CAPSTONE HEALTH ALLIANCE - Key Persons


Angie Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Senior Contract Manager

Anita Zado - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Anna Whitmire-Ewing

Job Titles:
  • Marketing & Communications Specialist

Connor Greene

Job Titles:
  • Contract Analyst

Dina Bassett

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Business / Development

Donna Webster

Job Titles:
  • Senior Contract Coordinator

Emily Bugg

Job Titles:
  • Marketing & Communications Specialist

Fred Pane

Job Titles:
  • Director

Gary Turner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Region Manager

George Taulia

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Business Development

Hope Childers

Job Titles:
  • VICE PRESIDENT, FIELD SERVICES
  • Vice President, Field Services of Capstone Health Alliance Has Been With Capstone
Hope Childers, Vice President, Field Services of Capstone Health Alliance has been with Capstone since 2010. Hope's responsibilities include coordinating and overseeing all field operations, program initiatives and cost savings opportunities for the Capstone membership. Hope works closely with the Capstone contracting team, as well as member Councils and Committees to help determine saving opportunities and initiatives for the membership. Hope is also responsible for the oversight of the new member implementation process for Capstone. Hope has 14 years of experience in Supply Chain prior to joining the original WNC Health Network. Hope was Purchasing Agent at Cape Fear Valley, Fayetteville N.C. and Senior Buyer at Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia S.C. Before her healthcare career, Hope was in Manufacturing Textile Supply Chain for Stepping Stones/House of Perfection in West Columbia, SC.

Jackie Dula - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Jackie Dula is the Chief Strategy Officer for Capstone Health Alliance. Jackie's responsibilities include oversight of strategic planning, strategic partners. building new partnerships and management of special pilot projects. Jackie joined Capstone Health Alliance in 2016 in a Director role working primarily on development of the purchased services portfolio. Prior to Capstone, Jackie worked in health management, population health and predictive modeling for a regional third party administrator. Her experience also includes serving as Vice President of Planning and Business Development for a group of post-acute continuum providers in Asheville, NC. Her responsibilities included customer and client relations, managed care contracting, and all related partnerships. She was trained in lean operational improvement tools and participated in multiple lean process redesign events during her 12 year tenure.

Kelly Messick

Job Titles:
  • Region Manager

Kim Meadows

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Senior Executive

Kristin Markham Scott

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Human Resources
Kristin Markham Scott, Vice President of Human Resources & Education, Capstone Health Alliance has been with Capstone since 2012. Kristin's responsibilities include overseeing and directing Human Resources functions for the organization. Kristin is also responsible for the development and oversight of the Capstone Learning Academy and the Capstone Leadership Institute. Kristin directs, and implements Capstone education platforms and programs offered to Capstone Members and Supplier Partners. Kristin works closely with the Capstone team, as well as member Councils and Committees. Kristin has a strong background in Psychotherapy. Prior to working for Capstone, she was employed as a counselor at The University of TN, Knoxville as well as Vanderbilt Medical Center. Kristin brings 20 years of experience in solution focused counseling with an emphasis in conflict resolution, mediation, career counseling and organizational development. Kristin has obtained her NCC from the National Board for Certified Counselors, as well as her SHRM-CP from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Lauren Coulthard

Job Titles:
  • Contract Analyst

Lavona Turvey

Job Titles:
  • Region Manager

Mark Landau - COO

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
  • Co - Founder and Chief Operating Officer for Capstone
Mark serves as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer for Capstone and President of our subsidiary division, Capstone Solutions, Inc. Mark also works with Fred Pane, our Contract Manager for Pharmacy Services, in the development of the Capstone pharmacy portfolio. In addition, Mark works alongside Tim Bugg, Capstone President & CEO, in the development and operations of the organization. Mark joined the WNC Health Network full time in January 2004. Prior to 2004, Mark worked on contract for the Network in a part time capacity. Mark was one of the pioneers of the Network's Group Purchasing Program and was key in its development along with Tim Bugg and Mission Health System's Executive Director of Materials Management, Bill Myers. Mark's primary roles with the Network included oversight of contracting and coordination of workgroups with med/surg, pharmacy and laboratory. Working in collaboration with Tim Bugg, Mark has played an intricate role in the growth and success of what the WNC Health Network Group Purchasing Program (and now Capstone) has become.

Nadine Black

Job Titles:
  • Senior Account Manager, Business Development

Phillip Bateman

Job Titles:
  • Region Manager

Robin Lincoln - SVP

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF CONTRACTING OFFICER
  • Senior Vice President
Robin Lincoln, Senior Vice President, Contracting Operations, of Capstone Health Alliance, has been with Capstone since 2009. Robin's responsibilities include the development, implementation, and ongoing process improvement for contracting strategies and operations for the Alliance. Robin works closely with the Capstone contracting team in contract negotiations, and also leads the development of effective implementation strategies designed to provide timely and relevant information to the Capstone membership and create maximum opportunity for Capstone's supplier partners. Robin leads the membership council that reviews and approves of all contract strategies, and also provides oversight and direction to the Business Analytics team that compiles the data and runs analytics for Capstone's healthcare members. Robin previously served as the Director of Synergy Health Group, a regional aggregation group based out of Johnson City, TN and owned by Mountain States Health Alliance. During its first three years of existence, Synergy documented savings of over $1.5 million for the group of Northeast Tennessee hospitals, and also led collaboration efforts for the membership to supplement their quality control programs and efforts to reduce readmissions.

Ryan Maccubbin

Job Titles:
  • Director

Saleena Russell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant

Sonya McCall

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Compliance Officer
  • Finance
  • CHIEF FINANCE and COMPLIANCE OFFICER
  • Member of the
Sonya McCall is the Chief Finance & Compliance Officer at Capstone Health Alliance. Sonya joined the alliance in June of 2013 when the group purchasing department was still under the umbrella of the WNC Health Network. When the organizations split in October 2013, Sonya was instrumental in helping form Capstone Health Alliance. Since then, Sonya has been responsible for financial statements, payroll, human resources, budgeting, banking, taxes & audits for both companies. She is also responsible for corporate compliance of related laws and regulations. Prior to joining Capstone, Sonya worked for a number of healthcare systems in Western North Carolina including Greenville Hospital System, Mission Health System, and CarePartners. Her positions included, Business Analyst II, Internal Auditor & Senior Financial Analyst, and Accounting Supervisor. She performed financial reviews, physician compensation for practices accumulating to over $119 million in revenue, prepared the Finance Package of systems greater than $800 Million, and was an interim CFO. Sonya is a member of the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), NCACPA (North Carolina Association for Certified Public Accountants), and SHRM (The Society for Human Resource Management). She has also worked on the Healthcare Industry committee for the NCACPA.

Tabitha Calloway

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director

Tim Bugg - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • PRESIDENT
  • Its Vice President of Member Services
Tim Bugg is the President & CEO of Capstone Health Alliance and one of the pioneers that began the program back in 2000. Leading the organization on its journey to bring the former group purchasing program of the WNC Health Network to new heights with greater value to its entire membership, Tim has full corporate oversight of both Capstone Health Alliance and Capstone Solutions Inc. Alongside Capstone's now Chief Operating Officer, Mark Landau, and Mission Health System's Executive Director of Materials Management, Bill Myers, Tim was an integral part in forming the group purchasing program with the intent to help the 16 hospitals in Western North Carolina identify new ways to reduce cost while ensuring quality and patient satisfaction. Through dedicated leadership and a unique vision, Capstone's footprint now extends across 23 states and has become a significant partner for acute hospitals, continuum of care facilities, and the business and industry markets. Tim joined the WNC Health Network in January 2007 as its Vice President of Member Services. Prior to 2007 Tim was a contracted employee for the Network for several years while serving as the Director of Materials Management in one of the Network's member hospitals. Over the years, Tim has served many roles within the Network's Group Purchasing program including: managing member C-Suites relationships; member recruitment and retention in the acute and non-acute markets; contracting in Information Technology, Administrative Services and other selective Materials Management agreements; New Program Development; Member Communications; Field Services; the Resource Management Program; Budgeting and Strategic Planning; and oversight of the Food Program.

Tracey Johnston-Crum

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Marketing & Public Relations

Tyler Meadows

Job Titles:
  • Contract Analyst

Vanessa Victoria

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Yolandi Myers

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER
Yolandi Myers joined the Capstone Senior Leadership team in 2021. Yolandi's responsibilities include oversight of partnerships with group alliances and enlarging member services by developing programs to ensure Capstone Health Alliance members are constantly receiving value. With a keen emphasis on growth and development, Yolandi brings a customer-centric perspective focused on helping Capstone members achieve supply chain cost reduction through superior service delivery and innovative member service initiatives. Yolandi is a graduate of Penn State University majoring in Business Administration and Organizational Leadership.