SAM TAYLOR, MBA

COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR

Sam Taylor started as a supply professional in 2005 supporting roles in various aspects of logistics including retail, warehousing, Class A CDL Driving/Driver Management, transportation, beverage distribution, and healthcare.  Sam works to bring many practices learned in previous logistics roles into healthcare.  Sam has used his knowledge and leadership background to find innovative and effective ways to build positive and efficient team culture.  In healthcare Sam has supported Corporate Distribution centers, University teaching hospitals, as well as the AZ community facilities.  Sam is always looking for challenging opportunities to learn new skills and support others.   

Sam is a graduate of the University Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in Business, as well as receiving his MBA from Grand Canyon University.  Sam considers himself a lifelong learner is continually looking to gain insight, have a positive impact, and learn how to become a more effective and influential leader in AZ.   Sam has been part of a team that has been on Gartner’s Top 25 Healthcare Supply Chains for 10+ years, as well as the team that received Banner’s Best of the Best award in 2021 at Banner University Phoenix and in 2023 at Banner Estrella.  Sam contributes much of his success to his mentees and mentors in and out of his professional life that hold him accountable and continue to push him towards new challenges and open to new thought processes.

Outside of Supply Chain Services, Sam is a Marine Corps Veteran, proud husband and father of 3 with a few pets, as the Taylor’s are passionate about animals, community, fitness, and fun. 

tANISHA aRMSTEAD

SECRETARY

Bio coming soon.

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TREASURER

Open Role.

tIM LOFTIC

PARTNER RELATIONS

Tim is the Chair of AHMMA's Partner Relations where he is responsible for engaging the support of our provider and supplier sponsors and bolstering  support from our leading healthcare organizations. He has been an active advocate and  passionate member of AHRMM for over 10 years and contributes to chapters across the country including Chicago, Washington/Oregon, and Florida. Currently, Co-President of the RMAHRMM, he has served as Secretary, Communications Chair, Website Manager, and Interim Treasurer for the chapter. Tim helped found AHRMM chapters in CO and NM and leads the West Region AHRMM collaboration, serving  on the board of every chapter in the region (AZ, CO, NM, UT).  As Regional Sales Director for Tecsys, Tim is thrilled to represent the only comprehensive software solution designed specifically for the healthcare supply chain industry. As the market leader, Tecsys provides exactly what healthcare supply chains desperately need: complete end-to end, automated, real-time insights into the products, processes, and workflows in the hospital supply chain linked directly to their ERPs and EHRs. A University of Utah EMBA grad, Tim is a proud father to a son serving in the US Army, and a lucky husband to Maria Loftis who works for Intermountain Health’s Chief Supply Chain Officer and is completing her MBA.

CHRIS ARMSTRONG, CMRP

PAST PRESIDENT

Chris is the Clinical Support Services Manager at HonorHealth Deer Valley & Sonoran Crossing Medical Centers. In that capacity he supervises a team of 5 Coordinators responsible for over $35M in spend in the Surgery, Cath Lab, IR, Endo and L&D departments. A native of Northeast Ohio he has devoted his entire 30-year career to improving Healthcare Supply Chain delivery in the Phoenix Metro area. When not working Chris enjoys traveling with his wife Barb, a Surgical Charge RN, fine dining, movies, his small but growing car collection and spoiling his three grandchildren.

keith marshall

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

Bio coming soon.

brian lert

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

Originally from Seattle WA. Moved to AZ to attend ASU.

Been with Medline 8.5 years and worked with Post Acute market when I first started and now with Acute Care.

Passionate about healthcare and strive to make sure I collaborate with my Supply Chain partners to align goals and outcomes.

I am married to someone much better looking than me and I am a father to three little girls.

eugene schneller

HONORARY BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE

Eugene Schneller is a professor of supply chain management at the W. P. Carey School of Business. He joined ASU in 1985 and has been a Dean's Council of 100 Distinguished Scholar since 2007. His research and consulting focus on health sector supply chain strategy, group purchasing, distribution models and talent development. He has studied public and private health care procurement in both the U.S. and abroad with a focus on design, integrity, efficiency and effectiveness. His consulting and research in these areas centered on Europe, Asia, South America. His recent clients include the Children's Hospital Association, HCA, CombineMed, FTI, Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, and Costal Carolinas Health Alliance.

Prior to ASU, Professor Schneller's academic appointments were in very diverse settings, including business, liberal arts, medicine, and public health. He has held positions in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, University of Colorado, Union College, Albany Medical College, Columbia University, and Duke University. He is on the editorial review board for the Journal of Supply Chain Management (2005-present), Healthcare Briefings (2000-present), and Electronic Highway (1999-present). He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Health Administrators Forum, Phoenix, Arizona (1998-present) and the Network for Health Administration Education (1996-present). In addition, he is active on the Governor's Council on Telemedicine, Phoenix, Arizona, (1997-present).