Jerry McKinney’s hospital career began with Hospital Corporation of America in 1979. In 1992, he accepted the role of Project Manager at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, TX. While there, several critical care additions including ED, NICU, ICU, Surgery, and PACU were completed. In 1997, he accepted a Corporate Material Management/Capital Equipment position with Community Health Systems. During 18+ years with CHS he had responsibility for both routine capital and for all corporately managed capital projects. In 2015, Community Health Systems announced plans to spinoff Quorum Health Resources into a new company. Jerry was selected to be the Senior Vice President of Material Management and Chief Purchasing Officer. In this role he was responsible for the full scope of supply chain activities and all capital purchases.