Providence names new chief supply chain officer
Providence is hoping Amanda Chawla's appointment will bolster its supply chain capabilities during a time of elevated spend.
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An article from Providence names new chief supply chain officer Providence is hoping Amanda Chawla’s appointment will bolster its supply chain capabilities during a time of elevated spend.
Published July 22, 2026 Rebecca Pifer Parduhn Senior Reporter Share Copy link Email / Print License Add us on Google Providence Regional Medical center in Everett, Washington. The image by Cindy Shebley is licensed under CC BY 2. 0 First published on Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.
Name: Amanda Chawla Previous title: Senior VP, chief supply chain and post-acute care officer, Stanford Medicine New title: Chief supply chain officer, Providence Chawla’s appointment, which follows a national search, will take effect Aug. 24, Providence announced on Friday.
The executive is replacing Allison Corry, who’s served as the Renton, Washington-based nonprofit’s interim chief supply chain officer after Providence’s previous CSCO David Walker retired in November.
Chawla joins Providence after more than 10 years at Stanford Medicine, where she most recently led the academic medical center’s supply chain operations and oversaw operational performance, digital innovation and other initiatives.
Prior to joining Stanford, Chawla worked as an operating executive at the San Francisco Bay Area’s Marin General Hospital and healthcare infrastructure firm SIPS, according to her LinkedIn. Chawla’s appointment comes as Providence hustles to shore up its financial footing. The nonprofit, which operates 51 hospitals in the western half of the U. S.
, has had difficulty breaking out of the red: Providence hasn’t posted an annual profit in four fiscal years, facing staffing shortages and economic forces like tariffs and inflation driving up spending — including on supplies. Providence’s supply expenses rose to $5. 3 billion in 2025, up from $4.
9 billion in 2024, according to the system’s annual financial results. The 9% year-over-year jump was driven by an 11% increase in drug spending and a 9% increase in medical supply costs, Providence said.
However, the brunt of higher spending was offset by cost mitigation efforts, shrinking Providence’s operating loss in 2025 to $132 million, an improvement from its operating loss of $363 million in 2024.
Chawla’s experience will help further strengthen Providence’s supply chain capabilities, Providence’s Chief Operating Officer Darryl Elmouchi said in a statement. Her appointment is one of a handful of recent actions Providence has taken to bolster its operations.
Among with initiatives to increase lucrative services like surgeries and hoist reimbursement from insurers, Providence has also restructured its executive team, frozen nonclinical hiring, laid off hundreds of workers and announced plans to exit the brunt of its health insurance business.
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