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10 UPMC procurement leaders
These ten current and former UPMC procurement leaders have held director-level or higher strategic sourcing, procure to pay, supplier relations and purchasing roles at UPMC and its named organizations. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at UPMC from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Benjamin Sekinger
LinkedInExperience: Director of Strategic Sourcing · UPMC
Director of Strategic Sourcing at UPMC since 2025, a role the profile tags at director level in operations. At UPMC, Benjamin was also Program Director, Strategic Sourcing - HC Pharmacy (2023–2025), Senior Category Manager - HC Pharmacy (2021–2023), Category Manager - HC Pharmacy (2018–2021) and Category Lead (2015–2018).
Chester B. Good
LinkedInExperience: Director Center for High Value Pharmaceutical Purchasing · UPMC Health Plan
Director Center for High Value Pharmaceutical Purchasing at UPMC Health Plan since 2017, a role the profile tags at director level in the medical department; the headline describes Chester as senior medical director for value-based pharmacy initiatives. Chester was also Chair, Medical Advisory Panel for Pharmacy Benefits Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs (1999–2017).
Christopher Wissinger
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Strategic Clinical Sourcing & Value Analysis · UPMC
Sr. Director of Strategic Clinical Sourcing & Value Analysis at UPMC since 2025; the profile says Christopher leads enterprise-wide strategies that align clinical, operational and financial priorities across the health system. At UPMC, Christopher was also Program Director, Consulting Services (2016–2025) and Manager, Procure to Pay (2011–2016).
David Whiteman, CBET
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Strategic Sourcing · UPMC
Former Director of Strategic Sourcing at UPMC (2024–2025), and Director of Clinical Engineering Relationship Management at UPMC since 2025. At UPMC, David was also Sr Clinical Engineering Program Director (2022–2024), Category Manager (2021–2022) and Sr. Program Director, Clinical Engineering & Corporate Supply Chain (2016–2021).
Donna Novak
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Strategic Sourcing · UPMC
Former Director Strategic Sourcing at UPMC (2023–2024); the profile says Donna managed sourcing teams and supply chain integration work as fifteen hospitals were acquired and brought on board. At UPMC, Donna was also Senior Program Manager (2019–2023) and Program Manager (2015–2019) in the Supply Chain PMO and Commodity Manager (2009–2015).
James Burgbacher, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing · UPMC
Former Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing at UPMC (2018–2024), a role the profile places in the Greater Pittsburgh Area at director level. James has been SVP, Strategic Sourcing Director at PNC since 2026, and was Director, Strategic Sourcing Americas at MSA - The Safety Company (2024–2026) and Vice President, Procurement at Perfection Pet Foods (2017–2018).
Kelly Coxon
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Procure to Pay (P2P) · UPMC
Senior Director of Procure to Pay (P2P) at UPMC since 2018 and former Director, Procure to Pay at UPMC (2006–2017). Kelly was also Senior Director, Procure to Pay (P2P) at UPMC - Pensiamo (2017–2018) and Manager, Requisition to Pay at Alcoa (1993–2006), and the profile describes UPMC as including 42 hospitals and 800 outpatient sites.
Lisa O Mahony
LinkedInExperience: Head of Procurement & Supply Chain at UPMC Ireland · UPMC Ireland
Head of Procurement & Supply Chain at UPMC Ireland since 2026, a role the profile tags at head level in operations. Lisa was also Head of Procurement & Support Services Manager (2024–2026) and Procurement Manager (2016–2024) at Beacon Hospital, and Buyer at the Central Bank of Ireland (2014–2016), giving a view of hospital procurement in Ireland.
Nicholas Croasdaile
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing · UPMC
Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing at UPMC since 2024 and former Director, Strategic Sourcing there (2022–2024). At UPMC, Nicholas was also Senior Category Manager, Indirect (2021–2022) and Category Manager, Indirect (2019–2021), and was Manager, Strategic Sourcing - IT at Highmark Health (2017–2018), with a profile focused on indirect sourcing.
Toni Silva
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Supplier Relations · UPMC
Senior Director, Supplier Relations at UPMC since 2006, a role the profile says covers strategic direction for the supplier diversity program, the supply chain social responsibility program and the development of a vendor management program. Toni was also VP and Manager, Supplier Diversity at The PNC Financial Services Group (1999–2006).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize strategic sourcing teams by category in a large health system?
- 02What does it take to bring newly acquired hospitals onto a system's purchasing processes?
- 03How do procure to pay teams keep purchasing and payment running smoothly across many sites?
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