Mary Beth Briscoe is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer-UHealth and the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. Nationally ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top 50 universities in the country, UM’s annual operating budget is in excess of $3.3 billion with an endowment of over $1 billion and research expenditures in excess of$320M. The University of Miami employs over 15,600 faculty and staff and serves over 17,000 students in over11 million square feet of classroom, medical, and office facilities in Florida. Mary Beth provides leadership, oversight, and stewardship for all aspects of the University’s financial resources. The university offices of the Treasurer, Controller, Budget and Planning, Business Services, and Supply Chain Services directly reports to the CFO.

Mary Beth has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare finance in various senior management positions. Before joining the University of Miami, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of UAB University Hospital and UAB Medicine Clinical Operations. Prior to her role at UAB, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Eastern Health System, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama. Mary Beth is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA), and a Fellow of The American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). She has also served Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) in national and state roles including National Secretary, Chairman Elect and as National Chairman. She presently serves as Chair-National AMC-CFO Council, a member of the Value Project Advisory Council and National Thought Leadership, and serves on the Financial Interest Planning Council for America’s Essential Hospitals. She has authored articles for various industry periodicals including HFM Magazine, and ACHE Magazine. She is an invited speaker by various constituents and professional organizations across the country and abroad to offer perspectives on financial issues and challenges confronting the healthcare industry. At the state and local level, Ms. Briscoe serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of Alabama and is a graduate member of Leadership Birmingham.

Mary Beth received her B.S. in Accounting from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and an MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Pamela Bryant is the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain for Parkland Health & Hospital System. Parkland is one of the largest public hospitals in the country with more than 1 million patient visits annually. Pamela leads a team of over 200 personnel and is responsible for all aspects of the supply chain including procurement, strategic sourcing, informatics, logistics, distribution, vendor management and equipment/asset management. She has more than 20 years of healthcare experience and a proven track record in driving cost reductions, supporting dynamic growth, implementing new initiatives, improving operational efficiencies and driving supplier diversity.

Pamela earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and Master of Business Administration degree from Averett University in Danville, Virginia. She is a member of The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) where she previously served as president of the local chapter. Currently, she serves as the Board Chair of the Women’s Business Council Southwest (WBCS).

Teresa L. Dail is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Clinical Enterprise as well as the President of the Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative and Vanderbilt Health Supply Chain Solutions.

Teresa has a diverse background beginning in the clinical realm from ICU and Perioperative leadership to Practice Administration. Teresa started her supply chain career as a Clinical Resource Manager introducing the concept of value analysis and clinical collaboration to a seven hospital system. Teresa currently has responsibility for all strategic as well as day to day operations for logistics, distribution, contracting (including pharmacy), systems, purchasing, accounts payable, capital, linen, clinical engineering, travel and other disbursement services for the Clinical Enterprise. She is Chair of the Executive Committee for the Medical Economics Outcome Committee working in collaboration with 6 medical directors to evaluate new products/technology, clinical variation and impact to outcomes, as well as margins, utilizing a clinically integrated approach. As President of two wholly owned LLC’s, Teresa works to bring strategies to other healthcare organizations which have proven effective at Vanderbilt. Teresa has co-authored an article with two physicians on Value Based Purchasing of Medical Devices as well as publishing multiple articles or speaking on the strategic role of supply chain, the importance of a clinically integrated approach and the utilization of data to drive decision making. She is a graduate of Jameson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and Florida Southern College. She is immediate past chair of the Board of AHRMM, a member of the Tennessee Chapter of AHRMM and a member Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing.

Phil comes from central Ohio where he is the Director of Materials Management at Adena Health. He has had positions in GPO’s, Custom Contracting offices, Academic Teaching hospitals and community hospitals. His experience has provided the opportunity to experience a variety of systems and strategies within supply chain.

Lori is the Chief Pharmacy Officer for Yale New Haven Health since 2014 and Vice President, Corporate Supply Chain since 2018. She has over 30 years of service with Yale New Haven Health in pharmacy services and supply chain where she served in a variety of leadership positions including the Director of Pharmacy for Yale New Haven Hospital from 2009 to 2014. She is responsible for the strategic oversight for pharmacy services and supply chain throughout the system; including financial, clinical integration, operational and medication/device safety objectives. Lori collaborates with medical staff, clinical leadership and administration to achieve safe and effective drug therapy outcomes and enhance the value equation for medical device utilization for our patients and their families. Lori has received numerous awards, including the Paul Pierpaoli Award for Extraordinary Service and Dedication to the Profession of Pharmacy from the Connecticut Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 2010. Lori was the Director of the PGY1 Residency Program that has graduated over 200 residents in the past 20 years. She serves on many state and national executive forums within pharmacy and supply chain professional organizations.

She holds an MHA from Simmons College in Boston and a BSPharm from University of Rhode Island. Lori and her husband, live in Clinton, CT, and have three adult sons.

Allen Passerallo joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1995 as a Certified Athletic Trainer. He was responsible for the management, supervision and growth of a single physician practice and 3 outpatient physical therapy facilities. Included in his responsibilities was the development of private pay programs to assist in revenue generation.

Allen previously served as the Director of Sourcing and Contracting for the surgery category within Cleveland Clinic Supply Chain. He was responsible for identifying, sourcing and negotiating cost savings and utilization opportunities for all surgical subspecialties, with the exception of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. In addition to managing and coordinating multiple sourcing projects, Allen provided oversight to the Item Master regarding internal contracting processes. He held that position from January 2008 until July 2013.

In July 2013, Allen accepted the position of Senior Director of Sourcing/Purchasing. In his current role he is responsible for all sourcing and purchasing transactions for clinical, non-clinical and capital acquisitions. Allen oversees the sourcing and contracting for Excelerate, a co-owned healthcare GPO between Cleveland Clinic and VHA.

Before joining The Cleveland Clinic, Allen served as the Head Athletic Trainer at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. He was directly involved in patient care, while overseeing contracting and medical coverage for a variety of high school, college and commercial sporting events. Allen’s clinical experience along with his operations experience has allowed for continued growth within Cleveland Clinic Operations.

Karen Teitelbaum is the President/Chief Executive Officer at Sinai Health System, an urban, teaching healthcare system comprised of four hospitals, an epidemiological research institute focusing on healthcare disparities, a community institute, over 800 medical staff members, and 3,200 employees. Focused on the delivery of high quality services in an efficient and cost effective manner as Chicago’s largest safety net system, Sinai Health System has achieved national recognition in quality while reducing costs by millions of dollars due to greater efficiency and management of population health.

Karen serves on the boards of the America’s Essential Hospitals, Illinois Health and Hospital Association (Treasurer, Executive Committee, Nominating and Governing Committee), The Chicago Cook Workforce Innovation Board, The Kennedy Forum Illinois (External Affairs and Leadership Councils), Women in Health-Life Sciences, the David Lynch Foundation Advisory Council, and has been a board member of the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, Family Health Network, the Theraplay Institute, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Foundation, and the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School. She served on the American Hospital Association Task Force on Ensuring Access for Vulnerable Communities, and the American Hospital Association Council on Maternal Fetal Health. She is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network, the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the Standard Club of Chicago.

John is a healthcare supply chain professional with over 25 years of experience including various management roles with both provider and supplier organizations. His resume includes time spent with INOVA Health System, Cardinal Health, Bon Secours Health System, MedStar Health, and since October 2017 as the Vice President Supply Chain and Support Services for Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, UT.

John has a proven record of providing vision and leadership for enterprise wide supply chain solutions. He continually challenges the status quo and seeks industry leading methods to ensure the highest quality materials and services are obtained at the lowest cost. John strives to establish standards of excellence through process redesign, to develop systems and metrics to measure financial and operational performance, and to foster strategic internal and external alliances. He values stakeholder input and collaborates with supply chain leaders to achieve exceptional employee engagement resulting in world class interactions for clinical staff, physicians and business partners. John was a participant in AHRMM’s inaugural Healthcare Supply Chain Institute program, has served on several industry advisory boards and is a proud graduate of Virginia Tech University where he earned his bachelor’s degree with Summa Cum Laude honors and his Master’s degree in Business Administration.