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The MedAssets Senior Advisory Board is composed of leaders in the healthcare provider community. This group serves a number of critical functions for MedAssets, including providing insight into marketplace issues and opportunities, networking with key executives within our industry, and refining and marketing new programs and services. Terry Mulligan serves as Chairman of the Senior Advisory Board, whose members include:

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Terrence J. Mulligan

Vice-Chairman, MedAssets Board of Directors; Chairman, MedAssets Senior Advisory Board

Terrence J. Mulligan is Vice-Chairman of MedAssets, Inc. He is Chairman of the Senior Advisory Board, and also chairs the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Mulligan retired in 1996 from Baxter International, after serving 26 years with the company. He was Group Vice President of Health Systems, and prior to that, was Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales and Marketing. He was a member of both the Senior Management and Operating Management Committees at Baxter International. Mr. Mulligan is a director of Wellmark, Inc., headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Mulligan serves on the Board of Visitors of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, the University of Iowa. Mr. Mulligan holds a B.S.S.E. from the University of Iowa. Mr. Mulligan served in the United States Army from 1968-1970 and was stationed in Heidelberg, Germany. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal as a 1st. Lieutenant, for "Meritorious Service in Europe" in 1970.

John A. Bardis

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, MedAssets, Inc.

John A. Bardis has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of MedAssets since its founding in June, 1999. Mr. Bardis has more than 25 years experience in the healthcare industry. Beginning with American Hospital Supply and Baxter International, he held various senior management positions, including Vice President of the Baxter Operating Room Division and General Manager of the Eastern Zone. Mr. Bardis left Baxter in 1987 to join Kinetic Concepts. Kinetic Concepts, a NASDAQ traded company (KNCI) was the nation's largest specialty bed and medical equipment rental company at the time of his departure as President in 1992. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Bardis was President and CEO of TheraTx, Inc. TheraTx, another NASDAQ traded company (THTX) was a leading provider of rehabilitation services and operator of skilled nursing facilities. In 1995, TheraTx was named the second fastest growing public company in America by INC. Magazine, growing from $15mm to over $500mm in 5 years. Mr. Bardis was named Entrepreneur of the year by INC Magazine in 1995. Mr. Bardis graduated with a B.S. in Business from the University of Arizona. He serves on the board of USA wrestling, the National governing body for amateur wrestling, The Health Careers Foundation, Heart for Africa and is Chairman of the Atlanta Fire Youth Hockey Club. Mr.Bardis was also named Team Leader of the U.S. Greco-Roman Wrestling Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and served as Team Leader in the 2007 World Championships where Team USA won the world team title for the first time in wrestling history.

Kenneth Bloem

Former President & CEO, Stanford University Hospital

Kenneth Bloem's career includes leadership positions at three major academic health centers, developing an active independent domestic and international consulting practice, board directorships of a number of for-profit - private and publicly held - health companies (including CEO of the Advisory Board Company), contributions to health policy development through appointments to university and association fellowships and committees, and experience as an international public health and health services administrator. He is a former Peace Corps Volunteer and staff member (Malawi and Congo), and a graduate of Calvin College and Harvard School of Public Health. He has taught and/or held academic positions at Stanford University, University of Chicago, Harvard and Boston University. He is a recipient of the World Health Organization's "Order of the Bifurcated Needle" award for his contributions to the successful global smallpox eradication program. He was recently a Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies. In addition to his current consulting practice, he is a member of the American Hospital Association's Ad Hoc Committee on Payment for Health Services and a board member of the Hamad Medical Corporation, the national health services delivery system for the nation of Qatar.

William H. Considine

President & CEO, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

William H. Considine is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, a member and past chairman of NACHRI, a member and past chairman of the Child Health Corporation of America, board member and past chairman of the Ohio Children's Hospitals Association, member Children's Hospitals International Executive Forum, and past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Children's Miracle Network.

Richard P. Gustafson

Vice Chairman; President, Gustafson Group

Richard P. Gustafson currently serves as President, Gustafson Group, which provides leadership consulting services in the healthcare industry. In more than 20 years at Heidrick & Struggles, he served as Vice Chairman and Chairman, Global Health Care Practice. He previously served as Managing Partner, Health Care Practice, and successfully led the majority of the marquee CEO searches for the Health Care Practice. He also represented the firm at a wide variety of Health Care industry forums. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles in 1988, Mr. Gustafson had 16 years of executive experience. He was President of Parkside Human Services and Parkside Associates in Park Ridge, Illinois. Mr. Gustafson holds a MBA from the University of Chicago with a concentration in Health Care, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Chip Halverson

Consultant

Chip Halverson retired from MedAssets in December 2009 having served the company for more than 25 years. Mr. Halverson was the Corporate Senior Vice President of Comdisco and was the President of Comdisco Healthcare Group, a subsidiary of Comdisco providing lease financing and refurbished equipment on a worldwide basis to the diagnostic imaging market, prior to that. Throughout his career, he held various marketing and management positions with Comdisco. Mr. Halverson holds an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

David Holder

Managing Director, Holder Capital Partners & H3D Ventures

David Holder is Managing General Partner of H3D Ventures, a Southern California focused, early stage, healthcare venture capital fund investing in devices, delivery, healthcare information technologies and diagnostics. From 1997 to 2001 he served as the Founding Venture Partner for Mission Venture's ($288m under management). He was previously instrumental in the founding, financing, and/or early stages of development of nine healthcare companies, including Caremark, Pyxis, TheraTx and EDiX. Also included in Mr. Holder's experience are senior management positions within Baxter and American Hospital Supply and Bergen Brunswig Corporation.

Charles S. Lauer

Former Vice President Crain Communications, Inc.; Publisher and Editorial Director, Modern Healthcare Magazine

Charles S. Lauer was the publisher of Modern Healthcare for more than 25 years, and most recently corporate vice president of Crain Communications and editorial director of Modern Healthcare until his retirement in Feb. 2007. He is an Author of three books, a public speaker and award winning businessman who is in demand for his motivational messages to top companies nationwide.

Robert J. Pallari

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Legacy Health System

Robert Pallari has over 20 years experience as a healthcare executive. This includes a long distinguished career with Legacy Health System, where he is a retired President & CEO. In addition to his career with Legacy Health System, Mr. Pallari has served in many roles at the following organizations: Northwest Physicians Alliance, Inc., Foundation HealthPlan of Northwest, and Multnomah County Health Department. Mr. Pallari earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and Education and a Masters of Science in Health Services Administration from University of Oregon. Pallari has also served as Co-Chair - Governor's Health Care Commission / Oregon Health Plan Development, Board Member - Oregon Health Policy Commission, Academy for International Health Studies. He is also a member of several industry associations including: American Hospital Association (AHA), Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS), Oregon Association of Health Underwriters (OAHU), Portland Chamber of Commerce, Portland State University's Business Advisory Council.

Douglas S. Peters

Retired President & CEO, Jefferson Health System

Douglas S. Peters, President and CEO of Jefferson Health System, Radnor, PA, since it's formation in August 1995; was former President and CEO of Main Line Health, which joined with Thomas Jefferson University to form Jefferson Health System. He also served as Sr. VP of Blue Cross Blue Shield Assn., as well as Exec. Director & President of Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI. Mr. Peters received his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University and a Masters degree in Hospital Management from the University of Michigan.

Nicholas J. Sears, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer, MedAssets, Inc.

Nick Sears, M.D. serves as Chief Medical Officer for MedAssets, Inc. Dr. Sears joined MedAssets through Aspen Healthcare Metrics as Senior Vice President of Clinical Services in 2004. Dr. Sears is a Board Certified Cardiovascular Surgeon with more than 20 years of experience as a cardiothoracic surgeon and physician executive. He practiced Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery for 12 years in both the private and academic settings. He served as Vice-chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vice-chief of Surgery at Tampa General Hospital, and as Co-Director of the Cardiac Transplant Program. He also held the position of Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of South Florida College of Medicine.

Dr. Sears has an extensive background in the healthcare consulting industry. He is recognized for being a catalyst for instituting and managing improvement in patient care and clinical outcomes, medical staff governance and operations issues and improved financial performance in healthcare organizations.

Don Wegmiller

Don Wegmiller, Chairman Emeritus, Integrated Healthcare Solutions

Mr. Wegmiller is Chairman Emeritus at Integrated Healthcare Strategies and currently sits on its Board of Advisors. IHStrategies is the nation's leading authority on executive compensation and physician compensation for health care organizations. Mr. Wegmiller brings more than 35 years of experience in health care administration, many spent managing multi-hospital systems. Prior to coming to IH Strategies, he served as Vice Chairman and President of HealthSpan Health Systems Corporation, Minnesota's largest health care network. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Wegmiller served as a chairman officer of the American Hospital Association, serving in 1987 as the organization's chairman, the highest elected office. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), a member of the American Hospital Association (AHA), and has served on the boards of numerous publicly held corporations over the past 20 years. Mr. Wegmiller received both his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in Health Administration from the University of Minnesota.