Healthcare Supply Chain Unfiltered: A Look at Leadership’s Most Pressing Concerns 

Expectations placed on supply chain leaders have never been higher. IDN boards and C-suites are asking harder questions, demanding greater accountability, and looking to supply chain as a strategic lever for solving the organization's most complex operational and financial challenges. Join a panel of seasoned executives and thought leaders as they candidly pull back the curtain on what today's top decision-makers are demanding, and what it takes to deliver. 

Hear perspectives from leaders who have sat at the highest levels of healthcare supply chain and advised IDN organizational leadership through many challenging events. This panel will offer unfiltered insights into what separates good organizations from truly exceptional ones.  

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the evolving expectations that IDN boards and C-suites have of supply chain leaders and how to position yourself to meet them.
2. Analyze the most critical healthcare supply chain challenges currently on the radar of senior decision-makers. 
3. Evaluate leadership strategies and organizational approaches that have proven most effective in delivering efficient, high-impact supply chain operations. 
4. Develop a strategic perspective on your organization’s performance that aligns with the priorities and expectations of your top leadership. 

These seasoned supply chain leaders will engage in a Q&A-style discussion, responding to top-of-mind questions, concerns, and obstacles. Click the button below to submit a question for this keynote panel:

About LeAnn Born

LeAnn founded 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 the 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.

About Randy Bradley:

Dr. Randy V. Bradley is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management at the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee. He is also EVP, Digital Transformation in Life Sciences for Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) and Principal Owner of RV Bradley, LLC.

He holds a Ph.D. in Management of Information Technology and Innovation, an M.S. in Management Information Systems, and a B.S. in Computer Engineering, all from Auburn University.

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

About Ed Hisscock

Ed Hisscock retired as the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain 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 Masters degree in Supply Chain from Michigan State University.

About Shannon Hunt

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.