Pam Daigle

Pam Daigle
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing and Performance Groups
Premier Inc.
Charlotte, North Carolina

Nomination submitted by David Hargraves, senior vice president of supply chain, Premier Inc.

Pam should be recognized for her extensive leadership and management of people, positions and programs, with a focus on employee development and program growth within the strategic sourcing space. As part of her role at Premier, she grew the highly committed ASCEND program from $100M in total purchasing volume to $13.5B in five years. She also created Premier’s PACER collaborative, a series of high-touch, outcomes-based and physician-led comparative effectiveness initiatives for select members. Pam has been responsible for the ongoing growth of all medical/surgical areas of the GPO portfolio – Surgical Services, Nursing, Pediatrics, Continuum of Care and Cardiovascular Services, and has developed highly competitive contracts for committed subsets of members in traditionally non-GPO contracted areas, e.g., cochlear implants.

Regarding mentors and/or key events in her life, Pam Daigle says: “[Premier President and CEO] Susan DeVore could not be a better role model for women. She has set an example, assuring women that we can be and do whatever we want; we must find our passion then pursue it. On a personal note, I lost my very best friend, Karen Smith, to pancreatic cancer some time ago. As I walked through that journey with her, I saw things that could have been done better, and it fueled my passion to do more. It reaffirmed my belief that supply chain, at its core, is a clinical-outcomes-based service and I’ll continue to promote that message.”