Council Details

As vice president for LifePoint Health’s supply chain operations, Jay Kirkpatrick provides strategic oversight for the management of all medical-surgical supplies, services and equipment for the organization. In his role, he leads the development of supplier/distributor relationships, oversees facility-based materials management activities, develops supply improvement and standardization initiatives and provides direction on acquisitions-related transition and due diligence processes.

Jay has been a leader in the healthcare supply chain space for more than 35 years. Before joining LifePoint Health in 2019, he served as regional chief executive officer for HealthTrust, where he oversaw group purchasing relationships with 17 healthcare systems with a total supply spend of $10 billion. Prior to that, he served in several roles over 16 years for HCA Healthcare, including CEO of Nashville Supply Chain Services.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business: Production & Operations Management and Procurement Management from Miami University and a Master of Business Administration from Eastern Kentucky University. A Certified Materials Resource Professional (CMRP), he is a past president of the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) and the recipient of both the AHRMM George R. Gossett Leadership Award and the GHX Supply Chain Leadership Award.

Keith Lohkamp is vice president, product management for Supply Chain Management for Healthcare at Workday. In his role, he is responsible for the strategy for Workday Supply Chain Management, focusing on ensuring Workday has the leading healthcare supply chain management solution in the market.

Previously, he was senior director, industry strategy at Workday, joining the company in 2015 to lead the product direction and strategy for the healthcare industry.

Keith has more than 25 years of healthcare software product management experience, including strategy and product management roles at Workday, Infor, Lawson, Neoforma, and PeopleSoft. As an advocate for change and improvement within healthcare, Keith has served on the board of Strategic Marketplace Initiative and the leadership team for GS1 Healthcare United States.

Keith holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Stanford University.