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CONTACT: Robert Scarola System Director, Media & Public Relations T: 312-308-3373 e: [email protected] Presence Health Names Jacob Groenewold New System Vice President Supply Chain (Chicago, Ill.) – Presence Health has announced that Jacob Groenewold has been named New System Vice President Supply Chain. Groenewold will assume this role effective October 3, 2016. In this role, Groenewold will be accountable for the life cycle of clinical and non-clinical products and services utilized by the entire Presence Health system, as well as the managing and mitigating of risk, engaging physicians and other clinicians in proactively identifying, selecting, sourcing, procuring and distributing products and services for the health system. He will also help leverage Presence Health’s position as the second largest health system in Illinois to secure end-to-end value in the organization’s supply chain management. With more than 25 years of experience in purchasing and overall supply chain operations Groenewold comes to Presence Health from Vizient, Inc. (formerly University HealthSystem Consortium) in Chicago where he served as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain. At UHC, he increased supply chain revenue by over 100% with member sales reporting increasing from $4.6 billion to $10.7 billion. He led clinical and operational improvement efforts for over 350 members, resulting in savings in excess of $1.0 billion. He maintained overall responsibility for 80% of company revenue and 90% of company profit. UHC exceeded revenue and operating income objectives while maintaining the highest employee and customer satisfaction ratings in the company under Groenewold’s supply chain management. He has also held executive level positions with Consorta, Premier, Owens and Minor and Lutheran General Healthsystem. Groenewold received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received his Master of Business Administration from DePaul University. He has several professional affiliations, including with the Health Care Financial Management Association (HFMA), the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM) and the International Healthcare Federation. About Presence Health Presence Health is the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois. With more than 150 sites of care, including 11 hospitals, Presence Health has more than 20,000 employees, 4,000 medical professionals and a revenue base of $2.5 billion. ###