AGENDA

Time	Activity	Location
8:30 - 9:30 AM	Breakfast	Main Hall
9:00 - 9:15 AM	Welcome	Main Hall
9:15 - 9:30 AM	On Hospital Commitment & Setting the Stage	Main Hall
9:30 - 10:30 AM	Keynote & Fireside Chat: Harnessing the Power of Supplier Diversity to Drive Health Equity, Increase Affordability, and Create Community Impact	Main Hall
10:40 - 11:30 AM	Morning Breakout Session
Breakout 1	Expanding Horizons: Health Care Strategies For Engaging With Diverse Vendors	Sunset
Breakout 2	Navigating Business Certifications	Crystal IV
Breakout 3	Leveraging Resource Organizations to Enhance Vendor Capacity	Main Hall
11:40 - 12:30 PM	Navigating Health Care Contracts: Insights & Success Strategies from Diverse Perspectives	Main Hall
12:30 - 1:30 PM	Networking Lunch & Exhibitor Stroll	Main Hall/Patio
1:40 - 2:30 PM	Joint Session: Building Blocks for a Regional Impact Purchasing Collaborative	Main Hall
2:40 - 3:40 PM	Round Robin Networking Activity	Main Hall
3:50 - 4:20 PM	Policy and Advocacy Update	Main Hall
4:20 - 4:30 PM	Closing/Call to Action	Main Hall

Meet the Conference Speakers

On Hospital Commitment and Setting the Stage

Motz Feinberg, MBA

Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Motz Feinberg is a supply chain executive with more than 25 years of experience in industries ranging from manufacturing and consumer goods to military logistics and healthcare. As Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Feinberg is leading a supply chain transformation at Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles.

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Keynote Session: Harnessing the Power of Supplier Diversity to Drive Health Equity, Increase Affordability, and Create Community Impact

Beverly Norman-Cooper

President

Reimagining Economic Regeneration Strategies, LLC

Beverly Norman-Cooper is the President/Owner of Reimagining Economic Regeneration Strategies, LLC, a Black, woman-owned strategic and management advisory and consulting firm based in Baltimore, MD. The company helps large corporations, small-to-midsize companies, anchor institutions and non-profits harness the power of inclusive and diverse purchasing to regenerate communities and improve lives. She is the former Executive Director of National Supplier Diversity at Kaiser Permanente, where she oversaw increased spend with certified women- and minority-owned companies from approximately $1.3 billion when she took the role in 2015 to more than $2.3 billion when she retired from the healthcare company in 2018.

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Breakout Session: Health Care Strategies For Engaging With Diverse Vendors

Karen Gruhn

Director, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management

Loma Linda University Health

Pamela Weatherspoon, MBA

Vice President, Enterprise, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Engagement & Wellness

Huntington Health

Flora Mayer

Manager, Supplier Diversity

City of Hope

Breakout Session: Navigating Business Certifications

Rebecca Aguilera-Gardiner

CEO

Veterans in Business

Jaymee Lomax

Regional Vice President

Women's Business Enterprise National Council

Marlene Nantell

Vice President, External Affairs

Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council

Breakout Session: Leveraging Resource Organizations to Enhance Vendor Capacity

Donald Jones

Partner

Next Street

Starr Franklin

Manager, Contract & Program Services

Vizient

Vanessa Torres

Manager, Supplier Diversity

City of Hope

General Session: Navigating Health Care Contracts: Insights & Success Strategies from Diverse Perspectives

Andrew Kwok

Associate Director - Supply Chain Diversity, Supply Chain

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Carlie Elwell

Senior Regional Director, Healthcare

Servicon

Greg Baker

Area General Manager

CBRE's Mark Ridley Thomas Behavioral Health Center and Jaqueline Avant Children and Family Center

Joint Session: Building Blocks for A Regional Impact Purchasing Collaborative

Claire Brawdy

Senior Project Manager, Initiatives & Advisory Services

Healthcare Anchor Network

Policy and Advocacy Update

Chico Manning, MHA, CLSSMBB, ACHE

System Vice President, Enterprise Supply Chain

PIH Health

Chico Manning MHA is the System Vice President of Enterprise Supply Chain at PIH Health—a nonprofit, regional healthcare network comprised of PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital and PIH Health Downey Hospital; 35 medical office buildings; more than 90 clinics; and a multi-specialty medical group. PIH Health serves more than 3.7 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and Gabriel Valley region. In his position, he is responsible for the overall strategic direction and tactical execution for all aspects of supply chain management at PIH Health.

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Meet our Conference Exhibitors

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