AHRMM Academy Credential Program

Leveraging more than 25 years of customer-focused experiences and extensive knowledge of the healthcare supply chain, Jeromie is a supply chain evangelist and educator.

Jeromie earned his supply chain credentials in a variety of industries prior to making the shift to healthcare supply chain where he has applied his focus and passion to help transform the health systems where he worked. Jeromie has served as a supply chain operator and leader in a wide variety of healthcare settings and has also provided supply chain consulting, education, and coaching nationally to health systems and healthcare manufacturers and contributes regularly to industry level engagements intended to elevate supply chain discourse nationally.

In parallel to his professional experience, Jeromie has helped to advance the academic dialog in higher education around supply chain and has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Jeromie currently serves as the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing for Allina Health which is based in Minneapolis Minnesota.

Lisa serves as Vice President of Client Services for Advantus Health Partners.

She has been registered nurse for 25 years with degrees from the University of Pikeville and the College of Mount St. Joseph. Lisa's roles in healthcare have ranged from bedside experience in critical care, interventional radiology, and emergency care. After 16 years of patient care, she transitioned into healthcare supply chain where her responsibilities included sourcing and value analysis for one of the nations largest hospital systems. In her current role, she leads Advantus Health Partners Client Services team, a critical resource team for members.

Outside of work, Lisa is a married mother of three. She is active in her church and serves as a youth volleyball coach.

Meggan McCarthy is the Sr. Director of Kitting & Surgical Services at Owens & Minor, where she is responsible for clinically integrated supply chain services and products related to procedural and surgical services. Before joining Owens & Minor, Meggan was the Senior Director of Supply Chain at UPMC, overseeing Clinical Sourcing, Value Analysis, and Recall Management. Prior to UPMC, she served as Senior Director of Implementation at Premier as Program Manager / Corporate Strategic Sourcing Manager for Surgical Services at Northwestern Medicine. In addition to her extensive supply chain leadership experience, she is a nurse and a physician assistant.

Meggan received her M.S. in Physician Assistant degree from the University of Saint Francis in Indiana and her B.S.N. in Nursing from Rush University in Chicago. She provided care in the operative space, supporting cardiac surgery and heart transplant programs in Chicago. Later, she transitioned to a service line role at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she had operational and programmatic responsibilities for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies, Ventricular Assist Devices, and Heart Transplant Programs. 

Meggan was also the Director of Academics for the Physician Assistant Program at Rush University, responsible for the program's academic curriculum and educational outcomes. She utilized her skills as an educator and served as a Global Educator in Medtronic’s Cardiac Surgery division, where she trained internal Medtronic employees, including sales teams, on the safe, effective use of the product portfolio.

Besides her professional achievements, Meggan is devoted to her family and community. She spends her free time with her husband, Scott, and daughter, Olivia, actively participating in her daughter's school and serving on a Parent Advisory board. Meggan's commitment to her profession extends beyond the workplace as she continues to support Physician Assistant education at Rush University by providing didactic support and mentoring.

Matt is the Founder and Strategic Partner of Strategic Optimization and Innovation Partners LLC. He brings to his clients more than 30 years of experience in health care including over 24 years in supply chain leadership, strategic execution, innovation, operations, process optimization and solutions/technology. In addition, over the past 14 years Matt has been heavily involved in setting the vision, strategy and execution for the operational integration between supply chain, finance and clinical operations. Matt has held leadership roles in small and large health systems and has led initiatives from the frontline to the board of directors.

Matt is passionate about the transformation of healthcare and the leveraging of strategic assets, like supply chain, technology and finance, to enhance clinical workflow, optimize caregiver experience and improve outcomes. Matt uses his experiences and background to assist healthcare providers in establishing and ensuring strategic alignment and operational excellence across all verticals, capitalizing on industry best practice and creating a strategy for the execution of healthcare redesign appropriate for the business. This work is lifted by leveraging strong cross functional relationships, matrixed leadership, process reengineering and extensive operational and execution expertise. Matt operates under the core belief that success is demonstrated by focusing on right structure, engaged people, standardized processes, and solutions for sustainability all focused on the redesign of healthcare and enrichment of the experience for caregivers and patients.

Matt is a Certified Materials and Resource Professional (CMRP) and has been the leader and member of the Healthcare Transformation Group (HTG), the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He is active in the industry leading and engaging with thought leaders around the transformation of health care and the adoption of data standards. Matt received a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems with a Certificate in Health Information Management, a Master of Health Administration, and a Master of Business Administration from St. Louis University.