Saluting the C-Suite
Healthcare Purchasing News recognized hospital CEOs with clear dedication to supply chain management with our annual S.U.R.E. Award for Supply Chain-Focused CEOs. From 2008 to 2016 we spotlighted chief administrators who actively SUPPORT, UNDERSTAND, RECOGNIZE and EMPOWER supply chain managers to be successful as strategic partners at the executive table.2016: John Finan Jr., President & CEO, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOL), Baton Rouge, LA; Richard Statuto, CEO, Bon Secours Health System, Marriottsville, MD; Karen Teitelbaum, CEO, Sinai Health System, Chicago
2015: Sharon O’Keefe, President and CEO, The University of Chicago Medical Center; and Michael Williams, President and CEO, Community Hospital Corp., Plano, TX.
2014: Mina Ubbing, now-retired President and CEO, Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, OH; Charles Sorenson, M.D., President and CEO, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City; and Tim Lancaster, CEO, Hendrick Health System, Abilene, TX.
2013: Bruce Cummings, CEO, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, New London, CT; Lyndon Christman, CEO, Fayette County Memorial Hospital, Washington Court House, OH; and the late R. Timothy Stack, president and CEO, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta.
2012: Edward J. Roth III, president and CEO, Aultman Hospital, Aultman Health Foundation, Canton, OH; Stephen Lawler, president, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC; and Paul Kronenberg, M.D., president and CEO, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY
2011: Tom Sadvary, president and CEO, Scottsdale (AZ) Healthcare; Rulon Stacey, Ph.D., FACHE, president and CEO, Poudre Valley Health System, Fort Collins, CO; and Dan Wolterman, president and CEO, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston
2010: Michael Riordan, president and CEO, Greenville (SC) Hospital System; Joe Morris, CEO, Kootenai Health, Coeur d'Alene, ID; Russell Harrington Jr., president and CEO, Baptist Health, Little Rock, AR; and Lynn Britton, CEO, Sisters of Mercy Health System, Chesterfield, MO
2009: Nick Desien, CEO, Ministry Health Care, Milwaukee Gary Duncan, CEO, Freeman Health System, Joplin, MO John Duval, CEO, Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Hospitals and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System, Richmond, VA
2008: Delos M. “Toby” Cosgrove, M.D., president and CEO, Cleveland (OH) Clinic, William M. Murray, president and CEO, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (SCLHS), Lenexa, KS, Kenneth A. Samet, president and CEO, MedStar Health, Columbia, MD
2007: William Corley, president and CEO, Community Health Network, Indianapolis, Brian Keeley, president and CEO, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables, FL, Paul Levy, president and CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
2006: Garrett Hoover, president and CEO, Nason Hospital, Roaring Spring, PA, David Ramsey, CEO, Charleston (WV) Area Medical Center, Richard Salluzzo, M.D., president and CEO, Wellmont Health System, Kingsport, TN
2005: Greg Gerloff, CEO, Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND, John Lloyd, president and CEO, Meridian Health, Neptune, NJ, Michele Tarbet, CEO, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, CA, Richard Tschider, president and CEO, St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, ND
