CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards

63 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards 2018 USA SUSAN DEVORE CEO of Premier Inc ABOUT SUSAN DEVORE Susan DeVore is president and CEO of Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company. She and her colleagues at Premier work with 3,900 U.S. hospitals and more than 150,000 other providers to transform the industry from the “inside” by continually and measurably raising the bar for high-quality, cost effective healthcare. She has an immense passion for industry improvement and believes healthcare is personal, change is inevitable and building ahead of the future is a must. Guided by that philosophy, DeVore has led efforts that have had a lasting effect on care delivery nationwide, enabling members to bend the cost curve, save billions of dollars, improve the health of their communities, and implement the value-based payment and care delivery models that are shaping the future of healthcare. DeVore is an industry-leading thinker who has been named multiple times to Modern Healthcare‘s 100 Most Influential People and Top 25 Women in Healthcare lists. DeVore is a regular expert contributor to CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, Yahoo, Health Affairs and other industry thought leadership publications. She is also the awardee of the Charlotte Business Journal’s Women in Business Lifetime Achievement award (2018), recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus, UNC Charlotte (2016), one of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business’ 100 Influential Leaders (2015) and the Charlotte Business Woman of the Year (2014). DeVore currently serves on the board of trustees of the Healthcare Leadership Council, board of the Medicare Rights Center, the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees and the Unum Group. In addition, under DeVore’s leadership, Premier has built an industry-leading code of ethics, been named as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 11th year in a row, won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and been named four times to InformationWeek’s 500 top technology innovators in the nation. Recognition: • Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Women in Healthcare in 2005, 2013, 2015, 2017 • Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare in 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 • Becker’s Hospital Review 100 Great Healthcare Leaders to Know, 2017 FIRM PROFILE Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 3,900 U.S. hospitals and more than 150,000 other provider organizations. Our mission is simple: To improve the health of communities. As an industry leader, Premier has created one of the most comprehensive databases of actionable data, clinical best practices and efficiency improvement strategies. Our award-winning and revolutionary technologies enable our members to collaborate more easily and efficiently. Our goal is to improve our members’ quality outcomes, while safely reducing costs. By engaging members and revealing new opportunities, we empower the alliance to improve the performance of healthcare organizations. Named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies 10 years in a row, we are well- equipped to transform the future of healthcare. Our mission To improve the health of communities. Our vision Through the collaborative power of the alliance, we will lead the transformation to high-quality, cost-effective healthcare. Our values • Integrity: integrity of the individual, the enterprise and the alliance • Passion for performance: a passion for performance and a bias for action, creating real value for all stakeholders and leading the pace • Innovation: seeking breakthrough opportunities, taking risks and initiating meaningful change www.premierinc.com