As vice president of supply chain management and food and nutrition services at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Mr. DuPree leads more than 450 team members responsible for supply chain and nutrition services across one of the nation’s leading pediatric health systems. Under his leadership, Cincinnati Children’s implemented a systemwide supply chain centralization strategy that generated more than $18 million in annualized savings while strengthening service consistency. Mr. DuPree established the Cincinnati Children’s Distribution Center, transforming a pandemic-era warehouse into a centralized distribution hub whose resilience was demonstrated during the 2024 IV fluid disruption, when Cincinnati Children’s experienced no patient-care disruption despite shortages affecting hospitals nationwide. He also initiated a caregiver-focused hunger program that has provided more than 60,000 meals to families, all while reducing organizational costs by more than $350,000 annually. Earlier in his career, Mr. DuPree served on Merck’s Keytruda executive leadership team, helping build the global manufacturing and supply chain network for one of the world’s most transformative oncology immunotherapies. He was recognized as The STEMmy’s “Greater Cincinnati Engineer of the Year” in 2024.
