Brent Petty is the Corporate Director, Supply Chain for Wellmont Health System, Kingsport TN. In this position, Brent has responsibility for Contracting, Purchasing, Operations, Logistics, Value Analysis and Information Technology for Wellmont’s eight hospitals.

At Wellmont Brent oversees the supply cost as well as leading a team in “margin management” with a supply budget of over $140,000,000.00.

Brent has been with Wellmont for eight years and brings over 15 years of experience in Supply Chain Leadership.

Brent is a past president of the Tennessee Society of Healthcare Materials Management (TSHMM) as well as past chairman of National GPO Materials Management Advisory Committee.

Brent is accredited by Association for Healthcare Rescores & Materials Management (AHRMM) as Certified Materials Resource Professional. (CMRP)

Brent has been honored by “The Journal of HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING” as the “Contracting Professional of the Year” for 2010.