Supplier Diversity
Novation’s Lamont Robinson Honored With the 2010 Corris Boyd Leadership and Diversity Award from Federation of American Hospitals
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ovation, the leading healthcare sup- ply contracting company, announced that Lamont Robinson, senior direc-
tor of Supplier Diversity received the Cor- ris Boyd Leadership and Diversity Award at the Federation of American Hospitals’ annual Board of Governors meeting this week in Washington, D.C. The award re- cognizes an individual or company that has made an outstanding contribution in fostering leadership and workplace diver- sity in the health care industry. Through Robinson’s leadership, Nova-
tion, added an additional 25 agreements with diverse suppliers for a total of ne- arly 100 diverse suppliers on contract in 2010. The members of VHA Inc., Uni- versity HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, LLC are projected to spend more than $340 million in 2010 with di- verse suppliers, a 6 percent increase over 2009.
“The successes achieved in Novation’s
Supplier Diversity program are directly related to the leadership and dedication of Lamont. He has worked tirelessly to cultivate a program that has earned natio- nal recognition and been the catalyst for our advancement in building lasting rela- tionships with minority suppliers,” said Jody Hatcher, president and CEO of No- vation. “We congratulate Lamont on this outstanding recognition and thank him for his leadership.” Robinson’s dedication to supplier diversity was also recognized when Novation’s program was named to the MBN USA magazine”Corporate 101” list as a top corporation for supplier diver- sity, and he was named as one of the top overall 100 supplier diversity professio- nals over the past decade. Additionally in 2010, Novation’s Sup-
plier Diversity Advisory Group hosted its first Supplier Diversity Business Fair this past November. More than 74 participants representing 49 diverse supply companies and 50 VHA, Novation and Provista em-
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Lamont Robinson, senior director of Supplier Diversity
ployees attended. The speakers included a successful Novation contracted diverse supplier, Dr. Randal Pinkett, winner The Apprentice: Season 4, company executi- ves and other Novation employees. The award was created by the Federa- tion to honor the late Corris Boyd. Boyd,
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who died in December 2005, commit- ted his life to diversity and excellence in health care. He believed that leadership development is crucial to success and was devoted to the success of minority- and women-owned business enterprises. Source:
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