We are excited to welcome this year’s Nominating Committee, a dedicated group of individuals who will help identify qualified candidates for E&I’s Board of Directors. Their diverse perspectives and commitment to E&I’s mission will play a key role in shaping the future of our organization.
Randall Moore is the Associate Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer of Boston University (BU). His team of 25 professionals performs category and supplier management for BU’s $900 million addressable spend, oversees the processing of 80,000 supplier purchase orders, and negotiates 1,000 supplier contracts annually. The team recently implemented the full suite of SAP Ariba and now offers a truly paperless P2P environment for BU’s 3,000 shoppers and 7,000 suppliers.
Before joining BU in 2017, Randall served as a procurement strategy consultant with Accenture, serving clients in all industries globally. He began his career performing various supply chain-related roles for Häagen-Dazs and Frito-Lay.
E&I Board of Directors – 2025 E&I Nominating Committee Co-Chair
Tally Thrasher, C.P.M., MSSM, is the Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Michigan, where she is responsible for all procurement operations, including strategic sourcing, their procure-to-pay platform, contract administration, procurement systems and software modules, their T&E and p-card programs, and several auxiliary operational services.
During her prior role as Executive Director of Purchasing Services at Indiana University, she led a team of 45 individuals that supported all sourcing, contracting, and procurement related initiatives for 9 campuses, totaling approximately $700M in spend annually. Tally started her career at IU in 2003 at the IUPUI campus managing procurement activities for multiple categories. In 2013, she was promoted to Director of Purchasing Administration and then to Executive Director in December of 2018.
In 1998, Tally completed her Bachelor of Science in HR and Management through Kelley – IUPUI and her C.P.M. certification in 2007. She is pursuing her M.S. in Strategic Management through the Kelley Direct Program with completion in February of 2023. Currently, she holds the title(s) of Indiana University alumni, staff, student, and mom.
Assistant Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
Rogelio (Roy) E. Anasagasti is the Assistant Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer for The University of Texas at Austin. Since joining the team in January 2020, he has focused on leading the Procurement and Payment Services (PPS) portfolio through a transformation journey.
Focused on becoming the highest-impact public research university in the world, the PPS team is actively transforming their practice to provide a client centric procure to pay service model; anchored on professionalism and providing the greatest client experience to campus while allowing colleges, schools, and units to focus on their core business.
Prior to joining The University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Anasagasti was the Executive Director of Procurement Operations at Houston Community College System. In addition, he served as Procurement Director at Jackson Health System and was the Assistant Division Director responsible for all IT procurement in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Mr. Anasagasti holds a Master of Education degree with two concentrations in Curriculum and Instruction, and Instructional Technology from the University of South Florida. He completed his undergraduate studies at Florida International University and holds dual Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology.
Vendor Relations Manager
Valerie Rhodes-Sorrelle, M.P.A., C.P.M., is the Vendor Relations Manager at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, where she has worked for more than 35 years in the Procurement Services Department. In her role, Valerie is responsible for the University’s supplier diversity and small business development initiatives, as well as having responsibility for senior-level strategic sourcing.
Valerie is a past president of the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) (2013-2014) and the 2016 recipient of the Bert C. Ahrens Achievement Award. She is also a corporate member of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC) and has served as the module leader for their West Michigan Project One. Additionally, Valerie has been a member of the Michigan Women Forward Committee (formerly the Michigan Women’s Foundation) for over a decade. Valerie writes a column for NAEP’s Educational Procurement Journal and serves as a mentor to writers for this column. She also serves as Co-Chair of NAEP’s Editorial Advisory Committee.
She holds a B.S. from Ferris State University and a Master of Public Administration from Grand Valley State University.
