FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OMNIA Partners, formed by National IPA in 2017 to provide shared services and supply chain optimization to government, education and the private sector companies announced today three additions to its leadership team.
John Lander joins OMNIA Partners as executive vice president, sales. Lander has responsibility for the account management organizations for each OMNIA Partners division to include sales planning, deployment and P&L expertise. Lander joins OMNIA Partners following a twenty-year career at Office Depot where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of North America Field Sales.
Kevin Howard is joining OMNIA Partners as general counsel. Howard is responsible for the legal functions of OMNIA Partners and each division. Prior to joining OMNIA Partners, he served as vice president, acquisitions and development counsel for more than seven years at Community Health Systems, providing legal counsel relating to M&A, real estate and other corporate transactions.
Dave Morgan is joining OMNIA Partners as vice president, contracting. Morgan leads the team responsible for all sourcing, contracting and supplier negotiations across all the OMNIA divisions. Morgan joins OMNIA Partners following a 12-year career at HealthTrust and CoreTrust Purchasing Group where he was responsible for the development, management and growth of multi-million dollar national agreements, ranging from clinical supplies and equipment to software licenses to commercial products and services.
“We have assembled the most experienced team of tenured professionals in the industry, rounding out our newly formed senior leadership team,” said M. Todd Abner, President and CEO of OMNIA Partners. “As we look to the future of the organization, this team will lead our current and future divisions to realize unprecedented growth, thus bringing unrivaled value to the members that we serve.”
About OMNIA Partners
President & Chief Executive Officer, M. Todd Abner and Chief Operating Officer, Ward H. Brown formed Horizon Resource Group in 2001. Horizon Resource Group was a group purchasing organization dedicated to higher education. The success of Horizon Resource Group led to the formation of National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (National IPA) in 2006, expanding the cooperative purchasing offering into other verticals, state and local government, as well as primary education business. Today, National IPA is the nation’s leading cooperative purchasing organization for both education and the public sector. More than 150,000 agencies and institutions currently participate in the National IPA cooperative through utilization of approximately 400 competitive contracts within the portfolio offering.
OMNIA Partners, formed by National IPA in 2017 to provide shared services and supply chain optimization to government, education and the private sector, acquired Prime Advantage in June 2017 and Corporate United in September 2017.
