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Press Release
Consorta Board Appoints Darrel Weatherford President and Chief
Executive Officer
Schaumburg, Ill., February 17, 2009 - Consorta
announced that its board of directors has named Darrel Weatherford
to serve as the company's president and chief executive officer,
effective December 3, 2008. He had served as interim president and
chief executive officer since October 2008.
Weatherford, 48, was the company's chief operating officer since
1999, overseeing the majority of the operational aspects of
Consorta, including contract development, account management and
general operations.
"We are very pleased Darrel has agreed to serve as Consortas
president and CEO," said Lou Fierens, Consorta chairman and senior
vice president of Supply Chain and Capital Projects Management at
Trinity Health. "Darrel has been with Consorta since its inception,
and is ideally suited to lead us in our mission to provide quality,
committed group purchasing agreements to our membership."
Weatherford has more than 20 years of experience in the group
purchasing industry, having previously served as Vice President of
Contracting at Premier, Inc. in Oak Brook, Ill. He has also held
group purchasing positions with the University Hospital Consortium,
Oak Brook, Ill., and Humana, Inc., Louisville, Ky.
A 1983 graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor of
science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Weatherford received a
Masters Degree in Business Administration from his alma mater in
1985.
About Consorta
Consorta, based in suburban Chicago, is a leading healthcare
resource management and group purchasing organization (GPO) whose
shareholders are faith-based or non-profit health systems.
Consorta's 11 shareholder healthcare systems represent 50 percent of
all Catholic hospitals in the United States, and are among the
leading integrators of non-profit healthcare in America. Consorta's
membership now encompasses more than 3,280 care sites, including
more than 530 acute and over 250 extended care facilities throughout
the country. Through its Advantage Program, Consorta provides
contract purchasing power for some of the nation's leading
non-profit organizations. As an equity owner in HealthTrust
Purchasing Group, the nation's third largest GPO with over 1,300
not-for-profit and for-profit acute care hospitals well as over
3,000 ambulatory surgery centers, alternate care sites and physician
practices, Consorta provides increasing levels of supply chain value
to our shareholders and members.
Press Contact:
Kevin Conway
kconway@consorta.com
847-592-7979