• Bellwether League Inc. Honoree Class of 2008 Inductee Alex J. Vallas enjoys the VIP reception
  • BLI Honoree Alex Vallas shares comments on his industry contributions with Kris Russell, publisher of Healthcare Purchasing News
  • Christine Ammer, wife of Inductee Dean S. Ammer, and Dick Perrin, Bellwether League Board Member
  • AdvanTech's Dick Perrin, MedAssets' Rand Ballard and Owens & Minor's Jamie Kowalski
  • Pat Carroll, Bellwether League Inc. Treasurer; MedAssets' Rand Ballard; and Appleseed Healthcare Resources' Joe Colonna and wife Ann Colonna
  • Inductee Gene Burton with Suzan Logan, CEO, Gene Burton & Associates Inc.
  • Harpist Laura Utley soothes the crowd.
  • Chairman Jamie C. Kowalski, Treasurer Pat Carroll (left) and Board Member John Gaida (right)
  • James F. Dickow
  • John Gaida, Bellwether League Board Member, and Cardinal Health's Ike Bangs
  • Bellwether League Secretary Robert P. (Bud) Bowen converses with Kimberly-Clark Health Care's Susan Meyer and Keith Kuchta with Bellwether League Chairman Jamie C. Kowalski
  • Board Member Laurence A. Dickson with Jamie Burton, wife of Inductee Gene Burton
  • Board Member Laurence A. Dickson relaxes with Bellwether League Inc. Honoree Class of 2008 Inductee Alex J. Vallas
  • Inductee Gene Burton and Laurence A. Dickson discuss the displays
  • Honoree Lee C. Boergadine shares a laugh with the group
  • Amerinet's Mike Costabile, Amerinet Central's Ron Miller and Bellwether League Secretary Bud Bowen, Amerinet's retired CEO, look over one of Bellwether League's branding boards
  • Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Nancy Hensley, Director of Strategic Sourcing (left) chats with Cardinal Health's Don Schweer.
  • Hospira's Pete Baker (right) and wife Nancy Retig (left) enjoy a lighter moment with Bellwether League Secretary Bud Bowen (center foreground).
  • Kris Russell, publisher of Healthcare Purchasing News
  • Bellwether League Executive Director Rick Dana Barlow (left) confers with Secretary Bud Bowen.
  • Bellwether League Executive Director Rick Dana Barlow and wife LeAnn Barlow
  • Amerinet Central's Ron Miller shows Bellwether League Secretary Bud Bowen how group purchasing business is done now that Bowen's been retired.
  • Kimberly-Clark Health Care's Susan Meyer (left); Wingfoot Media's LeAnn Barlow (center), wife of Bellwether League's Rick Dana Barlow; and Mary Kelly (right), wife of Inductee Thomas W. Kelly.
  • Kimberley-Clark Health Care's Susan Meyer
  • Board Member Thomas W. Hughes (right) talks with Appleseed Healthcare Resources' Joe Colonna and wife Ann Colonna
  • Bellwether League Honoree Class of 2008 Induction Dinner attendees enjoy some fellowship before the official ceremony begins
  • Bellwether League Honoree Class of 2008 Induction Dinner attendees enjoy some fellowship before the official ceremony begins
  • Bellwether League Honoree Class of 2008 Induction Dinner attendees enjoy some fellowship before the official ceremony begins
  • Bellwether League Honoree Class of 2008 Induction Dinner attendees enjoy some fellowship before the official ceremony begins
  • Bellwether League Honoree Class of 2008 Induction Dinner attendees enjoy some fellowship before the official ceremony begins
  • Bellwether League Honoree Class of 2008 Induction Dinner attendees enjoy some fellowship before the official ceremony begins