Congratulations to the Bellwether Class of 2022

Teresa L. Dail

Teresa L. Dail epitomizes the stature of a Chief Supply Chain Officer that embraces and exhibits entrepreneurial and innovative strategies and tactics with the traditional regimen successful day-to-day operations. Her achievements at Vanderbilt to improve the revenue and expense stream outcomes through business and clinical facilitation and relationships expand the influence and integrity of supply chain within the C-suite.

Edward J. Hisscock

Edward J. Hisscock exhibits forward-thinking, insightful interpretations of contemporary challenges as well as the diplomatic capabilities of bringing disparate groups of clinical, executive, financial and operational groups together to develop and implement solutions. At Trinity, he leads colleagues to identify and root out key pain points through data and information in their ongoing quest for performance improvement.

Thomas M. Lubotsky

Thomas M. Lubotsky, FACHE, represents the ideals and implementation of collaboration and trust as executed by supply chain operations across an entire enterprise. An authentic leader at Allina who builds standardization and centralization through consensus and mutual value creation, he works closely with others to share and celebrate clinical, financial and operational victories.

John F. Sasen Sr. (1942-2013)

John F. Sasen Sr. (1942-2013) revolutionized customer-centric, physician-focused primary care distribution of products at PSS World Medical long before online exchanges became standard fare in retail – and eventually healthcare – negotiations and transactions. He consistently strove for win-win-win situations, fusing dedicated customer service and solutions to mutual profitability for both provider and supplier, morphing confrontation to collaboration.

David R. Myers

David R. Myers continually challenges the supplier status quo with a “customer-first” philosophy that ultimately benefits both buyer and seller in supply chain decisions and transactions. At Owens & Minor and other company affiliations throughout his career, he actively promotes resiliency and value in both words and deeds through advocacy, education, engagement, mentoring and professional development.

Susan M. Tyk

Susan M. Tyk brings an earnest, caregiving, clinical perspective to supply chain operations that reflects her distinguished nursing background and expertise and reinforces her credibility in corporate management, consulting and line management. She creates and generates supply chain success in others not from the top down or bottom up but from within each professional that radiates outward in a way that blends coach, mentor and teacher rather than boss.

John H. Hammergren

John H. Hammergren once described himself as a simple guy who could make things complicated, solving business problems with the mind of an engineer, but fused with a dedication and devotion to people – his colleagues and his customers. At McKesson, he carved a monument to customer service, information technology and distribution sales, paving a pathway toward credibility, respect and resilience.

Rosaline Parson

Rosaline Parson served as one of the earliest clinically integrated supply chain leaders pioneering the concept of linking value analysis to self-contracting and self-distribution via provider-managed network and consolidated service center. During her term at Orlando Regional, she stressed the inclusion of clinicians in supply chain decision-making so that they were integral to the process and all successful outcomes.

2022 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2022 Future Famers Class of 2022 - Left to right

Ryan R. Burke, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, Pandion Optimization Alliance, Rochester, NY

René A. Gurdián, Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain Finance and Strategy. Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

Caroline Marion, Manager, Supply Chain Clinical Engagement and Implementation, Novant Health, Wilmington, NC

Allison T. Tidd, Assistant Vice President, Contracts, Atrium Health/Atrium Health Supply Chain Alliance, Charlotte, NC.

2021 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2021 Future Famers Class of 2021 - Left to right:

Brian W. Murray, Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain Procurement, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL

Pauline Oyer, CMRP, Strategic Sourcing & Operations Director, University Health, San Antonio, TX

Bruce J. Radcliff, System Vice President, Supply Chain, Advocate Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI.

2020 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2020 Future Famers Class of 2020 - Left to right:

Hunter Chandler, Director, Supply Chain Information Systems, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

Jack Koczela, Director of Services, Supply Chain, Froedtert Health Integrated Service Center, Menomonee Falls, WI

Kenneth Scher, CMRP, Vice President, End-to-End Supply Chain, Nexera Inc., New York

2019 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2019 Future Famers Class of 2019 - Left to right: Geisinger Health’s Jun B. Amora, Memorial Health System’s Erin M. Bromley, Avera Health’s Sara M. Henderson, Mid-America Service Solutions’ Jessica Rinderle and Dartmout-Hitchcock Health’s Sidney L. Hamilton. Not pictured: The University of Kansas Health System’s Brian A. Dolan.

2018 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2018 Future Famers Class of 2018 - Standing (left to right): Troy Compardo, Amy Chieppa and Andy Leaders. Not pictured: Ryan Rotar.

2017 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2017 Future Famers Class of 2017 - Standing (left to right): Mark Growcott, Ph.D., Karen Kresnik, R.N., and Ben Cahoy. Not pictured: Derek Havens and Christy Crestin.

2016 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2016 Future Famers Class of 2016 - Standing (left to right): Erik Walerius, Nisha Lulla and Rob Proctor. Not pictured: Jimmy Henderson, Kate Polczynski and Baljeet Sangha.

2015 Future Famers Honored

Future Famers 2015 Future Famers Class of 2015 - Standing (left to right): University of Chicago’s Eric Tritch, Ochsner Health’s Will Barrette, Providence Health’s Justin Freed, Mercy Health/St. Rita’s Jason Hays, Parkview Health’s Donna Van Vlerah and Texas Health’s Nate Mickish (back and to the right).

2021 Dean S. Ammer Award for Healthcare Supply Chain Performance Excellence

Ammer Award 2021 Donna Van Vlerah, Senior Vice President, Supply & Support Services, Support Division, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN

2020 Dean S. Ammer Award for Healthcare Supply Chain Performance Excellence

Ammer Award 2020 Randy V. Bradley, Ph.D., CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Haslam College of Business, Department of Supply Chain Management

2017 Ammer Award Honoree Organization

Ammer Award 2017 Mayo Clinic’s Jim Francis accepts the 2017 Dean S. Ammer Award for Supply Chain Excellence, on behalf of his Ammer Level 5 Supply Chain Organization.

2016 Inaugural Ammer Award

Ammer Award 2016 Michael Louviere accepts the inaugural Dean S. Ammer Award for Supply Chain Excellence on behalf of his Supply Chain team at Ochsner Health System.