Donna Fountain

Senior Manager, Contracts and Corporate Operations @Stanford Medicine Partners

Newark, CA, US

Manages the corporate Contracts Management Department, develops policies and procedures, and established efficient processes for timely execution of contracts. • Consolidated legacy contracts from sixty-three healthcare clinics and administrative offices into centralized database for efficient operations. • Renewed relationships with key leaders from the Stanford Enterprise, improved contract life-cycle management, decreased automatic roll-overs of contracts, and reduced costs. • Aligned compliance mechanisms to Stanford Enterprise legal requirements and risk management standards by Contracts Administration, Legal, Office of General Counsel, & Technology and Digital Services. • Leveraged Stanford Enterprise contracts for better terms and conditions, and efficiencies and economies of scale. • Consolidated multiple bio-medical service agreements into a global service agreement for medical equipment (regardless of manufacturer) and realized of savings. • Achieved savings per year for Interpreter Services. • Headed escalation management on behalf of senior leadership, intervened to correct potential non-compliance, developed actionable insights, and reduced impact to the company. • Aligned departmental objectives to organizational goals, translating them into effective contracting practices. • Coached business owners/stakeholders on contract interpretation and performance parameters. • Mentored direct reports to improve skills and career growth. • Orchestrated conflict resolutions for vendor disputes, contractual compliance and/or interpretation. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt to management objectives, shifting priorities, and vendor concerns.

Pepperdine University

MA, Human Resources Management

The George Washington University School of Business

BS, Business Administration