Ed Hardin is the former senior vice president Supply Chain Management at Beaumont Health. Michigan’s largest health care system. Prior to joining Beaumont in 2016, he served as system vice president Supply Chain Management for CHRISTUS Health, a multi‐national health care provider with locations in the United States and Latin America. His nearly 25‐year career in supply chain performance and management solutions also includes consulting positions at some of the nation’s larger firms. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Certified Materials & Resource Professional for the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management. He is on the national board of AHRMM and serves on several other industry boards, including Amazon Business Health Care Advisory Board and the IDN Summit Education Advisory Board. He earned his master’s degree in health care administration from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and his bachelor’s degree from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.