The Tidings
Online Weekly Bulletin of the Kiwanis Club of San Diego
July 28, 2010
Program for August 3, 2010
San Diego Search & Rescue Unit & Scripps Healthcare
Speaker
John Armstrong, Vice President Scripps Healthcare
Chairman of the Day:
Matt Shillingburg
Invocation:
Charlie Coleman
John Armstrong is an accomplished health care executive with 35 years experience in health care financial operations management. Currently, he serves as the corporate vice president of supply chain management, and facilities design and construction of Scripps Health, overseeing real estate and biomedical departments. Scripps Health is a nonprofit, integrated health care system in San Diego, with five acute-care hospital campuses, home health care services and an ambulatory care network of physician offices and 19 outpatient centers and clinics. As a member of Scripps Health’s executive cabinet, Armstrong is responsible for overseeing the execution of the organization’s $1.475 billion capital plan for fiscal years 2010-2014. The plan includes infrastructure upgrades and expansion projects at Scripps’ hospitals, as well as costs for new facilities. Construction and expansion include build-outs or expansion of emergency departments on two campuses, a critical care building, a multi-story cardiovascular institute, and all related parking structures, seismic and information technology upgrades. Armstrong also oversees existing Scripps Health real estate properties, including leasing, buying and selling of medical office buildings and administrative properties. This includes the donated life estate gift annuity (LEGA) properties program, which converts donated properties into funding for the Scripps Health Foundation. Additionally, Armstrong is responsible for supply chain management, which includes managing all system-wide policies and procedures relating to purchasing, inventory, database management, reporting, operations, bids, contracts and compliance for medical and non-medical supplies, equipment and services.
The department’s
Over the past eight years,
Armstrong has implemented supply chain management tactics that have
saved more than $50 million for Scripps.
Armstrong attended the
University of California, Los Angeles and graduated from California
State University, Los Angeles earning his bachelor’s degree in
Economics and Business Administration. Armstrong began his career
with Scripps in 1981 serving as regional financial director and
associate administrator for Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla and
Scripps Green Hospital.
In 2001, he served as interim chief financial officer for Scripps
Health before his current appointment.
Prior to joining Scripps in 1981, Armstrong was director of
internal auditing at Hyatt Medical Enterprises, regional controller
for Beverly Enterprises and a certified public accountant with
Hutchinson & Bloodgood.
For more than four years, Armstrong has served on the San Diego
County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Unit and is a certified emergency
medical technician (EMT).
Most recently, he traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti as a
member of the third Scripps Medical Response Team to aid victims of
the 7.0 earthquake
Birthday's for July:
Visit the Young Professionals Web Site: http://www.SDKYP.org
Notes From the July 27 Meeting:
The invocation was provided by Bruce Boland
and
Art Stillwell led the members in singing "I Wish I Were in Dixie."
Prez Ethel announced that this Thursday, July 29th, all members are
invited to visit the Salvation Army Youth Camp in Ramona. We will
carpool from the Target parking lot in Mission Valley at 2:30 and
plan to arrive in camp by 4:00. We will have dinner at 5:30.
Please let June know if you plan to attend. All ladies are welcome
to attend our next interclub on Thursday, August 5 at Coco's on
College Avenue at noon with the University Club.
Mark
McDonald, the Chairman of the Day, introduced the speaker Kerstin
Lynam from the Veterans Medical Research Foundation. This Foundation
supports medical research having a direct impact on veterans health
and related benefits for the general public. The organization is
based in La Jolla at the VA Medical Center and has 220 principal
investigators and support staff plus about 100 contract personnel
involved in scientific inquiry.
Upcoming Event Announcements:
CONCERT IN THE PARK SOCIAL!!
Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Spreckels Park - Between 6th and 7th on Orange Ave.
*We will meet on the 6th and Orange side of the park
*look for the Kiawnis Banner
Bring: A dish to share, BYOB, chair
Entertainment: The Corvette's are playing so wear your dancing shoes!
Contact: Lynn Graver - cell: 619-991-0197
