The Mark McKenna Lecture Endowment recognizes Mark's contributions to the development of the field of health sector supply chain. Mark, in his role as President of Novation (1998-2006), was a 2004 founding member of the Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium (HSRC-ASU) and a continuous supporter of bringing academia and industry partners together to solve major problems across the health sector supply chain. Mark's career spanned both the supplier and provider sectors in healthcare, including senior management positions with Imed Corp., Baxter Healthcare Corp., VHA Inc. He also served as chairman of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) and was elected to the Bellwether League Healthcare Supply Chain Hall of Fame (2010). Upon retirement, Mark served on a variety of company boards, including the Beryl Cos., the Med Group, SterilMed, Suture Express, Systagenix and UHS.
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Mission
The Annual Mark McKenna Lecture brings key innovators and thought leaders (past speakers) in health care to Arizona State University to speak on current health care
issues and highlight the importance of the supply chain in improving organizational performance and clinical
practice.
Advisory Committee
- Karen Conway, M.S.
CEO, ValueWorks, formerly Vice President, Healthcare Value, Global Health Exchange.
- Denis Cortese
Foundation Professor, Director, Arizona State University, Healthcare Delivery and Policy Program, Emeritus President and CEO, Mayo Clinic.
- Richard Perrin
CEO, Active Innovations.
- Mikaella Polyviou
Associate Professor, NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management, W.P. Carey School of Business
- Kristine Russell
Publisher Emeritus and Healthcare Editor, NP Communications.
- Eugene Schneller, Ph.D.
Dean’s Council of 100 Distinguished Scholar, NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management,
W.P. Carey School of Business.