Owens & Minor Celebrates the 2019 Earl G. Reubel Award Winners
November 14 2019 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Healthcare Industry Leaders Recognized for
their Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) is pleased to announce the
winners of the 2019 Earl G. Reubel Awards, which were presented on
Thursday evening, November 7, at a gala dinner hosted by Owens
& Minor and Kerma Medical Products in Richmond, Virginia. The
annual awards recognize healthcare industry leaders — individuals
and organizations — who advocate for diversity and inclusion within
the healthcare supply chain.
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Ed Pesicka, President & Chief
Executive Officer of Owens & Minor; Andrea Reubel-Walker,
Director of Marketing & Key National Accounts for Kerma Medical
Products; and Joe Reubel, President of Kerma Medical Products,
congratulate Civic Leader of the Year Award honoree G. Gilmer Minor
III, retired Board Chairman and CEO of Owens & Minor, and
Diverse Enterprise of the Year Award honoree representative Tracey
Grace, President and CEO of IBEX IT, who accepted the award on
behalf of her company. (Not pictured: Shane Malek, Sales Director
for Owens & Minor, accepted the Large Corporation of the Year
Award on behalf of Jackson Health System.) Photo Credit: Digital
Image House
The Earl G. Reubel Awards, created by Owens & Minor in 2012,
are given in three healthcare industry categories: Civic
Leadership, Diversity Enterprise and Large Corporate Leadership.
The awards are named in honor of the late Earl G. Reubel, the
brilliant entrepreneur who built Kerma Medical Products into one of
the largest veteran-, minority-owned medical supply companies in
the country, and one of Owens & Minor’s largest minority
suppliers for over 30 years.
“We are honored to recognize the outstanding leadership and
exemplary efforts of the award winners,” said Mark Zacur, Executive
Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer. “Their sustained
commitment to championing a diverse and inclusive healthcare supply
chain is inspiring and has had a positive impact on our
communities, the quality of care given to patients and the
healthcare supply chain as a whole. Thank you, and congratulations
to all of the winners.”
The Earl G. Reubel Civic Leader of the Year Award —
presented by Andrea Reubel and Joe Reubel of Kerma Medical Products
of Suffolk, Virginia — is given to an individual who advocated for
a diverse healthcare supply chain through executive leadership,
community outreach and education. The 2019 honoree is G. Gilmer
Minor III, the retired Board Chairman and CEO of Owens & Minor,
and fourth generation of his family to work for the company. During
his tenure, Minor oversaw one of the fastest periods of growth in
the company’s history, expanding from a regional Sun Belt
distributor to a national company. He encouraged and supported the
development of Owens & Minor’s MediChoice® program, which has
created opportunities for local hospital systems and nonprofit
organizations to achieve meaningful savings on medical and surgical
supply purchases, but also advance their own diversity goals
leading to better patient outcomes and improved patient
satisfaction.
The Earl G. Reubel Diverse Enterprise of the Year Award —
presented by W. Len Bridgeman, National Accounts Director, acute
care distribution for B. Braun of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania — is
given to a healthcare supplier delivering differentiated value as a
minority-, woman-, veteran (disabled)-, or disabled-owned business
enterprise (MWVBE). The 2019 honoree is IBEX IT of Atlanta,
Georgia, a minority- and women-owned small business led by Tracey
Grace, President and CEO. IBEX IT created a Supplier Diversity
Management System that helped UPMC Hospital in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, to increase its diversity spend; bringing a diverse
vendor base to a community health system.
The Earl G. Reubel Large Corporation of the Year Award —
presented by Will Sapp, Director of Distribution Sales for
Medtronic of Dublin, Ireland — is given to a hospital system or
group purchasing system within the healthcare industry fostering a
culture of diversity and inclusion, while also leveraging diverse
suppliers. The 2019 honoree is Jackson Health System, a nonprofit
academic medical system in Miami, Florida, governed by the Public
Health Trust, an entity acting on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of
County Commissioners. Jackson Health’s values of diversity and
inclusion are aligned with their objective to provide
family-centered care to all members of the community, regardless of
their ability to pay. In addition to a diverse workforce, Jackson
is actively engaged in a number of collaborative relationships with
local and national organizations to encourage outreach,
identification and participation of diverse suppliers in
contracting opportunities.
For more information about the 2019 Earl G. Reubel Award
honorees, visit hsdsymposium.com.
About Owens & Minor, Inc.
Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) is a global healthcare
solutions company with integrated technologies, products, and
services aligned to deliver significant and sustained value for
healthcare providers and manufacturers across the continuum of
care. With 17,000 dedicated teammates serving healthcare industry
customers in 90 countries, Owens & Minor helps to reduce total
costs across the supply chain by optimizing episode and
point-of-care performance, freeing up capital and clinical
resources, and managing contracts to optimize financial
performance. A FORTUNE 500 company, Owens & Minor was founded
in 1882 in Richmond, Virginia, where it remains headquartered
today. The company has distribution, production, customer service
and sales facilities located across the Asia Pacific region,
Europe, Latin America, and North America. For more information
about Owens & Minor, visit owens-minor.com, follow @Owens_Minor
on Twitter, and connect on LinkedIn at
www.linkedin.com/company/owens-&-minor.
Owens & Minor is a member of the National Minority Supplier
Development Council (NMSDC), the Women’s Business Enterprise
National Council (WBENC) and the Healthcare Industry Distributor’s
Association (HIDA).
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