Daniel Beaird is the Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Purchasing News, where he shares insights and stories from across the healthcare supply chain, drawing on more than 15 years in B2B journalism. He has covered healthcare extensively, from executive decision-making and contracting to logistics, technology, and clinical innovations.

Before joining HPN, Daniel served as Senior Editor for The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, where he helped lead editorial direction across digital, print, and podcast platforms. His work includes in-depth interviews with C-suite healthcare executives, analysis of industry trends, and content creation for leading healthcare organizations.

Alisha Beringer is an experienced healthcare professional specializing in data analytics, technology integration, and supply chain management. With a deep understanding of how data can drive operational and clinical improvements, she has been instrumental in helping healthcare organizations, like Northwestern Medicine, implement advanced analytics solutions. Beringer is particularly focused on bridging the gap between supply chain processes and clinical workflows, ensuring that organizations can leverage technology to achieve both cost savings and quality improve-ments. Her strategic insights have supported the successful implementation of data-driven tools to improve visibility and decision-making across health systems for the last 15 years.

Gennady Beyzarov has been in healthcare for 20+ years with a large portion of that time in the data analytics space. He started his career as an IT Auditor for a Medicare contractor and then transferred to the statistical analyst role with the goal of preserving the Medicare Trust Fund. His time has taken him through data analyst roles at a community hospital in New York prior to moving to Boston where he was the Sr. Data Analyst at Massachusetts General Hospital and then the Sr. Data Manager. He is currently at Boston Children’s Hospital managing a team of analysts supporting the supply chain. Before healthcare, Beyzarov worked at a private equity firm as the organization’s Senior Consultant helping early and mid-stage companies find the right structure for their organization and creating valuations for those clients.

Sara Bunjaku is a Project Manager of Automation and AI for Supply Chain and Support Ser-vices at Cleveland Clinic. She leads initiatives to implement AI and automation, streamlining workflows, improving accuracy, and driving efficiency across supply chain operations. She is passionate about leveraging technology to transform healthcare operations and deliver scalable solutions.

Clarissa R. Fox is a healthcare supply chain and clinical contracting leader with more than a decade of experience across provider organizations, group purchasing, and healthcare consulting. She currently serves as Executive Director of Clinical Contracting at Beth Israel Lahey Health, where she leads enterprise-wide clinical contracting strategies focused on value, standardization, and strong supplier partnerships.
Fox has held leadership roles with Brown Health, Boston Medical Center, Vizient, and Cardinal Health, giving her a well-rounded perspective on clinical sourcing, value analysis, and stakeholder engagement. Known for her practical insights and collaborative style, she brings a real-world, solutions-focused approach to discussions on healthcare contracting and supply chain transformation.

Jevon Hawkins is the Regional Director of Supply Chain for the East Region at WellSpan Health, where he leads supply chain operations supporting three hospitals, two surgery centers, and more than 50 off-site locations. With 15 years of healthcare supply chain experience, Jevon oversees teams responsible for managing between $75–100 million in annual expenditures annually across the health system.

Known for combining operational strategy with technology-driven innovation, Jevon has played a key role in advancing supply chain modernization initiatives within a complex multi-hospital environment. His experience includes supporting enterprise transformation efforts tied to cloud-based technologies and the implementation of Oracle platforms for HR and supply chain operations, helping strengthen data visibility, operational alignment, and long-term scalability across the organization.

Yan Hao, MHA, MEd, CMRP, CVAHP, is the Executive Director of Value Analysis at Beth Israel Lahey Health in Boston. With over a decade of experience advancing clinically integrated value analysis strategy, Hao has led enterprise wide value analysis transformation from a single hospital to a 14-hospital integrated delivery network. She has spearheaded complex data integrations involving GHX/Lumere, Workday and Epic transitions, and HealthTrust GPO implementation - delivering significant cost savings while advancing process standardization and evidence-based decision making.
Hao began her career by founding a university-based psychology counseling center before pursuing her Masters of Healthcare Administration.

Mike Hopkins is the Vice President of Supply Chain for the Northwestern Medicine Health System based out of Chicago. He has 25 years of healthcare supply chain experience and specializes in efficiency and process improvement. Hopkins joined Northwestern in 2016 and previously worked for Owens and Minor as the Director of Supply Chain performance. He is a nationally recognized leader and speaker in supply chain operations focusing on using lean tools to facilitate process improvement and standardization. He also is a leader in the use of Kanban and RFID inventory management.

Janak Joshi currently serves as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Chief Digital Officer under Governor Maura Healey’s administration, responsible for bringing next generation digital & AI-led capabilities to service all State agencies and citizens across the state. Most recently, Joshi has published the multi-sector AI Guidance Framework for state agencies to conduct business in Massachusetts.
As of July 2025, he has been nominated to serve on the White House AI Task Force that is responsible for advising and recommending policy and governance across sectors nationally and internationally.

Tatyana Kanzaveli is the founder of WomenInGenAI, a global movement advancing women’s leadership in AI. She also is the founder and CEO of Open Health Network, a GenAI-powered platform revolutionizing clinical trials, care-at-home, and digital health through personalized, multilingual, and interoperable solutions. Before launching her ventures, Kanzaveli was a senior executive at PwC’s SAP practice, where she led large-scale enterprise deployments and headed the firm’s Innovation Center focused on distributed SAP architectures. A recognized authority at the intersection of technology and business process transformation, she advises Fortune 500s, governments, and healthcare organizations on strategic AI implementation. Her work has been spotlighted at the White House, United Nations, and TEDx, and she serves on the board of the American Heart Association’s Health Tech Advisory Group.

Bill Marquardt is Group Vice President at Premier, overseeing the company’s Digital Supply Chain initiative. In this capacity, he collaborates with providers and suppliers to develop AI-enabled, data-driven solutions designed to enhance transparency, efficiency, innovation, and cost savings. With experience in supply chain management, clinical data analytics, and enterprise resource planning, Marquardt manages the company's supply chain technology strategy, directs the delivery of technology solutions, and supports Premier’s online platforms.

Since joining Premier in 1995, he has worked in consulting, contracting, operations, technology, and product management roles. Throughout his career, he has partnered with healthcare organizations to streamline processes, implement innovative technologies, and optimize data utilization.

Chip McIntosh has held multiple positions in clinical, including as a critical care nurse and a nurse practitioner specializing in Neurosurgery. His career includes being both on active duty, reserves and National Guard in the US Air Force. He started his supply chain work in 2012 setting up the Value Analysis program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. This position led to overseeing Sourcing and Purchasing for the Beth Israel Lahey Health System. Currently, he oversees 35 personnel focusing on all the purchasing and sourcing activities for a 14 hospital IDN. Responsible for more than $2.5 Billion worth of spend in total life cycle for all contracts. Architects, manages and is responsible for $25 million in annual cost savings.

Milrose Mercado, MPA, serves as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Support Services at Hartford HealthCare. Her responsibilities span Contracting, Purchasing, Accounts Payable; Distribution; Clinical Supply Chain; Food and Nutrition, Environmental Services, Patient Transport; Capital Planning; Logistics Center; Fleet and enterprise Expense Management.

Milrose is a highly accomplished executive with more than 20 years of comprehensive experience in healthcare supply chain and operations. She is widely recognized for leading end-to-end supply chain transformation efforts, turnaround operations, cost reduction, and clinical supply chain integration.
A recognized thought leader in healthcare supply chain, Milrose has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review to its list of “Hospital and Health System Supply Chain Leaders to Know” in 2025, 2024, and 2023.

Kara L. Nadeau is a healthcare technology and supply chain writer and editor with more than 25 years of experience covering the operational, clinical and financial forces shaping healthcare. She is the founder of KLN Communications, Inc. and serves as senior contributing editor for Healthcare Purchasing News and contributing editor for Medical Laboratory Observer.

Through her reporting and thought leadership work, Nadeau collaborates with health systems, suppliers and technology companies to examine emerging trends in healthcare supply chain transformation, digital innovation, data standardization and clinically integrated operations. Her work focuses on translating complex industry challenges into clear insights that support more informed decision-making across the healthcare ecosystem.