Advisory Board

Elder Granger, MD

President and CEO of The 5Ps LLC health care consulting company
Retired US Army Major General
Former head of TRICARE

Elder Granger was the first person to serve on the DSU Incorporated Advisory Board

Elder Granger served as the Deputy Director and Program Executive Officer of TRICARE Management Activity from December 2005 to May 2009.

As principal adviser to the assistant secretary of defense on health plan policy and performance, he oversaw the acquisition, operation and integration of the Department of Defense’s managed care program within the Military Health System. Granger led a staff of 1,800 in planning, budgeting and executing a $19 billion Defense Health Program and in ensuring the effective and efficient provision of high-quality, accessible health care for 9.4 million uniformed service members, their families, retirees and others located worldwide.

Prior to joining TRICARE Management Activity, Granger led the largest US and multinational battlefield health system in recent history while serving as Commander, Task Force 44th Medical Command and Command Surgeon for the Multinational Corps Iraq. He has led at every level of the Army Medical Department.

Granger continues to advance his passion for patients and health care improvement through advising and supporting teams across the spectrum of health care.

With 20 years professional procurement experience and a recognized expertise in the area of diversity supplier development, Amy Goudy brings the thought leadership needed to assess and develop supply chain processes to optimize opportunities for diversity inclusion.

Amy Goudy

As a part of the Solectron, now Flextronics, team for eight years, Amy received five “Contribution to Business” Awards. She served as the Manager of Diversity Supplier Development with the responsibilities including:

1. Formation and Deployment of Corporate program to support  spending with women owned, minority owned, disabled veteran owned, and HUBZone business enterprises to include the implementation of the vision, strategy and corporate policy.
2. Identified, developed and maintained communication strategies and processes to promote business opportunities with diverse suppliers.
3. Created supplier diversity projects including planning, training, customer relations, and extensive development around reporting metrics processes.

Goudy attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. An active member of many organizations, she is a former ISM member, served as the EMS Forum Chair for TIG (Telecommunications Industry Group of NMSDC) and as a Director on the Carolinas MSDC Board as Chair of the Metrolinas RAC and well as the Membership committee chair.