Ms. Alessi first joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as director of procurement and contracting, and has since reorganized supply chain operations to ensure alignment with strategic goals. Responsible for the procurement of over $700 million in supplies and services annually, she helped lead Roswell Park’s transition to a new end-to-end supply chain and procurement system. Working closely with clinical personnel, she brought standardization and rationalization to supply use. Promoted to her current role in 2023, Ms. Alessi is a certified purchasing manager, as well as a past president and board member for the Western New York chapter of the Institute of Supply Management. She applies decades of experience gleaned from resource-management roles with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health and Kaleida Health, as well as with Premier Inc., both in her executive role and as an adjunct professor and lecturer for Niagara University.
