Generation Dayton Featured Professional
- Name:
Shaun Hamilton- Title:
- Manager Supplier Diversity, Supply Chain Division
- Organization:
- Premier Health Partners
- Community Involvement (groups, clubs, boards, etc.):
- AIDS Resource Center BOD, Cultural Works Trustee, Graduate Advisor to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. at Wright State University (Pi Phi Chapter) and University of Dayton (Gamma Theta) College/ Youth Pastor at The Mount Pisgah Church. Future Leaders at Premier Health Partners Corporate Services Chairman
- Hobbies and Tnterests:
- Jump Rope. I am a former National and World Champion and world record holder. I love teaching people how to jump rope and working out.
I also love the theater. Watching Broadway shows etc...
Traveling... I have traveled to over 22 different countries and 38 States all for jumping rope, but I just love to travel.
Golf... not the best at it by any stretch but love to get out on the links.
- Favorite Area Eatery:
- Thai 9. I had my fist date with my wife there and I proposed to her there.
- Favorite Weekend Activity:
- Golfing and traveling with jump rope. For me its either one or the other on the weekend.
- What do you love about Dayton?
- You get all 4 seasons. I love the theater district we have here in Dayton. Also the treasures you find in Dayton. The little restaurants and fun activities you find all around are always fun. I love that the people in Dayton truly want to help others. You don't find that too many places.
- How has Generation Dayton aided your professional, personal and/or social development?
- It has allowed me to network with peers as well as with local and regional leaders in a greater way. The understanding you get about Dayton and how to make things happen is priceless.
- Tell us a little more about your profession and company.
- I am the manager of Supplier Diversity at Premier Health Partners (PHP). My role is to track and enhance our women and minority and locally owned spends within our supply chain. We do this by actively seeking women, minority, and local companies, coaching mentoring business on how to do business with PHP. PHP is a large health system serving southwest Ohio communities by improving the quality, affordability, and accessibility of health care. Our members include more than 65 member locations throughout southwest Ohio, including four hospitals: Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton, Miami Valley Hospital, Atrium Medical Center, Upper Valley Medical Center. As part of our mission to bring quality health care closer to the people we serve, we've expanded our services through comprehensive health centers: Good Samaritan North Health Center in Englewood and Miami Valley South Hospital in Centerville.
- What do you enjoy about your career/profession? Employer?
- I enjoy helping people and business succeed. I like to work with people and this role gives me that opportunity. Healthcare is so important to us all. So being apart of that is exciting and fulfilling. I love PHP because of the commitment PHP has to the community. PHP realizes that a healthy and working community is a better community. PHP tries to improve the community through its diversity initiatives and its countless philanthropic/ charity giving's.
- Favorite quote or inspirational saying:
- "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God I will do."
-- Edward Everett Hale
