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10 Advocate Health procurement leaders
These ten Advocate Health procurement leaders have held director-level or higher strategic sourcing, contracting and purchasing roles at Advocate Health. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at Advocate Health from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Spengler
LinkedInExperience: AVP of Strategic Sourcing - Capital & Equipment Planning · Advocate Health
AVP of Strategic Sourcing - Capital & Equipment Planning at Advocate Health since 2023 and former Executive Director - Technology Acquisition & Planning at Advocate Aurora Health (2020–2023). Andrew was also Sr. Director - Supply Chain Service (2018–2020) and in Capital Acquisitions and Contracting - Supply Chain Services (2016–2018) at WellSpan Health.
Austin Hester, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director of GPO & Contract Operations · Advocate Health
Director of GPO & Contract Operations at Advocate Health since 2025, a role the profile tags at director level in operations. At Advocate Health, Austin was also Manager, Member Engagement and Optimization (2023–2025) and Interim Director of Capital Equipment Replacement (2025), and Manager, Contract Analytics at Atrium Health (2022–2023).
Brian Stalets
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT Contracting and Sourcing · Advocate Health
Director, IT Contracting and Sourcing at Advocate Health since 2024, a role the profile tags at director level. Brian was also Senior Manager, IT Sourcing Department (2023–2024) and Senior IT Category Manager (2022–2023) at Jacobs, and Senior Procurement Lead at the State of Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (2020–2022).
Conrad Emmerich
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Chief Procurement Officer · Advocate Health
SVP & Chief Procurement Officer at Advocate Health since 2023. Conrad was also SVP Supply Chain, Lab, Imaging & CPO at Atrium Health (2020–2022), Senior Vice President, Business Services at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (2016–2020) and Vice President Clinical Operations there (2014–2016), and the profile places Conrad in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Daniel Dangler PharmD. BCPS
LinkedInExperience: AVP of Strategic Sourcing, Pharmacy · Advocate Health
AVP of Strategic Sourcing, Pharmacy at Advocate Health since 2023 and former Director of Pharmacy Contracting at Advocate Aurora Health (2023). Daniel was also Pharmacy Operations Manager at Advocate Health Care (2016–2023) and Clinical Pharmacist at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (2007–2015).
Kathleen Capp
LinkedInExperience: AVP, Strategic Sourcing at Advocate Health · Advocate Health
AVP, Strategic Sourcing at Advocate Health since 2023, and Director Strategic Sourcing at Advocate Aurora Health Care since 2013. Kathleen was also Manager, Value Analysis at Aurora Health Care (2001–2013) and Director, Materials Management at Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital (1992–2001), and the profile describes a background in strategic sourcing and distribution.
Pat O'Mahoney RN
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic Sourcing · Advocate Health
Director Strategic Sourcing at Advocate Health since 2023, a role the profile tags at director level in operations, and former Sourcing Manager at Advocate Aurora Health (2014–2023). Pat was also Director of Technical Sales at Cardinal Health (2007–2013) and RN Inventory Nurse Specialist in the OR at Edward Hospital (2001–2007).
Stuart Wogsland
LinkedInExperience: VP, Contracting & Purchasing - IT · Advocate Health
VP, Contracting & Purchasing - IT at Advocate Health since 2023, and Director, IT - Business Office at Advocate Aurora Health since 2018, a role the profile describes as leading the information technology acquisition process, including vendor evaluation. Stuart was also IT Acquisition Manager at Aurora Health Care (2012–2018).
Sydney Sisk, MHA
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic Sourcing · Advocate Health
Director Strategic Sourcing at Advocate Health since 2026, and Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing at Advocate Health since 2023, a role the profile places in Charlotte. Sydney was also Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst (2022–2023) and Strategic Sourcing Analyst (2020–2022) at Atrium Health.
William Brewer, MHA, MS, CMRP
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President, Procurement and Supply Chain Optimization · Advocate Health
Former Vice President, Procurement and Supply Chain Optimization at Advocate Health (2023–2024) and Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Advocate Health since 2024. William has also been Vice President, GPO Operations at Advocate Health Supply Chain Alliance since 2022 and was Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Contracting/GPO Operations at Atrium Health (2022–2023).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize sourcing teams after two large health systems combine?
- 02How does sourcing for capital equipment or IT differ from sourcing for clinical supplies?
- 03How do clinicians such as pharmacists and nurses contribute to sourcing work?
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