Bellwether League Inc., the Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership, welcomed a new executive to its Board of Directors that evaluate, validate and select professionals to be recognized and honored for their industry contributions, performance and vision.
Karen Conway, CMRP, joins Bellwether League’s Board to select Bellwether Class Honorees, Future Famers and Ammer-Level Supply Chain Organizations with a dedication to the profession’s history and a resolve to help professionals improve the industry by learning from its history.
“Bellwether League serves a critical mission by honoring those whose leadership and past achievements have laid the groundwork for the growing appreciation for the healthcare supply chain as a critical enabler in the move to value-based healthcare,” Conway said. “Too often, when change is occurring at an increasingly rapid rate, we neglect to consider the valuable lessons from history. Bellwether League ensures we never forget.”
Conway also applauded Bellwether League for expanding its recognition program to include organizations that are demonstrating supply chain excellence, “because as all things in healthcare, it takes a team, if not a village, to deliver the highest value to patients and populations.”
Conway currently serves as Vice President, Healthcare Value, for GHX (Global Healthcare Exchange). In that role, Conway works internationally with a variety of healthcare influencers, leaders, observers and organizations, including standards bodies, government agencies, industry analysts, academic researchers, trade associations, hospitals, healthcare systems and suppliers, with the goal improve clinical and business performance through supply chain excellence. These aims mirror those of Bellwether League’s history, mission and vision.
Conway is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM). She is a member of the healthcare advisory board to CAPS Research, a partnership between the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and Arizona State University, and is active in the Medical Device Supply Chain Council and the Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) and an Editorial Advisory Board member for Healthcare Purchasing News.
Bellwether League Board Chairman Officers re-elected Nick Gaich as a Board Member and Chairman to his second three-year term as well as Deborah Templeton, RPh, as a Board Member and Treasurer to her second three-year term. Their terms run through 2021. Board Members are term-limited to two consecutive three-year terms (or six years total), after which they must rotate off the Board for a minimum of one year.
Gaich (Bellwether Class of 2013) serves as CEO, Nick Gaich and Associates. Templeton serves as Chief, System Support Services, Geisinger Health System.
Nate Mickish (Future Famers Class of 2015) was elected Secretary. Mickish serves as Vice President, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Texas Health Resources.
