1. Frank Fernandez, Assistant Vice President, Baptist Health South Florida
Frank Fernandez is the Principal Officer and Chief Supply Chain Strategist for waypoint2580,
a Miami, Florida company established to provide supply chain strategic services, subject
matter expertise, advisory services, operational assessments, B2B linkages, and business
developments services, to various market segments, including but lot limited to, healthcare
organizations, individuals, manufacturers, healthcare consultants, not-for-profit
organizations, distributors and suppliers and suppliers.
Mr. Fernandez has a distinguished careen in healthcare supply chain services. He retired in
December, 2016 as Assistant Vice President of Supply Chain Services, from Baptist Health
South Florida, after 33 years of service. Headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, Baptist
Health South Florida, a faith based, not-for-profit health system, is the largest, most
successful private healthcare network in South Florida. Baptist Health South Florida currently
operates six acute care hospitals and several outpatient diagnostic, surgical, and
treatment facilities, located throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, and Palm Beach
Counties. Baptist Health South Florida also supports a number of free clinics, providing
services to the needy in the South Florida community. Baptist Health South Florida’s mission
is “to improve the health of individuals and to promote the preservation and sanctity of life
in the communities it serves”.
During his tenure at Baptist Health, he performed various roles that included serving as its
representative on the Premier GPO’s Strategic Advisory Committee, where he served since
1996, and was its first Committee Chair. He directed Baptist Health South Florida’s GPO
affiliate initiatives in South Florida and the Caribbean Basin. He is has been responsible for
managing pharmaceutical and medical distribution prime vendor agreements, and has
spearheaded the development of Direct Distribution Agreements, to support Baptist Health
South Florida’s 150,000 square feet Consolidated Distribution and Services Center (CDSC),
which opened in November, 2014.
Mr. Fernandez was a founding member of the Premier GPO’s Supplier Diversity Committee.
He served on the Board of Directors of the Florida State Minority Supplier Development
Council and on Baptist Health South Florida’s Diversity Council. In 2008, Mr. Fernandez was
recognized By the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council with the “Advocate
of the Year Award”, in recognition for his role to promote health care supplier diversity
initiatives within his organization and nationally, and for his role in mentoring small and
minority-owned businesses on how to navigate the healthcare supply chain. In September
2016, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Council’s annual awards gala, for
“Transforming The Healthcare Supplier Diversity Landscape Forever”. He also served on the
national Board of Directors of the Coalition for Healthcare eStandards, where he
participated pioneering work to facilitate the seamless transmission of data among
suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, GPOs and healthcare providers.
Frank Fernandez served as a Director, and Vice President of the Board of Directors, of

2. Combined Services Inc. (CSI) – a shared laundry company that is jointly owned by Baptist
Health South Florida and other South Florida hospitals and health systems.
Prior to his long career at Baptist, Mr. Fernandez worked at the Public Health Trust of Miami-
Dade County/Jackson Memorial Hospital, in various capacities. Jackson Memorial Hospital
is the teaching hospital to the University of Miami School of Medicine. At the Public Health
Trust, Mr. Fernandez worked as Assistant Administrator of the Maternal and Child Hospital
Center, where his responsibilities included administrative oversight of the Neonatal Intensive
Care Center, an 80-bed center of excellence that included Neonatal Intensive Care,
Neonatal Intermediate Care, Neonatal Minimal Care, and Neonatal Surgery.
Throughout his career, Mr. Fernandez has written a number of highly acclaimed articles that
were published in industry magazines. He has spoken extensively on various supply chain
topics, including sourcing, inventory analysis, distribution, models, e-commerce, supplier
diversity, and supply chain automation. He was a founding member, President, and
Treasurer of the South Florida chapter of the Association for Healthcare Resource and
Materials Management (AHRMM), of the American Hospital Association.
A graduate of Florida International University, Mr. Fernandez, who is originally from Cuba,
has lived in South Florida since the early 1960s. He believes in giving back to the
community.
He currently serves on Board of Directors of the Girl Scout Council of Tropical. He also serves
on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the South Florida Council of the
Boy Scouts of America, having served as Council President from 2013 through 2015. He is
the recipient of the Sliver Beaver Award – the highest award that is bestowed on Boy Scout
Council volunteers. He has also earned the Woodbadge, and the Powderhorn awards,
highest training program awards for Scout and high adventure Venturing Leaders.
Frank Fernandez is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hiking, backpacking, camping, and
particularly sea kayaking. He has participated in numerous backcountry-kayaking
expeditions in the Florida Everglades, the Florida Keys, Biscayne Bay, and the Biscayne
National Park. He co-lead a 50-mile youth Venturing sea kayaking trek in the Outer Banks of
North Carolina, and three long-distance, high altitude, 10-day backpacking expeditions, in
the New Mexico mountains. He volunteers as Assistant Scoutmaster, and Venturing Crew
Advisor of a Scout-sponsored high adventure group, dedicated to leadership development
for young men and women, ages 14 through 20 years of age, through participation in
challenging outdoor experiences.
Frank is married to his wife of 38 years, Marietta. They have two grown children, Valentina
and Franco, and one grandson, Julién René.