Ms. Long has led her organization through two major supply chain system implementations during UNC Health Southeastern’s integration with Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health, ensuring operational stability during times of transition. In her role, Ms. Long chairs the UNC Health supply chain guidelines and procedures committee, serves on the systemwide supply chain leadership team and represents her community hospital on the value analysis team. She works closely with the group purchasing organization to identify programs that improve contract utilization and drive cost savings. Ms. Long was promoted to director in May 2022 after serving as interim director for more than six months.
