Rachelle Green

Rachelle Green serves as a key procurement professional within the Indian Health Service, overseeing acquisitions critical to delivering culturally competent healthcare to American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Her work centers on ensuring timely access to pharmaceuticals and essential drug retail services through strategic contracting mechanisms aligned with the agency’s mission to eliminate health disparities. She manages a high-volume portfolio of acquisitions under the Buy Indian Set-Aside authority, prioritizing tribal and Native-owned enterprises to strengthen self-determination and community-based health infrastructure. Her contracting activities are deeply embedded in the IHS operational framework, supporting clinical delivery, pharmacy operations, and supply chain resilience in remote and underserved tribal areas. Green maintains consistent, long-term relationships with a select group of trusted contractors, including McKesson Corporation, Flintco, LLC, The Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc., Tribal Health, LLC, and the Central Oklahoma American Indian Health Council, Inc. These partnerships reflect a deliberate focus on vendors with proven experience in tribal healthcare delivery, pharmaceutical distribution, and culturally responsive service models. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaboration over transactional engagement, fostering vendor capacity-building and ensuring alignment with tribal sovereignty and health equity goals. Her contracting activity is exclusively governed by the Buy Indian Set-Aside program, reflecting a 100% preference for qualified Native-owned and tribally controlled businesses. This policy-driven focus ensures that economic benefits remain within Indigenous communities, reinforcing self-governance and sustainable development. Green’s work exemplifies the federal government’s commitment to socioeconomic equity in federal contracting, with every award intentionally structured to advance tribal economic resilience and healthcare autonomy. Her primary procurement focus is NAICS 456110—Pharmacies and Drug Retailers—encompassing the acquisition of prescription medications, over-the-counter therapeutics, pharmacy management systems, and related clinical support services. She possesses deep expertise in pharmaceutical supply chain logistics, regulatory compliance under the Federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act, and the unique operational needs of tribal health clinics. Her domain knowledge ensures that procurement decisions directly support clinical outcomes and patient safety in geographically isolated settings.