Meet Amy Sebranek

Amy Sebranek is the "stuff" girl at St. Joseph's. As the director of Central Supply, she reigns over a room packed with the myriad of items needed by the nursing home, hospital, and clinics. With the exception of a 30-day stint in the Air Force, where she was discharged with an asthma problem, Amy has spent 11 years as an employee at St. Joseph's in a variety of jobs. She has been Director of Materials Management for two years, a job she was first reluctant to apply for, but now loves.

Since her arrival in the position, she has created a Standardization Committee that evaluates supply requests with a focus on managing costs. All orders are not automatically filled, she says. New items that may not have a track record of uselessness, or brand names that can be replaced with generic equivalents are some of the ways she works to control costs.

"You never get bored at this job," she says, "there's always something new everyday."

Some days can get hectic when there are rush orders for supplies to be filled which interrupts the normal flow of work. Still mostly things go smoothly, much of which Amy attributes to a good working relationship with the other two staff members in the department.

A Yuba native with a degree in Accounting from MATC, Amy lives in rural Hillsboro with her husband Rick and daughter Emma who is 15 months old.

Fishing is one of Amy's favorite activities, and something she hopes to get back into this year now that Emma. She also enjoys gardening and she and her husband raise beef.