice President of Supply Chain & Support Services at UC Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, the region's only academic health system and Level I trauma center. With more than 3 decades of healthcare experience, Derrick leads the organization's supply chain strategy and operations, driving initiatives that strengthen performance, optimize resources, and support high-quality patient care. Derrick has spearheaded efforts in value analysis, clinical standardization, contract optimization, and supply expense management. His leadership has delivered significant cost savings, reduced product variation, and enhanced supply chain performance across the health system. Known for his collaborative approach, he brings together clinicians, supply chain professionals, and executive leaders to identify opportunities that improve outcomes while advancing operational and financial stewardship. Derrick is passionate about elevating supply chain as a strategic function that supports quality, innovation, and long-term organizational sustainability.
Founder and advisor
LeAnn R. Born Advisory Solutions
LeAnn Born is the founder and advisor of LeAnn R. Born Advisory Solutions, where she advises suppliers, providers, GPOs, and other industry partners about the healthcare supply chain. As a supply chain thought leader, she helps clients drive strategies focused on improved population health, enhanced care experience, reduced cost, workforce well-being, and advanced health equity. Her background includes three decades of executive leadership of major health system supply chain services, program development with group purchasing organizations, and guidance to medical suppliers on effective sales strategies with customers. Before her consulting practice, LeAnn served as Vice President of Supply Chain at Fairview Health Services/M Health Fairview, Vice President of Contract, Program Services and Customer Contracting at Novation (now Vizient), and several positions leading up to interim Vice President of Supply Chain at Allina Health. Clients rely on her expertise in a range of situations, from resolving urgent needs to long-term strategic planning.
Administrator of Clinical Operations
USA Health
Dr. Allen Broome brings over 25 years of distinguished experience in the pharmacy profession and healthcare administration. He currently serves as the Assistant Administrator of Clinical Operations at USA Health Children's and Women's Hospital, where he provides executive oversight for multiple departments, including pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, security, food services, patient transport, environmental services, and communications.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Broome held senior leadership positions as Health System Director of Pharmacy at the University of South Alabama Health and as Senior Director of Pharmacy at Erlanger Health System.
Dr. Broome is deeply committed to fostering high-performing, autonomous teams that collaborate effectively to enhance patient care. His leadership philosophy centers on operational excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the continuous advancement of healthcare delivery systems.
Founder and Medical Director
Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute
Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, is a pediatric cardiologist and Chief Medical Intelligence and Innovation Officer at Rady Children’s Health Orange County. Dr. Chang is known for several innovations in pediatric cardiac care. Dr. Chang completed his Master of Science (MS) in Data Science with a sub-specialization in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford School of Medicine. He is the founder and Medical Director of the CHOC Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence, Information, Investigation, and Innovation Institute, known as MI4. He is also the founder of the Alliance of Centers for AI in Medicine (ACAIM) and Pediatric Alliance of Centers for AI in Medicine (PCAIM), a group of nearly 100 hospitals from around the world focused in advancing AI in the healthcare setting. Dr. Chang also founded AIMed, American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (ABAIM), and the Medical Intelligence Society (MIS).
Executive Vice President, Innovation and Strategy
Alliant
Blair Childs brings more than four decades of experience shaping healthcare policy, strategy, and innovation at the national level. He has played a central role in many of the most consequential healthcare initiatives impacting hospitals, health systems, payers, manufacturers, and suppliers, with a career defined by translating complex policy environments into actionable strategy.
Childs served on the executive leadership team at Premier, Inc., where he helped guide enterprise strategy and policy engagement. His career also includes senior leadership roles within national trade, corporations, and advocacy associations. In addition, he founded Childs and Associates, LLC, advising organizations on healthcare policy, regulatory strategy, and market dynamics.
Childs has led or influenced numerous landmark public policy efforts, including the establishment of value-based purchasing within Medicare as part of the Affordable Care Act; enactment of the Medicare Advantage program; national initiatives to advance interoperability in electronic medical record systems; and the creation of FDA user fee and accelerated reimbursement pathways for breakthrough technologies.
Consultant
Jimmy Chung Healthcare Strategy, LLC
Dr. Chung is an enterprise leader with a long history of executing healthcare transformation at numerous organizations with a focus on standardization and alignment balanced with quality and outcomes. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Advantus Health Partners (a subsidiary of Bon Secours Mercy Health) and Associate Vice President at Providence. He has spoken at numerous conferences around the country and podcasts as an expert on clinical supply chain, leadership, sustainability, and patient safety. He currently holds a position of Clinical Professor, Washington State University College of Medicine and serves on various company advisory boards as an expert in Value Analysis and GTM strategy. Dr. Chung is Past-Chair of the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) where he led the Clinically Integrated Supply Chain movement, Past-Chair of the Washington Medical Commission, and board member of the American Association for Physician Leadership. He also served on the Physician Committee of HIMSS and co-authored a white paper on AI in the patient care space.
Dr. Chung received his BA (Chemistry) at UC Berkeley, his MD at UC San Diego, and MBA at University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management. He has been a practicing general surgeon for over 20 years and is Board Certified in Surgery and Health Care Quality Management, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a fellow of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, a Certified Physician Executive, and a Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP). In 2016, Dr. Chung was an inaugural recipient of the P.U.R.E. (Physicians Understanding, Respecting and Engaging) Award by Healthcare Purchasing News.
SVP Supply Chain
Texas Health Resources
Shaun has spent more than 30 years in the healthcare supply chain. He joined Texas Health Resources in 2011, and his current role is Sr. Vice President, Supply Chain Management. In his current role as at Texas Health Resources, Shaun leads a team that has responsibility for logistics operations at facilities across North Texas, procurement of over $1B of supplies and equipment annually, supply chain data management, courier services, equipment planning, clinical engineering, and a team of strategic sourcing and category management directors. During his tenure, he has implemented new and innovative ways for front-line staff to interact with Supply Chain Management and has consistently produced economic value across all categories.
His experience also includes time at Cardinal Health in a variety of management roles including e-business, logistics consulting, sales management, and business strategy. Shaun has also spent time doing market research for a patient experience organization where he was heavily involved in highlighting patient satisfaction metrics for large IDN’s around the country. He has also worked as a Senior Director for Premier, calling on IDN’s to maximize their relationship and value with their GPO contract portfolio and analytics tools.
Shaun holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Dallas Baptist University and a master’s degree in supply chain operations from The University of Liverpool. He has presented on the future of the healthcare supply chain, process improvement, and data standards to a wide variety of audiences during his career.
Shaun lives in Dallas with his wife of 35 years. When not solving supply chain problems, he and his wife enjoy golf, live theater, and traveling.
Director of Pharmacy
Carilion Clinic
Mike is a director of Pharmacy at Carilion Clinic. He earned his pharmacy degree at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Michigan. At Carilion Clinic he is responsible for financial, operational, and clinical aspects of Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. Within the Pharmacy service line, he leads monthly discussion of system-wide initiatives and serves on the project prioritization committee. Mike also helped expand the ambulatory pharmacy program at Carilion through a CMS HCIA award that demonstrated improved outcomes in patients who received pharmacist consultation in the primary care setting, which also provided significant cost savings for the health care system.
Managing Partner
Medical Strategies International
Dennis Daar has been in the medical supply and device industry for over 40 years. For the past 24 years, he has been the Managing Partner for Medical Strategies International, (MSI). MSI is an outsource corporate accounts firm that helps clients develop their National Accounts strategy, then works toward gaining and implementing agreements with GPOs, IDNs, RPCs, Equipment Planners, and Government Sales. Prior to this, he held senior management positions at Stryker, SSI/Hill-Rom, Inc., STERIS/Hausted, and Skytron. His diverse responsibilities range from developing and implementing National Accounts, Equipment Planning Relationships, Government Contracts, Sales Management Strategies, and International Operations.
Dennis has been the past Chairperson of the Federation of American Hospitals Exposition Advisory Committee, part of Association of the National Accounts Advisory Committee (ANAE), Past Chairperson of HSCA/HISCI/HIDA, and of HISCI's Educational Committee. Also, he was a member of the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) IBEC Committee.
Dennis has been both a speaker and has appeared in print on assorted topics including healthcare, government sales, sales management, national accounts, and international issues. He consulted and appeared on the TV Show “ER”. In 2022, he received the first-ever Life-Time Achievement Award from the Federation of American Hospitals.
President
Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative
In addition to serving as the Chief Supply Chain Officer for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Teresa Dail is the President of three LLC’s wholly owned by VUMC: Vanderbilt Health Supply Chain Solutions, Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative and Carefluent Connect. The focus of the three LLC’s is to extend the influence and value that supply chain can bring to healthcare organizations across the continuum of care.
Teresa is a registered nurse whose healthcare career included leadership roles in the ICU, Perioperative nursing, and practice administration. Dail started her supply chain career as a Clinical Resource Manager introducing the concept of value analysis and clinical collaboration to a seven-hospital system. Teresa was recruited to Vanderbilt to focus on the development of a high performing supply chain to support the tripartited mission of the organization of clinical care, education and research.
Founder and President
Darby’s Warrior Support
Colonel (Retired) Shawn Daniel graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and earned the distinction of serving as the First Captain for the Corp of Cadets during his senior year. Commissioned as an Infantry Officer, he reported to the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for his first assignment.
As a Captain, Shawn commanded a Mechanized Infantry Company in the 2d Infantry Division at Camp Casey Korea before reporting to 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He took command of C Company, 3/75 Ranger in March 2001, and he led C Company in a parachute assault into Afghanistan on 19 October 2001 to spearhead US and NATO efforts in the southern portion of the country in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Shawn would deploy again with C Company in June 2002.
Following Command and General Staff College studies, Shawn reported to 187th Infantry Regiment, "Rakkasans," at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where he served as a Squadron and Brigade S3 during a deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He returned to the 75th Ranger Regiment in 2007 to assume duties as the Regimental Strategic Plans and Requirements office and as the Regimental Executive Office. During his tenure at the Ranger Regimental Headquarters, Shawn deployed several times to Afghanistan to include serving as the Operations Officer for the Special Operations Joint Task Force again in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Shawn took command of 3d Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne) at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska in June 2010. Shawn again deployed to Afghanistan - this time as part of the International Security Force Assistance mission. Following redeployment, he attended the US Army War College Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Shawn's final assignment was at the US Special Operations Command Headquarters at MacDill AFB, Tampa as the Director of the Afghanistan Division in the Operations Directorate. During his tenure, Shawn was selected to serve as the Operations Officer for the NATO Special Operations Component Command - Afghanistan / Special Operations Joint Task Force - Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and the Resolute Support Mission. He retired from the Army in September 2017.
Shawn's awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal (3 oak leaf clusters), the Meritorious Service Medal (4 oak leaf clusters), the Ranger Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge with gold combat star, and the Air Assault Badge. In July 2022, Shawn was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Shawn is married to the former Miss Dena Wortsmith of Little Rock, Arkansas. They have two children - Katie Grace (22), a nurse at Vanderbilt Hospital, and Jake (20), a sophomore Sigma Chi / Civil Engineering major at the University of Arkansas.
Former Executive Director, Sourcing and Vendor Management
Cleveland Clinic
John Dockins is the Former Executive Director of Sourcing & Vendor Management at Cleveland Clinic. In this role, Mr. Dockins led a versatile team accountable for direct and indirect sourcing to include PPI, Commodities, Pharmaceuticals, IT, Labor, Facilities & MRO. Mr. Dockins joined Cleveland Clinic in 2016 and has over 25 years of industry and non-profit experience with 12 years being focused on healthcare. These experiences have laid the foundation of Mr. Dockins passionate commitment to diversity, sustainability, and community development.
Mr. Dockins is a veteran of the United States Navy who received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville and furthered his education by obtaining a MBA from the Pennsylvania State University. He continued his education journey by attaining several certifications including a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
VP of Supply Chain and Support Services
Adventist Health
Justin Freed is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 15 years of experience specializing in Supply Chain. He began his career at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he spent 6 years, followed by 4 years at Providence Health. For the past 7 years, Justin has served as the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Support Services role at Adventist Health.
His passion lies in building and mentoring high-performing supply chain teams—fostering innovation, streamlining processes, and strengthening cross-functional partnerships. Justin is committed to driving operational excellence that supports more affordable, accessible care for the communities his organizations serve
VP Analyst, Supply Chain and Procurement, Business and Technology Insights
Gartner
Bruce Gilmore serves as the Vice President, Analyst of Healthcare Supply Chain and Procurement for Gartner. Previously, he was the Senior Director of Supply Chain Management for Mayo Clinic’s Enterprise Laboratories and the Southwest Region. With over 35 years of experience in supply chain leadership within both healthcare and high-tech manufacturing, Bruce has a proven track record of driving operational excellence and strategic initiatives.
In addition to his role at Gartner, Bruce is a Faculty Associate in the NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business currently teaching Healthcare Supply Chain management in the Executive MBA program. He is also an ASU Supply Chain Executive Consortium board member.
Partner
HealthCare Links
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.
AVP, Pharmacy Services
Mary Washington Healthcare
Dr. David Harlow, PharmD is the Assistant Vice President of Pharmacy Services and Solutions at Mary Washington Healthcare, where he leads efforts to strengthen and transform pharmacy operations across the health system. With extensive experience in health system pharmacy leadership, Dr. Harlow has worked across clinical operations, pharmacy supply chain, regulatory compliance, specialty pharmacy, and strategic service line development. He is currently focused on rebuilding and advancing pharmacy services through operational excellence, workforce development, and innovative technology solutions. Dr. Harlow has a particular interest in the application of artificial intelligence, automation, and advanced analytics to improve medication safety, optimize workflows, and enhance patient care outcomes. In addition to his health system leadership responsibilities, he has consulted in the pharmacy AI space, helping organizations evaluate and implement emerging technologies. Dr. Harlow is passionate about sharing practical strategies that enable pharmacy teams to thrive in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.
System Director - Ambulatory Pharmacy Services + 340B Director, Outpatient, Infusion, Home & Specialty Pharmacy
North Mississippi Health Services
Patti Hawkins, PharmD, 340B ACE, serves as the System Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and 340B at North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo, MS. She leads the strategic pharmacy initiatives and the business enterprise model. Over her career she has worked in and managed all areas of institutional pharmacy services including acute care, surgery, ambulatory care, oncology, sterile prep services, USP 800 and 797, drug distribution as well as infusion, home infusion and specialty pharmacy. She also has experience with the payer environment, including PBMs, contracting, drug shortage management, 503B compounding and drug diversion risk reduction. Patti has served on numerous advisory groups over her career, and she has presented and published on aspects of pharmacy business and is considered a subject matter expert on health system pharmacy business enterprise models. Patti is currently serving on the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy.
VP Supply Chain
Avera Health
Sara Henderson is the Vice President of Supply Chain for Avera Health, an integrated health system comprised of more than 300 locations in 100 communities across the Upper Midwest.
Sara has over 20 years of experience in finance, supply chain and healthcare leadership. She supports a transparent, metrics-driven approach to supply chain management while developing and aligning key stakeholders, including healthcare administrators, physicians and clinicians, to develop solutions for deployment across the organization for the benefit of the patient. She leads the supply chain category management and strategic sourcing, contracting, purchasing, distribution center, courier, inventory management and hospital supply chain operations. Within the scope of supply chain contracts includes IT software and equipment, medical equipment and building service agreements and select clinical purchased services categories.
Sara received her Economics BS and MBA from the University of South Dakota.
SVP, Pharmacy Spend Management Delivery
Vizient, Inc.
Joel Hennenfent leads Vizient’s pharmacy spend management delivery team. The team strategically partners with providers to deliver value through Vizient pharmacy solutions. The pharmacy program helps health systems in transforming their pharmacy program to manage cost and improve quality outcomes for patients.
Before joining Vizient in December 2021, Hennenfent served as Vice President of Pharmacy and Professional Health Services at University Health in Kansas City, Missouri, leading pharmacy, laboratory, medical imaging, and joint venture dialysis center. He held a variety of leadership positions at Broadlane/MedAssets at Ascension Health, Saint Louis University Hospital, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Hennenfent holds Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from St. Louis College of Pharmacy, completed residency at Barnes-Jewish hospital, and master’s degree in business administration from Saint Louis University.
He serves as a member and secretary of the Board of Trustees at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis along with the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management
Trinity Health (Ret.)
Ed Hisscock retired as the Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Trinity Health, a leading catholic healthcare ministry. He is a lifelong Healthcare Supply Chain Practitioner having spent 40 years serving in the supply chain and IT disciplines with fortune 50 companies, healthcare supplier and healthcare provider organizations. Ed has founded two healthcare companies and personally served over 100 healthcare provider organizations in the US and Europe.
Ed holds an Engineering degree in Electronics, a Bachelors degree in Behavioral Science, and a Master's degree in Supply Chain from Michigan State University.
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Scripps Health
Cecile Hozouri is the Corporate Vice President for Supply Chain at Scripps Health, where she provides strategic leadership for Contracting, Sourcing, Procurement, Supply Chain Systems, Clinical Value Analysis, and all hospital and clinic Supply Chain Operations and Logistics across the health system. With a strong foundation in Healthcare IT and deep expertise in Lean methodologies, Cecile is focused on advancing operational excellence, supply resiliency, and data-driven decision-making. Prior to joining Scripps, she built extensive experience optimizing healthcare delivery systems by partnering closely with clinicians and operational leaders to improve workflows, standardize products and processes, and enhance the overall value of care delivery.
Astronaut, U.S. Marine Colonel (Ret.), and Speaker
Astronaut Doug Hurley holds a unique and historic place in the annals of spaceflight. He piloted NASA’s final Space Shuttle flight, STS-135, and commanded the SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission, the first crewed commercial orbital spacecraft, helping usher in a groundbreaking new era of human space exploration.
During his 21-year trailblazing career at NASA, Hurley flew two Space Shuttle missions: STS-127 in 2009, a record-setting 16-day mission with 13 astronauts from five international partners aboard the International Space Station, and STS-135 in 2011, the 135th and final flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. In May 2020, he returned to space as Commander of Demo-2, the first crewed spaceflight launched from American soil since 2011, and the mission that marked NASA’s collaboration with SpaceX to bridge the gap between government and private space sectors. Across his three missions, Hurley spent a total of 93 days in space and contributed hundreds of hours to scientific discovery on the International Space Station.
In recognition of his extraordinary achievements, Hurley became the 29th person in history to receive the prestigious Congressional Space Medal of Honor on January 31, 2023.
A former military test pilot and retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, Doug Hurley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Tulane University and served 24 years in the Marines. He is currently an Executive at Northrop Grumman, Propulsion Systems, in Utah, which designed and built the boosters for NASA's recent Artemis II mission to the Moon - the largest and most powerful ever flown. Known for his leadership, teamwork, and innovative thinking, he is now a sought-after speaker, media personality, and brand spokesperson, inspiring audiences to push boundaries, foster innovation, and embrace bold new possibilities.
Hurley lives in Hideout, Utah, with his wife, astronaut Karen Nyberg, and their son, Jack.
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Bon Secours Mercy Health
Dan Hurry is a lifelong transformation agent with a passion for pushing the envelope and taking performance to the next level. As President of Advantus Health Partners, Dan oversees the strategic vision, growth and operational management of the cutting-edge supply chain solutions company. His experience in the food, energy and retail industry crosses manufacturing, product development, logistics, procurement, and merchandising. In 2010, motivated by a personal desire to improve processes, he ventured into healthcare. Since then, he has successfully implemented innovative supply chain strategies resulting in significant cost savings and improved services. In addition to his role at Advantus, Dan also serves as the Chief Supply Chain Officer for Bon Secours Mercy Health, the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the United States. Dan has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the State University of New York at Fredonia and an MBA from the University of Texas, San Antonio.
Vice President, Supply Chain
Intermountain Healthcare (Retired)
Brent Johnson has been a successful and well recognized supply chain leaders in healthcare. He has over 30 years experience developing supply chain strategies for major companies in 3 industries.
From 2005 to 2015 Brent was Vice-President of Supply Chain at Intermountain Healthcare, creating an industry “Top 25 Garner” Supply Chain Organization that achieved over $700 million in savings over ten years. In 2012 Intermountain Healthcare opened a new $50M 325,000 sq. ft. Supply Chain Center considered on of the best in the industry.
In 2014 Brent was inducted into the Bellwether League. In August 2015 AHRMM named Brent the recipient of the 2015 George R Gossett Leadership Award. In 2022 he received the Chuck Lauer Award from the IDN Summit. He has served on several boards including the AHRMM Board from 2012-2015, SMI Board from 2011-1015 and the Amerinet/Intalere Board from 2011 to 2016.
Brent and his wife Leila celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2024. Since retirement they have spent 18 months in Oaxaca, Mexico as service missionaries for their church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). They have four children and nineteen grandchildren.
VP, Pharmacy Business Officer Operations
Fairview Health Services
Kristin Jorgenson serves as Vice President of Pharmacy Business Office Operations at Fairview Pharmacy Solutions, where she leads strategy and operations for pharmacy revenue cycle management across specialty, retail, and consulting pharmacy services. In her role, she oversees business office functions including billing, accounts receivable, collections, reimbursement optimization, payer relations, and operational reporting. Kristin is responsible for driving financial performance, operational excellence, and scalable solutions that support evolving pharmacy business models and healthcare reimbursement programs. She has extensive experience navigating complex payer landscapes, including Medicare, Medicaid, commercial reimbursement, 340B, and emerging pharmaceutical pricing initiatives. Under her leadership, multidisciplinary teams collaborate to improve revenue integrity, streamline processes, and enhance service delivery for patients, providers, and payers. Kristin is passionate about developing high-performing teams, fostering innovation, and advancing pharmacy operations to support accessible, sustainable, and patient-centered care.
Founder
Digital Health Foundry
Tarun Kapoor, MD, MBA, is Founder of Digital Health Foundry, an advisory group with a tenacious focus on helping companies transform ideas into meaningful and effective solutions.
Most recently, Dr. Kapoor was senior vice president and chief digital transformation officer at Virtua Health. In that role, he oversaw Virtua’s Digital Transformation Office and orchestrated Virtua’s enterprise-wide master plan in support of an intuitive care journey for all consumers. During his 17-year tenure at Virtua, he served in additional executive roles, including as the chief medical officer for Virtua’s multi-specialty medical practice, and as the head of population health.
Dr. Kapoor trained in internal medicine at The George Washington University Hospital, where he stayed on to serve as chief resident and clinical instructor. He obtained his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson, his undergraduate degree in government and chemistry from Cornell University, and his executive Master of Business Administration from the Fox School of Business of Temple University.
VP Supply Chain Operations
Lifepoint Health
As Vice President for LifePoint Health’s supply chain operations, Jay Kirkpatrick provides strategic oversight for the management of all medical-surgical supplies, services and equipment for the organization. In his role, he leads the development of supplier/distributor relationships, oversees facility-based materials management activities, develops supply improvement and standardization initiatives and provides direction on acquisitions-related transition and due diligence processes.
Jay has been a leader in the healthcare supply chain space for more than 30 years. Before joining LifePoint Health in 2019, he served as regional chief executive officer for HealthTrust, where he oversaw group purchasing relationships with 17 healthcare systems with a total spend of $10 billion. Prior to that, he served in several roles for HCA Healthcare, including CEO of Nashville Supply Chain Services.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business: Production & Operations Management and Procurement Management from Miami University and a Master of Business Administration from Eastern Kentucky University. A Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP), he is a past president of the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) and the recipient of both the AHRMM George R. Gossett Leadership Award and the GHX Supply Chain Leadership Award.
Independent Pharmacy Consultant & Columnist
Bonnie is a Health Care Consultant with senior management experience in the Pharmacy section of large corporate health care organizations, teaching hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry. She has a particular interest in reimbursement issues, specialty pharmacy, and patient safety, and in using technology to solve issues in each of these areas. She has proven success in developing and managing national pharmaceutical programs and strong leadership skills with expertise in strategic planning and in forging alliances between hospitals, physicians, pharmaceutical companies and distributors and has spoken extensively in these areas. She writes monthly columns on finance and reimbursement for Pharmacy Practice News and BioSupplyTrends quarterly that have a positive influence on pharmacy practice nationally. She is the 2015 Latiolias Leadership Award recipient from The Ohio State University. Bonnie shares her time between Boulder, CO and Breckenridge, CO where she is the Past President of the National Repertory Orchestra Board of Trustees, and served on the Board of Directors of the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance.
Partner
Excelerant Consulting
With more than three decades of healthcare industry and hospital-related experience, Jeff is a recognized thought-leader in various aspects of the hospital supply chain, purchased services, hospital operations, facilities and construction, and medical capital equipment.
His primary role at Excelerant is to be a “growth engine” for clients seeking to expand their footprint by gaining greater access to the market and to key stakeholders within. Jeff offers clients a unique perspective and is well-connected throughout the healthcare industry, having worked in clinical settings within world-class hospitals, and multiple Integrated Delivery Networks [IDN] and Group Purchasing Organizations [GPO]. He is able to educate clients on the subtleties and nuances of the complex healthcare ecosystem and excels at developing commercial strategies.
Most recently, Jeff served as VP-Strategic Supplier Engagement at Premier, Inc., overseeing the Facilities, Construction, and Environmental Services portfolio. He also led Premier’s Purchased Services team, dedicated to finding cost-savings without compromising high value for Premier members, and spearheaded member engagement for the Purchased Services portfolio in the GPO. Earlier in his career, Jeff helped start MedAssets’ [now Vizient] consulting practice around Purchased Services.
Jeff is an active member of the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management [AHRMM], the American College of Healthcare Executives [ACHE], the Federation of American Hospitals [FAH], the IDN Summit, and is a past board member of the ACE Summit. He holds a B.S. in Business – Healthcare emphasis and an MBA in Healthcare Management
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Mount Sinai Health System
Carlos A. Maceda is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for the Mount Sinai Health System, an integrated health care system encompassing the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and eight hospital campuses in the New York metropolitan area, as well as a large, regional ambulatory footprint. He has worked in healthcare Supply Chain management for more than 30 years.
Throughout his career, Mr. Maceda has held various strategic and operations management positions at several healthcare facilities throughout the New York City region. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Mr. Maceda served in the United States Air Force and as a Vice President at the financial improvement consulting firm Nexera, Inc.
Mr. Maceda’s current role at Mount Sinai Health System is to provide vision and leadership for an integrated supply chain across the organization. Mr. Maceda manages all areas of the system's supply chain—including purchasing, sourcing, value analysis, materials management, and mail services.
Surgeon, Professor, Author, and 27th FDA Commissioner
Dr. Marty Makary is a New York Times bestselling author, surgeon, and health care expert who served as the 27th U.S. Commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration. Prior to serving in government, Marty was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Business School and served in leadership at the World Health Organization.
Marty is the recipient of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award for his book, The Price We Pay, and his latest book, BLIND SPOTS—a #1 Bestseller— explores food as medicine, the microbiome, hormone replacement and new health trends. Marty has led national policy efforts to make health care more affordable, more holistic, and more coordinated, especially for vulnerable populations. Most recently, his work has focused on the future role of A.I. in health care.
Clinically, Marty was the Chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins and is the recipient of the Nobility in Science Award from the National Pancreas Foundation. He has been a visiting professor at over 25 medical schools, has published over 350 scientific peer-review articles, and, in 2019, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
AVP Pharmacy Business Operations and Finance
Baptist Health
Thomas Matanich joined Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. as a Contract Manager within the Supply Chain department in October 2017 after 12 years in operations at Humana. He is currently the Associate Vice President of Pharmacy Business Operations and Finance, within the Pharmacy department, responsible for pharmacy procurement, drug shortages, accounts payable, revenue cycle, and contract management. Baptist is the largest health system in Kentucky with 8 hospitals, 13 retail pharmacies, 5 surgery centers, 7 stand-alone infusion centers, a home infusion pharmacy, and over 400 non-acute clinics with an annual drug budget of over $750 million. Thomas holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Six-Sigma Black Belt, and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.
Chief Medical Officer
UofL Health
Dr. Chad Mathis is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who attended medical school and completed his residency at the IU School of Medicine and Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. He also completed a Shoulder Reconstruction and Sports Medicine fellowship at the Lipscomb Clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. While practicing in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Mathis was a founding member and CEO of a six-member orthopedic practice and a commercial real estate company. In addition to practicing medicine for many years in Alabama, Dr. Mathis sat as the Chairman of the Alabama Federation for Children and a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Policy Institute. Dr. Mathis served as president-elect of the Alabama Orthopaedic Society. Dr. Mathis eventually left clinical practice of medicine and joined Smith and Nephew Inc. (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN). Dr. Mathis subsequently went on to be Chief Medical Officer at Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX).
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Sutter Health
Meena Medler is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Sutter Health. She has over three decades of experience in healthcare organizations as a physician assistant with hospitalist and cardiology specialties, a heart & vascular service line leader with operational & programmatic oversight of cath, EP, non-invasive cardiology, cardiac rehab, Transcatheter Valve Program, CHF, HT, & VADs, a supply chain procurement executive, where she designed & launched value analysis, supply chain business intelligence, supply continuity, implementation & integration, and supplier value partnership programs and optimized strategic sourcing, purchasing, accounts payable, and MDM, and a VP/general manager of manufacturing where she was responsible for strategy, P&L, marketing, and sales of Surgical Products, Custom Procedure Trays, & Inventory Management System. Meena’s career focus is establishing a resilient, transformative, and integrated value chain that promotes high quality affordable healthcare. She is married and a mother of three boys, now officially an empty nester. She loves traveling, running, hiking, reading, and spending time with family & friends.
VP Sourcing and Contracting
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Kelley Moore brings more than 35 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience across supply chain, consulting, and information technology. She currently serves as Chief Supply Chain Officer for Presbyterian Healthcare Services, where she leads sourcing, contracting, and supply chain strategy supporting a nine-hospital system and associated clinics across New Mexico.
Prior to joining Presbyterian, Kelley spent 20 years with CommonSpirit Health (formerly Dignity Health) in senior supply chain and IT leadership roles, driving transformation and system integration efforts across a large, multi-state health system. She began her career with 15 years at Ernst & Young as a management consultant, advising healthcare organizations on operational and technology strategies.
Kelley holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a Master of Arts in Applied Mathematics from the University of Maryland. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona.
President and CAO
Capstone Health Alliance
Yolandi Myers is the President and Chief Administrative Officer of Capstone Health Alliance, where she is committed to driving growth and innovation to deliver exceptional service and value to Capstone Members, all while navigating the complexities of the healthcare supply chain. Yolandi joined the Capstone Executive Leadership team in 2021 as Chief Customer Officer, where she spearheaded strategic engagements and expanded Capstone's reach, fostering collaboration among industry partners.
With over two decades of operational experience in the healthcare GPO sector, Yolandi has successfully led diverse cross-functional teams and developed strong partnerships throughout the industry, delivering tailored solutions across the healthcare landscape. She holds a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership from The Pennsylvania State University and resides in the Cleveland, Ohio area with her husband and two teenage daughters.
Vice President, Pharmacy Practice & Portfolio Services
Premier, Inc.
Sudha Narayanaswamy has over 20 years of experience in helping health systems navigate challenges and priorities in pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical supply chain. As part of Premier’s pharmacy leadership team focused on member relations and GPO value, Sudha serves as a resource to hospital pharmacy administrators to help address our members’ top health-system priorities ranging from rising drug costs to advocacy concerns.
Prior to her 16+ years tenure in group purchasing, Sudha began her career as a Clinical Coordinator after completing a specialty residency in Geriatrics at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center (KJMC), Brooklyn, New York, and worked in a similar capacity at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Jersey. She is a graduate of St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, where she received both her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees, and is board certified in psychiatric and geriatric pharmacy practice.
Chief Supply Chain Officer
UPMC
Tim Nedley is the Vice President of Supply Chain Management Operations at UPMC. He has operational ownership of supply chain operations, Pharmacy self-distribution, consolidated equipment distribution, insourced moving & storage services, UPMC employee transit bus services, fleet management and freight management.
Prior to moving to UPMC in 2008, Nedley held various positions at Owens & Minor, a Fortune 500 med/surg distributor, over an 18-year career, with the last 9 years as a general manager.
Tim specializes in identifying and bringing to fruition operational enhancements that have proven effective minimizing the costs, improving quality and driving waste out of the supply chain. Nedley was named in the Journal of Healthcare Contracting's 2016 list of Top “Ten People to Watch”. He has been honored to present at numerous industry meetings, including The Medical Device Supply Chain Council, AAHRMM, The IDN Summit, Healthcare Business Insights and others.
Nedley earned a BS in Human Resources from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
Managing Director
Eric O'Daffer Healthcare Advisory LLC
Eric O'Daffer is a Strategic Advisor in the Healthcare Supply Chain. A supply chain lifer, Mr. O'Daffer’s focus is on the end-to-end healthcare supply chain with a true north of accelerating excellence in the healthcare supply chain. Eric has written over 100 research notes on the healthcare supply chain, delivered 50+ conference presentations and taken over 4000 individual advisory calls with executive level stakeholders at healthcare providers, life science manufacturers and technology companies. Mr. O’Daffer led Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 program for 15 years, Gartner’s All-Industry Innovation Research for 10 years and founded Gartner’s IDN Supply Chain Benchmarking Program leading it for 8 years. Previous roles with Esurg and Cardinal Health focused on innovative distribution and manufacturing models serving acute and non-acute care.
SVP, Physician Preference
Vizient, Inc.
Allen Passerallo is the Senior Vice President, Physician Preference, at Vizient, Inc. Before his time at Vizient, Inc., Allen served as the Sr. Director of Sourcing/Value Analysis at Johns Hopkins since May of 2020. He is responsibilities include establishing and overseeing sourcing and value analysis processes for Pharmacy, Clinical, Non-Clinical and Capital.
Previously Allen served as Sr Director of Clinical Sourcing at Cleveland Clinic July 2013. Previously, he served as the Director of Sourcing and Contracting for the surgery category within Cleveland Clinic Supply Chain. He was responsible for identifying, sourcing and negotiating cost savings and utilization opportunities for all surgical subspecialties with the exception of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. He held that position from January 2008 – July 2013.
In addition, he had oversight for sourcing and contracting for Excelerate, co-owned healthcare GPO between Cleveland Clinic and VHA. 2013-2020
Vice President, Pharmacy Supply Chain
Ochsner Health
Ryan serves as the Vice President of Pharmacy Supply Chain for Ochsner Health, where he leads the strategic vision for medication procurement, contract negotiations, and vendor management. Since joining Ochsner in 2007, Ryan has been instrumental in building a resilient pharmacy supply chain structure that aligns with clinical care and supports the health system’s rapid growth.
Throughout his tenure, he has spearheaded major strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors, optimized purchasing strategies, and championed centralized purchasing models to ensure seamless access to critical medications. He is passionate about building high-performing teams that deliver multi-million-dollar savings while never compromising patient care.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Loyola University New Orleans and an MBA from the University of New Orleans.
President of Supply Chain Services
Premier, Inc.
As President of Supply Chain Services, Bruce Radcliff leads Premier’s core supply chain business, including sourcing, contract management, operations and business analytics.
With more than 15 years’ experience operating in large healthcare providers and 10+ years of supply chain leadership, Radcliff joined Premier in May 2023 as Group Vice President of Strategic Sourcing to bring the provider perspective and enhance the competitiveness and differentiation of Premier’s group purchasing business.
Prior to joining Premier, Radcliff led supply chain operations for Advocate Aurora Health, a Premier member health system. During his 10-year with the organization, Radcliff developed an innovative System Supply Resiliency Program, which accelerated remediation activities throughout the global pandemic — encompassing implementing cutting-edge software, creating new direct manufacturing relationships, and minimizing product shortages and those impacts to clinicians. Additionally, he oversaw all supply chain operations and functions, including all sourcing, site operations, capital, purchasing, distribution, service contracting, data integrity and analytics, and supply chain technology for the organization with over $15 billion in revenue.
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Vanderbilt Health
Yolanda Redmond, MBA serves as Chief Supply Chain Officer at Vanderbilt Health in Nashville, Tennessee, where she holds enterprise-wide responsibility for the organization’s end-to-end supply chain strategy and operations. In her role, she oversees contracting, purchasing, value analysis, accounts payable, operations, logistics, and supply chain systems, ensuring alignment with clinical, financial, and operational priorities across the health system.
VP of Supply Chain and Support Services
Virtua Health
Ana Victoria Sanchez is a senior executive in Operations, Supply Chain, and Business Development with extensive international sales experience and a proven record of driving performance across clinical and non-clinical healthcare operations. She has led enterprise-level initiatives in sales, supply chain, and operations for major health systems including Virtua Health, Health First, Jackson Health System, and Owens & Minor Distribution.
Recognized as a respected and dependable leader, she builds strong customer and stakeholder relationships while maintaining a clear focus on clinical excellence and patient outcomes. Her expertise includes comprehensive management of materials, financials, P&L accountability, and administrative operations, consistently aligning execution with strategic goals through the effective implementation and leverage of technology.
As a health system supply chain executive, she has successfully advocated at the executive leadership level to elevate the strategic role of supply chain and demonstrate its material contribution to organizational performance. She brings deep experience leading complex technology implementations, including enterprise resource planning (procurement), contract management and sourcing platforms, warehouse management systems, and point-of-use technologies across supply rooms and perioperative departments, all with sophisticated integrations into clinical and financial systems
Chief Medical Officer
HealthTrust Performance Group
Aashish Shah, M.D., J.D., is the Chief Medical Officer for HealthTrust, responsible for the organization’s clinical agenda and its Performance Solutions team. Having served as a community physician, healthcare attorney and an executive across health plans, health systems and nationally-scaled providers, he has developed a deep understanding of both the challenges and opportunities in delivering high quality, lower cost healthcare. Previously, Dr. Shah served as Chief Growth Officer at Monogram Health, Corporate Vice President for Strategy & Product Innovation for Payer Contracting & Alignment at HCA Healthcare, and as the SVP for Business Development at the Sarah Cannon Cancer Network. Dr. Shah earned a medical degree from UT Health San Antonio and a juris doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center.
Principal
Barbara Strain Consulting LLC
Barbara Strain is an independent healthcare value consultant assisting in developing relevant value messaging to a wide range of medical technologies companies. She engages as a provider “thought partner” assessing, reimagining and operationalizing value program governance and practices.
Prior to her consultancy, Barbara had a distinguished 41-year career as a healthcare provider leader across multiple specialties including clinical microbiology, safety, supply chain and value analysis. She spent 20+ years establishing a highly mature, value analysis, data driven program in collaboration with executive leadership.
Professionally Barbara is a founding member and past president of the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP), member Association of Healthcare Resource & Material Management (AHRMM) and serves on the Advisory Council of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute and ISSA Healthcare. In 2021 she was inducted into the Bellwether League Foundation’s Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Hall of Fame and currently serves as Chairman of its Board.
SVP Supply Chain
RWJBarnabas Health
Bob Taylor has over 38 years of experience in the Health Care Supply Chain. Currently Bob is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for RWJBarnabas Health, the largest Academic Medical System in NJ with over $12b in revenues, 12 Acute Care Hospitals, and over 400 non-acute facilities and Medical Practices. Bob has prior experience in For Profit, Not for Profit, and Academic Medical Centers. Bob’s responsibilities include end-to-end Supply Chain including Clinical Value Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Logistics, and all Data Management and Analytics within the Supply Chain.
Bob received his Bachelor’s Degree from The Pennsylvania State University and his Master’s Degree from Kennesaw State University, has a Graduate Certificate from UAB in Healthcare Quality and Safety, is a Certified Materials Resource Professional, and is a previous Chair of AHRMM.
Director of Pharmacy Supply Chain
Vanderbilt Health
Jason Tomichek is the Director of Corporate Business Strategy for Pharmacy Supply Chain at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Jason optimizes pharmacy supply chain, delivering realized value by building stronger supplier relationships, utilizing clinical insight, and implementing operational strategy.
Jason has a proven track record of improving supply chain resilience, reducing costs, and supporting patient care through reliable medication availability. Jason's commitment to healthcare excellence has helped Vanderbilt navigate COVID, natural disasters, and other supply chain disruptions.
Specializing in aligning pharmacy supply chain innovations with corporate pharmacy goals, Jason strives to improve efficiency and scalability while optimizing value-driven partnerships that optimize sourcing, distribution, and inventory performance. He is passionate about redefining how pharmacy supply chains can support health systems – ensuring they are agile, data-informed, and future ready.
Senior Vice President
Novant Health
Mark Welch serves as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain for Novant Health, overseeing non-labor expenditures, logistics, operations, procurement, sourcing, and clinical supply chain engagement. He has led cost-control initiatives, implemented operational improvements, and advanced strategies to strengthen team member retention.
Welch chairs the Board of MNS Network LLC, a coalition of two integrated networks focused on reducing supply chain costs through shared volume, spend management, and collective expertise.
Since joining Novant Health in 2005, Welch has held multiple leadership roles, including Vice President of Supply Chain Operations, Vice President of the Novant Health Logistics Center, and Vice President of Strategic Sourcing. He has guided organizational changes to enhance delivery models, streamline operations, and support value-based performance.
His leadership approach emphasizes collaboration with internal stakeholders and vendors, promoting transparency, pricing integrity, and a shift from price-driven to value- and quality-driven procurement practices.
In 2012, Welch partnered with the Chief Medical Officer to launch a clinical variation reduction team, a transformational initiative that has generated more than $750 million in savings over the past decade. The program’s success is driven by exceptional physician engagement, which has also strengthened sourcing-executive retention and deepened alignment across clinical and operational teams. This collaborative model not only advanced value-based care but also proved pivotal during pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, enabling Novant Health to respond with speed, discipline, and resilience.
Under his leadership, Novant Health has achieved a 12–15% annual reduction in contracted supply chain general ledger costs and realized more than $750 million in savings over the past decade.
Welch holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The Ohio State University and a Master of Health Administration from Pfeiffer University.