Vice President, Supply Chain
UCHealth
Richard is the Vice President Supply Chain for UCHealth. He leads the supply chain shared service to deliver people centered supply chain services at the optimum value for our care community in Colorado. Prior to working at UCHealth, he was the SVP for PennState Health responsible for building the first shared service supply and clinical engineering function.
Richard has also worked in the Supply Chain at Intermountain Healthcare. He was faculty at the University of Phoenix for 17 years. He has also worked for Siemens and 3M Health Information System developing commercial IT products. He is a graduate of the University of Phoenix with an MBA and the University of Utah with a degree in computer science.
Senior Director Clinical Sourcing
Corewell Health
Emily Bailey serves as Senior Director of Clinical Sourcing at Corewell Health, where she oversees the clinical sourcing, contracting, and value analysis teams. Over the past eleven years, she has consistently delivered results by surpassing savings objectives, standardizing products, and integrating teams and processes. Emily is committed to fostering strong partnerships with clinicians grounded in trust, transparency, and shared success.
Before joining Corewell Health, Emily spent four years at Bronson Healthcare Group in Kalamazoo, holding positions focused on sourcing and procuring direct supplies, clinical equipment, and related services.
Emily earned both a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Health and Human Services and a Master of Public Administration from Western Michigan University.
Director of Procure to Pay
Prisma Health
Amy Banks serves as the Director of Procure to Pay at Prisma Health, bringing more than 13 years of healthcare experience to her leadership of end to end P2P operations.
With deep expertise in accounts payable, foundational accounting principles, project management, and strategic initiatives, Amy has guided teams through process improvements, technology transitions, and organizational change. Her work reflects a commitment to creating systems that operate with clarity, consistency, and long term sustainability.
At this conference, Amy will share insights on Procure to Pay, shaped by her recognition of the need for a dedicated P2P team and the strategies that drive strong performance.
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.
SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer
Tampa General Hospital
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.
Enterprise Pharmacy Director
West Virginia Health System
Dr. Cecere is the Enterprise Pharmacy Director for Business Operations, Procurement, Informatics and Warehouse Management at West Virginia Health System. He has planned and developed the Pharmacy Consolidated Service Center at WVUHS that started operations in November of 2024. Previously he was the Pharmacy Director of Supply Chain Management at Allegheny Health Network. Dr. Cecere has provided clinical training and optimized patient safety in the retail pharmacy market as the Director of Clinical Design for NDC Healthcare. He maintains an active membership in the American Society of Hospital Pharmacy, West Virginia Society of Hospital Pharmacy and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Over the last 4 years Dr. Cecere has been a member of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacy Section on Information and Technology and has served as a member of the National Premier Pharmacy Council. His recognition includes an ACHE Fellowship, the Boston University Leadership Certificate, the Bravo Award for Building a Better Workplace, the Lean Award for Excellence and the Premier Award for Compounding Excellence.
Executive Director, Supply Chain Operations
Cleveland Clinic
Sarah Charai joined Cleveland Clinic as the Executive Director of Supply Chain Operations in August of 2023. In this role, she leads a team of 500 employees who support supply chain operations at Cleveland Clinic sites including an Inventory Management Center of Excellence. Sarah has over 20 years of healthcare experience developing, executing and managing system-wide supply chain strategy for large IDNs. She began her career in strategic sourcing and then stepped into progressive leadership roles on the operations side of the house. She counts mentorship, her team’s career growth and advancing women leaders among her professional pride points.
SVP, Supply Chain Management
Texas Health Resources
Shaun has spent more than 25 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 $700M of supplies and equipment annually, MMIS 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 in order 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.
Chief Supply Chain and Project Management Officer
Piedmont Healthcare
Joe Colonna started his 40 year career in 1985, with the United States Air Force, as a “Medical Materials Specialist” and for the past 17 years, he has served in the role of Chief Supply Chain and Project Management Officer, for Piedmont Healthcare, a 22-hospital health system with services across the state of GA. Currently, Joe is responsible for Supply Chain, Biomedical Engineering, Project Management and Public Safety activities. Joe is proud to say that these teams play a significant role in the strategic plans of the organization and are seen as valued partners that work closely with Piedmont’s executives, clinicians and business partners to ensure they are supporting the organization’s goals for Quality, Safety and Service, aligned with Stewardship of the organization’s resources.
In 2017, Joe was named one of the “Ten People to Watch” by The Journal of Healthcare Contracting and Piedmont’s Supply Chain has been recognized nationally for the Team’s role in supporting Piedmont’s mission.
Olympic Gold Medalist; Goalie, 1980 USA “Miracle on Ice” Hockey Team; Owner, President and CEO, Gold Medal Strategies; Board Member, Special Operations Warrior Foundation
Jim Craig is best known as the backbone of the 1980 Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Team, whose ‘Miracle’ win was voted by Sports Illustrated as the greatest moment in sports history of the 20th century. Craig, who started every game in goal, was a leading figure in the team’s success. One of the enduring images of the 1980 Games was of Craig, wrapped in an American flag, searching the stands for his widowed father in order to share the gold-medal-winning victory.
Before the Olympics, Jim was an All-American goalie at Boston University, leading his team to a NCAA national championship. After the ‘Miracle’ game, Jim went on to play professionally for three NHL teams, where he sustained a career-ending injury while playing for the Minnesota North Stars. He is enshrined in the Boston University Hall of Fame, the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame and is a co-recipient of both the Lester Patrick award and the Sports Illustrated “Sportsman of the Year” award. He is also a graduate of Boston University and earned his doctorate in humane letters from Mercy College.
Following Jim’s professional hockey career, he transitioned his success into the corporate world as a motivational speaker, powerful salesman and corporate consultant. He has been inducted into the Sales Halls of Fame for two different companies, having increased a sales territory from $300,000 to $50 million in annual sales. Following this role, Jim moved on to become the Vice President of a promotional marketing agency. Under his guidance, the agency increased annual dollar sales by 80 percent and its number of clients by 30 percent in just two short years.
For more than 35 years, Jim has inspired, instructed and provided strategic and winning direction to some of the most prestigious companies across the world, including Kellogg’s, Bayer, Deloitte, Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Disney, as the successful owner and president of his company, Gold Medal Strategies. Jim has been selected three times as one of the top five speakers on team building in the United States, and has evolved to not only deliver motivational speeches, but host immersive corporate training programs that teach participants how to think differently and believe in their possibilities. Jim is the co-author of the highly acclaimed business book, Gold Medal Strategies: Business Lessons from America’s Miracle Team and recently released his newest book and legacy piece, We Win! Lessons on Life, Business & Building Your Own Miracle Team. In addition to his role with Gold Medal Strategies, Jim serves as a board member of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, and he has a passion for leveraging his athletic and business success to help others achieve their full potential and lives in integrity with his mission every day!
VP, Supply Chain Management/Food and Nutrition Services
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
For over 20 years, Sylvester DuPree III has been using the skills developed while obtaining is BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati to critically think and solve complex organizational problems.
Working for almost 13 years in the automotive industry, Sylvester had the opportunity to see the value of business process and critical thinking not only in the for-profit world but also while working in New Orleans supporting the St. Bernard Project, a nonprofit organization, where he aided the team in streamlining construction processes and reducing the lead time to get displaced families back into their homes after Hurricane Katrina and in Joplin, Missouri after the devastating F5 Tornado ripped through that community.
After over a decade in the automotive industry, Sylvester switched industries moving from Toyota to Merck & Company where he supported Latin American Facilities in improving their manufacturing processes through Lean Thinking and Principles. After a year Sylvester was appointed to the Keytruda Executive Leadership Team where he was responsible for all Lean Strategy for Merck’s Marquee Product, Keytruda. Sylvester spent the last 4 years of his career at Merck as a Supply Chain Director in Global Vaccines for Merck Manufacturing where he led the organization to improve critically constrained vaccine output to serve underrepresented regions of the world.
Today, Sylvester has the pleasure of leading the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Supply Chain Management Organization as the Assistant Vice President where he is responsible for all Procurement, Supply Chain Operations, Distribution, Logistics and overall Supply Chain Transformation Strategy for the Cincinnati Children’s Organization.
VP Pharmacy Operations
Allina Health
Kristi Gullickson is the Vice President, Pharmacy Operations at Allina Health in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gullickson is responsible for strategy and operational performance across the Allina Health pharmacy enterprise, in collaboration with the Chief Pharmacy & Laboratory Officer. The pharmacy enterprise is comprised of ~700 FTE and an annual drug budget of $600M. Gullickson is accountable for pharmacy services across 12-hospital campuses (including a 700 staffed-bed quaternary teaching hospital); system oncology operations and infusion centers; over 200 HOPD clinics and a free-standing emergency department, investigational drug service, drug diversion prevention, medication safety, regulatory/compliance, and multi-site pharmacy residency and education programs.
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.
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.
Healthcare Strategy and Transformation
Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services
Shannon Hunt is a healthcare transformation leader known for bridging clinical insight with operational strategy to drive measurable results. A nurse by training, Shannon has held executive leadership roles across health systems, group purchasing organizations, and national consulting engagements, helping organizations redesign supply chain, clinical utilization, and value analysis programs to improve performance and patient outcomes.
She has partnered with academic medical centers and IDN’s across the country to lead large-scale transformation efforts, generating more than $35 million in savings within a single year while strengthening clinical alignment and operational efficiency. Earlier in her career, Shannon helped design and implement the first system-wide value analysis program for a 17-hospital health system in Columbus, Ohio. She has also served as a corporate dean, helping develop education programs that train and certify clinicians and healthcare leaders in value analysis and evidence-based decision making.
Fun fact: Shannon’s family in Ohio, owns and operates a pumpkin farm recently named the #1 pumpkin farm in the United States. Shannon now resides in California with her husband and their children.
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.
Chief Medical Officer
Methodist Health System
Brian D. Jones, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAFP is a physician executive recognized for leading physician alignment and value-based care transformation across large health systems and clinically integrated networks. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer of the Methodist Patient-Centered ACO and Vice President of Value-Based Care for Methodist Health System in Dallas, where he developed system-wide value-based care strategy and physician engagement across the organization’s medical group, ACO, and clinically integrated network, supporting the transition from volume- to value-based care in one of the nation’s most competitive healthcare markets.
Throughout his career, Dr. Jones has held senior leadership roles spanning health system strategy, ACO development, and medical group operations, building physician-led governance structures and aligning clinicians, administrators, and care teams to improve quality, outcomes, and cost performance.
He is Founder and CEO of Evolve Health Partners, advising health systems and physician organizations on physician engagement and the implementation of value-based care strategies.
Senior Director Analyst
Gartner
Salil Joshi is a Senior Director Analyst in Gartner's Supply Chain practice, providing research insights, advice and thought leadership to Healthcare Provider clients. His research coverage includes supply chain strategy, procure to pay, master data management, track and trace initiatives and regulation requirements for healthcare providers.
He focuses most of his time with healthcare providers and advises them on maturity model development, best practices for managing their supply chain data and systems, and performance metrics to measure supply chain success.
His previous experience includes Supply chain consulting (data management, partnership development, business process improvement, ERP optimization, and project management).
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.
Chief Operating Officer
Alliant Purchasing
Kary LeBlanc is the Chief Operating Officer at Alliant Purchasing, a national group purchasing organization, focused on healthcare as well as business & industry.
With over 31 years of supply chain experience, Kary joined Alliant in January 2022. Prior to Alliant, Kary was employed by Premier, Inc. as Senior Region Director for 13 years covering all the Premier members in the Louisiana and Mississippi markets. Kary’s experience also includes 15 years of Materials Management leadership at Ochsner Health System and Terrebonne General Health System in Louisiana.
Kary achieved both his undergraduate degree and MBA from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana where he resides today.
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
Vice President Supply Chain
Fairview Health Services
Sofya Mikhelson provides senior leadership and strategic direction in Supply Chain Management for Fairview Health Services, ensuring the development of strategies, policies and practices that are consistent with and supportive of Fairview’s mission, vision, values, goals, and strategic plans; that are reflective of the environmental realities of the community, and consistent with federal and state employment law. She is accountable for centralized administration of sourcing, contracting, value analysis, logistics, procure-to-pay, vendor management, and business enterprise system support teams.
She has over 20 years of experience in contracting. She directed contracting for supply, equipment, purchased services, IT, and provided oversight for supply chain services and ERP system support. Her collaborative approach extends internally and externally, working closely with stakeholders to meet system-wide needs, achieve cost savings targets, and implement product conversions. She excels in coordinating process improvement activities and advising executive leadership on contracting and procurement matters.
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.
Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Bill Obremskey has been an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt for 23 years. He has also been an active clinical researcher with four federally funded studies. One was the study on treatment of bone defects. Another on the effect of early weight bearing and ankle fractures and two studies on treatment of infections in fractures and in non-unions. He has been the Vanderbilt fellowship director for 17 years until July 2025 and is president-elect for the Orthopedic Trauma association. 17 years ago, he was part of a team that developed a physician driven process for consolidation of Implants. He has also aided in the development of a process to evaluate new technology approval and implementation that is now in use across all service lines and the health system. Dr. Obremskey is the Executive Medical Director of this process across the health system.
Partner
K&L Gates LLP
Mark Ogunsusi is a partner and a member of the Healthcare and FDA practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Mark was a senior associate at a Washington, DC-based law firm. Mark has extensive experience with regulatory matters involving pharmaceutical pricing and, specifically, the 340B federal drug discount program. He is a doctor of pharmacy and has over 10 years of experience as a pharmacist that inform his health law practice. Mark also regularly advises an array of healthcare entities on the nuances of the 340B program, the Medicaid drug rebate program, federal pharmacy law, food and drug law, and state pharmacy law.
System Director of Clinical Value Analysis
UofL Health
Laura L Polson, BSN, RN-BC, CVAHP is currently the System Director of Clinical Value Analysis for UofL Health, affiliated with the University of Louisville in KY. Laura has been in nursing nurse for 44 years and has expertise in critical care, ER, OR, cardiac surgery and artificial heart, quality, risk, value analysis, cardiac cath and electrophysiology areas. Since joining AHVAP in 2004, she has served on multiple committees and been both a Northeast Region Director and the 2020 “Pandemic” President. Laura has been on the Premier GPO Value Analysis Committee and is one of the editors and co-authors of the Premier Value Analysis Guidebook. She’s now a member of the Vizient Cardiovascular Council.
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.
Founder and CEO
Jevan Consulting
Lisa (Thakur) Risser is the Founder and CEO of Jevan Consulting. An esteemed leader with a legacy of nearly three decades in healthcare financial and operational management, Lisa leverages her wealth of experience and proven success, committed to offering unparalleled expertise in healthcare financial and operational consulting, executive leadership, and education and training.
VP Pharmacy Services
Yankee Alliance
Bob Ritchie is the Vice President of Pharmacy at Yankee Alliance in Andover MA where he is responsible for strategy, pharmacy contracting and member support. He received his BS in Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and his MBA from Northeastern University. Bob has spent much of his career, about 30 years, in hospital pharmacy operations as a staff pharmacist, pharmacy manager and director of pharmacy.
In 2018, Bob’s interest in the business of pharmacy led him to transition out of operations and into pharmacy contracting and supply chain, taking a position with one of Boston’s largest healthcare providers as the Director of Pharmacy Contracting and Business Strategy.
In 2019 Bob came to Yankee as the Director of Pharmacy Operations and was eventually promoted to VP of Pharmacy.
SVP/GM Spend Management Services, Spend Management
Vizient, Inc.
Bill Selles is Senior Vice President/GM Spend Management Services, Spend Management. In this role, Selles is focused on transformation efforts across the Spend Management Business Unit. He has responsibility for optimizing operational performance and overseeing programs, services and operational functions that support the delivery of category-based solutions across the continuum of care.
Selles joined Vizient with a wealth of experience in supply chain leadership across multiple industries, including healthcare providers, health insurance and retail. He has a proven record of driving complex strategic negotiations, establishing strategic partnerships, implementing operational changes and leading logistics and operational processes. Committed to fostering high-performance cultures and driving consistent forward growth, Selles is highly skilled in leadership development, including building diverse and successful teams and aligning front-line team members with organizational strategy.
Prior to joining Vizient, Selles served as Senior Vice President of supply chain for Corewell Health, where he successfully developed and led the system’s supply chain strategy, with full accountability for non-labor spend across the 21-hospital system.
Selles was a co-founder and inaugural board chair for the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative (HIRC). He is a volunteer with the United Way Leadership Circle, an avid golfer and long-distance runner.
Selles earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in strategy and organizational dynamics from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids.
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.
National Security Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute; State Department Diplomacy Consultant (2006-2023); Expert on Geopolitical Risk, Global Affairs, and American Politics
John Sitilides is Principal at Trilogy Advisors LLC in Washington, D.C., specializing in U.S. government relations, geopolitical risk, and international affairs, and is a National Security Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
He is a professional speaker at corporate, investor, and industry conferences, and before government, military and intelligence community audiences, on geopolitical risk management and the business impacts of international security policies. He explores the complex geopolitical and geo-economic decisions that impact markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and worldwide, helping corporate executives, investment managers and civic audiences better understand, anticipate, and mitigate risk.
Under a U.S. government contract under Presidents Biden, Trump, Obama, and Bush, Sitilides was Southern Europe Regional Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute, the State Department's professional development and diplomacy academy for American foreign policy professionals. He was Board Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center Southeast Europe Project (2005-2011), following seven years as Executive Director of the Western Policy Center, an international relations institute specializing in U.S., NATO & EU interests in Europe and the Middle East until he negotiated its 2004 merger with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
He has testified before Congress and is a frequent national security commentator on U.S. and international media such as Bloomberg News, CNN, FOX News, CNN International, and NewsNation, and has been interviewed or cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, The National Interest, Politico, National Public Radio, Asia Times, Institutional Investor, Tagesspiegel, South China Morning Post, and other leading print and digital media.
His domestic client portfolio includes industry leaders in real estate development, home construction and agribusiness, along with aviation and emerging technology companies, with a specialization in environmental regulatory reform and private property rights protection. He launched his career in the U.S. Senate and on a series of successful political campaigns.
Sitilides serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of Leadership 100, a national Orthodox Christian foundation. He served on the Board of Directors of 3doo, Inc., a VR/AR media technology company, and of Biovest International, developing personalized cancer immunotherapies; the Board of Directors of International Orthodox Christian Charities, a global humanitarian organization; and the Board of Governors of the Advanced Imaging Society, promoting the global motion picture industry’s arts and technologies.
He is a member of the Association of International Risk Intelligence Professionals, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the Columbia University Club of Washington, D.C., the Empire State Forum, and the Association of Former Senate Aides. Sitilides holds a Master’s Degree in International and Public Affairs from Columbia University. His wife is an attorney and businesswoman, and they have four sons.
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.
Administrative Chief Supply Chain Officer
Medical University of South Carolina
Austin is the Associate Chief Supply Chan Officer for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health), a 16-hospital academic medical center with over 750 care locations and 22.3K employees. Austin has responsibility for strategic sourcing, clinical value analysis, and analytics insights programs for MUSC, leading all facets of sourcing, contracting, and supplier relationship management. He brings a proven record of impacting largescale organizational change, navigating GPO transitions, mergers and acquisitions, bringing an innovative focus on outcome based (CQO) contracting solutions. Prior to joining MUSC, Austin spent many years with the supply chain team at Bon Secours Mercy Health and Advantus Health Partners after years of experience consulting on supply chain efficiencies in other industries, focused on SKU consolidation, demand planning, inventory and logistics.