Advancing Women Leaders Program

SMI has launched a ground breaking leadership program called Advancing Women Leaders (AWL). This first of its kind program brings together mentors, sponsors, and mentees from SMI member organizations for the advancement of women into senior level executive roles.

Despite women accounting for 51.1% of the U.S. population, women currently only account for 15% of leadership roles in supply chain. This new program intends to close this gap by guiding women to leverage their networks, working alongside a Sponsor and Mentor, in unison to change the system to a more inclusive and diverse landscape.

As part of this program, SMI members will nominate a mentee and participate in the program as their Sponsor.  SMI Members will serve as mentors, providing the mentee an opportunity to learn and gain valuable experience in healthcare supply chain.  Through this structured, first of its kind program, SMI will build a framework for mentoring women while creating metrics and measurements to ensure success!

Advancing women leaders – cohort 4 nomination details

Nomination Criteria

• Mentor, Mentee, and Sponsor must commit to this 12 month program
• The AWL Steering Committee will review all nominations and make a recommendation for the next cohort of mentees and mentors
• If a nominee is not chosen for a cohort, they will be considered for future cohorts
• Deadline to submit is June 16, 2025
• Mentees will be matched based on number of Mentors in the program