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.

Samantha Burman has served as one of our directors since August of 1999 and has served as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors since January of 2000. From 1998 to 2003, Samantha worked as a Principal and then Partner at Parthenon Capital, a Boston-based private equity investment firm. From 1996 to 1998, Mrs. Burman served as Chief Financial Officer of Physicians Quality Care, a physician practice management firm. She served as an Associate at Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm, from 1993 to 1996. Samantha holds a M. Eng. and B.A. from Cambridge University in England, as well as, an M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School.

Vernon Loucks is Chairman of The Aethena Group, LLC, a healthcare merchant banking firm. He is retired Chairman of Baxter International Inc. and served as CEO of Segway LLC. Mr. Loucks is active in business, education and civic affairs. He is currently a director of Emerson Electric Co., and Segway LLC. He is a former chairman and co-founder of The Healthcare Leadership Council, is a Life Trustee of Rush-Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago and has served as chairman of the Health Industry Manufacturers Association as well as special adviser to the director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He served on the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Advisory Committee and on the International Advisory Panel of CapitaLand Limited (Singapore). Mr. Loucks holds a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University and a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Lance Piccolo is the President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthPic Consultants and was formerly the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Caremark International Inc. Mr. Piccolo serves on the board of directors of American TeleCare, CVS Caremark Corporation, Lake Forest Hospital Foundation and NovaMed, Inc. He is a trustee of Boston University and a member of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management Advisory Board of Northwestern University. Lance holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University.

Mr. Skinner was elected to the Board of Directors of MedAssets, Inc. in November 2009. He is the Retired Chairman, President and CEO of U.S. Freightways Corporation. Mr. Skinner was previously President of the Commonwealth Edison Company and its holding company, Unicom Corporation. After retiring from Commonwealth Edison Company and Unicom, Mr. Skinner served as Co-Chairman of Hopkins & Sutter, a national law firm based in Chicago. During his five years at Unicom, he helped position the company for the emerging competitive market and led the company's successful effort to obtain successful legislation to restructure the electric utility industry in Illinois.

Prior to joining Commonwealth Edison, he served as Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush. Prior to his White House service, Mr. Skinner served in the President's cabinet for nearly three years as Secretary of Transportation and was credited with numerous successes, including the development of the President's National Transportation Policy and the passage of landmark aviation and surface transportation legislation.

From 1977 to 1989, Mr. Skinner practiced law as a senior partner in the Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin. From 1984 to 1998, while practicing law full-time, he also served as Chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority of northeastern Illinois and was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as Vice Chairman of the President's Commission on Organized Crime.