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Molly Zmuda champions Data & Digital client relationships as a trusted partner to academic health system executives, including clinical, quality, operations and strategy decision-makers. She guides the adoption of ROI-driven, automated and interoperable solutions to systematically tackle high-value performance opportunities, leveraging AI and Vizient’s integrated data platform, combining quality, clinical, procedural, cost and market insights to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and strategic growth.
Most recently, Molly led the product team, development and execution of Vizient's data and digital product strategy for new markets, including: suppliers, distributers, service firms, non-governmental organizations, employers and payers, advancing and aligning Vizient’s comprehensive product portfolio to industry needs and opportunities, Vizient's managed services as well as customer goals and objectives.
In her previous role in Spend Management, Molly led teams focused on the strategic alignment of managed services with health system and supplier strategies through all areas of non-labor expense across the entire healthcare supply chain. Her scope included programs focused specifically on sustainability, supply assurance, price assurance and insights/intelligence, as well as spend management delivery and account management.
Through Vizient Member Networks, Molly was responsible for connecting more than 320 provider organizations, including system-level executives and clinical leaders in supply chain and Vizient's Large Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) Supply Network (LISN), representing 20-25 of the nation's largest health systems and more than 500 acute care facilities, to share leading practices and data, and develop high-value solutions.
Molly's work in strategy and operations includes leveraging analytics and expense management strategies to deliver an average of $27 million in recognized annual value to three healthcare organizations within the supply chain network she was responsible for. She also established the network's clinical leadership council, comprised of chief medical officers and supply chain executives, enabling collaboration of 40 physician leaders in clinical variation reduction.
As a two-time grad of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Molly minored in English, received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and later completed her Master of Healthcare Administration. She now serves on the Next Generation Committee of the Board of UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a member of the 100 Women initiative.

Principal, Data & Digital Account Management

Molly Zmuda

Mittal leads oversight for the industry-leading <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/sitecore/service/notfound.aspx?item=%7b69699137-3D88-EB61-8E5D-B918F071FD0B%7d%40en" target="_blank">Novaplus&reg; Enhanced Supply program</a>, which gives Vizient members access to more than 100 million additional units of essential medications warehoused in the U.S. She leads a team that develops key strategic sourcing programs that focus on transparency, redundancy and commitment to support a resilient supply chain for essential medications, and to date, over a million doses of these critical medications have been accessed by health systems during a supply challenge.
Under Mittal&rsquo;s direction, the Vizient pharmaceutical portfolio incorporates generic injectables, branded pharmaceuticals, plasma products, pharmacy distribution and the private-label Novaplus program. She also leads strategy and oversight of the Vizient Pharmacy Aggregation Groups, including the Vizient Oncology Network. Mittal also plays a pivotal role in advocacy related to drug shortages, 340B contract pharmacies and the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/sitecore/service/notfound.aspx?item=%7b2DBB47B0-84DF-D799-720D-46BFE55177F1%7d%40en" target="_blank">unapproved drug initiative</a>. She helped launch and is an advisory board member of the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.enddrugshortages.com/" target="_blank">End Drug Shortages Alliance</a> and chairs the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://supplychainassociation.org/about-us/about-us-hsca-committees/" target="_blank">Healthcare Supply Chain Association Pharmacy Committee</a>.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mittal led a team that ensured hospital pharmacies had access to essential medications and COVID-19 supportive care treatments to treat their patients. This included collaboration with supplier partners and 503B entities yielding creative solutions that drove production of additional inventory.
With many years of leadership experience for Vizient&rsquo;s expanding pharmacy program and contracting team, she&rsquo;s held other positions within Vizient&rsquo;s clinical solutions and sourcing teams, managing numerous programs, and contracting activities including the plasma program, contrast media and radiopharmacy distribution, and leading strategies for non-acute sector driving enhanced value for Vizient membership.
Prior to joining Vizient, Mittal served in various healthcare roles, which helped shape her unique perspective and comprehensive understanding of how her current work positively influences the healthcare industry.
Mittal holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Business Foundations certification from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Mittal was recognized among <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.jhconline.com/mittal-sutaria.html" target="_blank">Women Leaders in Supply Chain in the Journal of Healthcare Contracting in 2020</a>.

Senior Vice President, Contract and Program Services, Pharmacy

Mittal Sutaria, PharmD

As Senior Principal, Margaret directs strategic planning, category management and consulting for the Indirect Spend team at Vizient, specifically around outsourced services and self-op programs. She is responsible for ensuring the team delivers significant value and operational improvement for these services. Margaret also has oversight of both the Food and Environmental Services Member Councils.
In October 2020, Margaret was named one of the <a href="https://www.jhconline.com/people-to-watch-in-healthcare-contracting.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Top 10 People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting</a> by The Journal of Healthcare Contracting and highlighted again in December of 2022 as one of <a href="https://www.jhconline.com/women-leaders-in-supply-chain-margaret-steele.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">10 Women Leaders in Supply Chain</a>. Prior to her role on the Medical/Surgical team, Margaret led the Accelerated Contracting Expertise team in Purchased Services. The team featured deep expertise in Food &amp; Nutrition Services, Environmental Services, Clinical Equipment Maintenance, Laundry and Linen Services and Plant Operations.
Margaret previously served on the HIDA Supply Chain Collaborative Steering Committee as well as Federation of American Hospitals&rsquo; Advisory Committee. She received her Bachelor of Science from University of Texas at Dallas with a Major in Business Administration and a Minor in Marketing.

Margaret Steele

Diana Scott leads regulatory and accreditation advisory services, working alongside a team of nurses, physicians, and life safety advisors. She provides education and coaching to help provider clients comply with The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation. Her expertise includes conducting compliance assessments, delivering education, offering intra-survey coaching, and guiding post-survey response efforts such as clarifications, corrections and addressing adverse decisions.
With over 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Diana has held leadership roles in quality management, accreditation and regulatory compliance, nursing, performance improvement, utilization review, medical staff quality, case management and clinical risk management. Before joining Vizient, she spent five years in quality management leadership and a decade in acute care operational management. As a registered nurse, her clinical background spans critical care, medical-surgical, perioperative, and emergency care services.
Diana is a licensed registered nurse in Virginia and a certified professional in healthcare quality. She holds a Master of Healthcare Administration from Saint Joseph’s College in Maine and an Associate Degree in Nursing from Southeastern Community College in Iowa.

Principal, Regulatory and Accreditation Services

Diana Scott, MHA, RN, CPHQ

With a health care career spanning more than 30 years, Jim Reilly has extensive experience in healthcare consulting, analytics and relationship management with hospitals, health systems and physician practices nationwide. His experience includes hospital/physician alignment, value-based care initiatives, strategic planning and partnerships, cost containment, retreat facilitation, new service development and financial analysis.
Prior to joining Vizient, Jim was a founder of TRG Health Care Solutions, a hospital/physician alignment and value-based care company he led for 14 years. Previous to TRG, Reilly led the healthcare consulting division for GE Medical Systems with more than 150 consultants. He has led more than 400 projects during his consulting career with a proven track record in physician relations, project management, data analysis, communications, team building and financial analysis.
Jim is a national speaker and presents to organizations such as Vizient C-suite Networks, Health Leaders, Health Insights, American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), American Medical Group Association (AMGA), Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
Jim received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Colorado in Boulder and lives in Denver.

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Partnerships

Jim Reilly

Steven Lucio is a senior principal at Vizient, where he leads spend management insights and intelligence to help healthcare providers navigate pharmaceutical access, policy, and innovation. With over 30 years of experience in pharmacy and healthcare, he specializes in drug pipeline evaluation, future trends and budget forecasting, medication stewardship, and guiding health systems through the challenges of high-cost pharmaceuticals and other advanced therapies.
At Vizient, Steven collaborates with clinical and strategy leaders to address drug utilization, financial sustainability and patient access. A recognized thought leader, he provides expertise on supply chain quality and resiliency and has championed the growth of biosimilars’ market. He currently spearheads Vizient’s efforts to expand adoption of cell and gene therapies, advising on operational models, reimbursement and clinical workflows.
Steven holds a Doctor of Pharmacy and has extensive experience in clinical practice, healthcare policy and industry engagement.

Steven Lucio

With more than 30 years of experience as a Performance Improvement Program director, clinical pharmacy specialist and clinical administrator, Jim has worked across both private-sector health systems and the Veterans Health Administration. 
Jim expertise spans medication utilization, formulary management, regulatory compliance, medication safety, quality management, and clinical program development. A dedicated leader, he is committed to driving meaningful improvements in pharmacy practice and patient care.
Jim received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed a pharmacy practice residency at Methodist Hospital of Indiana. He is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Senior Director, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Performance Improvement

Jim Lichauer, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

David Levine MD oversees the direction of Vizient’s data and digital strategy and represents Vizient nationally as a thought leader on topics such as performance improvement, analytics, and AI, interfacing with clinical and operational C- suite leaders in major health systems across the U.S.
Data and analytics are the foundation for Vizient’s software as a service offerings, including benchmarked and risk-adjusted comparative insights across quality, operations, pharmacy, spend management and market. Prior to his CMO role, David managed analytics across the enterprise including data operations, insights, science and governance. He currently serves as an expert for the Vizient council of chief medical and quality officers for academic medical centers.
David joined Vizient in 2010 after serving as medical director of the emergency department at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago for over seven years. He practiced emergency medicine for over 20 years. He is a member of several national expert panels addressing metrics and quality including several CMS Technical Expert Panels.
David earned his medical degree from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and did his Emergency Medicine Residency at Boston City Hospital where he was chief resident. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan.

Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Data & Digital

David Levine, MD, FACEP

Shoshana Krilow leads Vizient’s Public Policy and Government Relations office, monitoring and advocating on federal legislative and regulatory developments of importance to Vizient and its clients.
Prior to joining Vizient, Shoshana served as director of health and clinical affairs for the University of California, focusing on issues related to health policy and biomedical research for the UC Health system. Shoshana has also worked as a strategic advisor to health sector clients with a particular concentration on Medicare, the pharmaceutical and insurance industries and the Affordable Care Act.
Shoshana brings deep legislative expertise to Vizient having spent several years on Capitol Hill, where she worked as a health policy advisor for members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Prior to her work on Capitol Hill, Shoshana worked as an analyst, investment advisor, and regional, internal wholesaler for Goldman, Sachs and Co., Smith Barney, and J.P. Morgan respectively.
Shoshana received her law degree from The Ohio State University in 2007 and became a member of the Ohio State Bar later that year. She is also a graduate of the University of Michigan where she received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Psychology.

Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Relations

Shoshana Krilow

Dan Kistner leads Vizient spend management and strategic programs for pharmacy, medical-surgical, laboratory and capital equipment product categories. Under his direction, Vizient supports more than half the nation’s acute care providers with an industry-leading portfolio of over 243,000 contracted products, providing access, choice and value across acute, specialty, non-acute, home infusion and long-term care facilities.
Since joining Vizient in 2012, Dan has played a critical role in helping hospitals transform into integrated centers of care, optimizing costs while improving quality outcomes for patients. As part of this work, Dan regularly meets with government leaders and elected officials, including at the Food and Drug Administration, on issues related to product price increases, supply disruptions and the need for more transparency across the healthcare supply chain.
Dan is a frequent industry speaker and has been interviewed and quoted in numerous publications such as NBC News, CBS News, CNN, Bloomberg News, Politico, Modern Healthcare, Becker's Hospital Review, Drug Topics, Managed Healthcare and The Center for Biosimilars.
He has been recognized in the industry as a <a href="https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/pharmacy-times-and-parata-systems-announce-the-2021-next-generation-pharmacist-finalists" target="_blank" aria-label="NextGeneration Pharmacist award finalist - open in a new tab">NextGeneration Pharmacist award finalist</a> and as the <a href="https://www.angelsforchange.org/news-updates/angels-for-change-announces-their-2022-change-maker-of-the-year" target="_blank" aria-label="2022 Change Maker of the Year - open in a new tab">2022 Change Maker of the Year</a> for the work he has led on ending drug shortages.
Dan has a diverse background in the pharmaceutical industry that includes experience in benefits management, retail, hospital, specialty and mail order and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

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