Chief Resource Officers

Adam Trafton is the Vice President and Area Chief Resource Officer serving Ascension Wisconsin. In his role, Adam has responsibility for planning, developing, leading and implementing all measures needed to manage non-labor spend, with a specific emphasis on the supply chain. He is also responsible for determining the best approach to control supply and non-labor spend through facilitation of utilization strategies with physicians and clinicians and managing change related to supply and non-labor spend within The Resource Group Wisconsin market. 

Adam, previously served as a Director in The Resource Group Deployment Community where he specialized in strategic financial consulting and Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) integration. He has completed 48 healthcare GPO Participant integrations with The Resource Group and is an experienced supply chain and change management leader.

Adam came to The Resource Group from PwC where he supported both audit and tax practices. He has more than 12 years of experience in both private and public sectors, including executive leadership, public accounting, healthcare operations, project management, consulting, supply chain and analytics.

Adam earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and his master’s degree in accounting from the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at  Saint Louis University. Adam is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA).