Staff

Jane Pleasants is President of SMI, where she provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization and its community of healthcare supply chain leaders. She oversees SMI’s industry initiatives, strategic programs and partnerships, and serves as moderator of SMI’s bi-annual Forums. Her work is focused on advancing collaboration, innovation, and thought leadership across the healthcare supply chain.

Prior to joining SMI, Jane served as Vice President of Supply Chain for Duke University and Duke University Health System. She joined Duke to establish the procurement infrastructure for the newly formed Health System and ultimately led end-to-end supply chain operations across the enterprise.

Jane also provided procurement and sourcing leadership for Duke University’s academic and medical center campuses through one of the relatively few shared-service models supporting a university, academic medical center, and health system. Her work extended internationally and included leading the sourcing and procurement of furniture and equipment for Duke Kunshan University in China.

Jane began her healthcare supply chain career at a small rural hospital in North Georgia. Over the course of her career, she went on to lead supply chain organizations at three major academic medical centers — Vanderbilt University, the University of Rochester, and Duke University — each involving shared services across healthcare and academic enterprises.

Her career has given her a unique perspective spanning the evolution of healthcare supply chain from a largely transactional function to an increasingly strategic discipline. Today, through her leadership of SMI, Jane brings that experience to building connections among healthcare executives, industry partners, physicians, and other leaders working to strengthen and advance the healthcare supply chain.

Christine Dean is SMI’s Vice President of Operations and Member Experience, responsible for membership, communications and technology as well as assisting the Associate Executive Director with the coordination of SMI member-led Councils and initiatives. Her role includes project planning, research, database management, reporting, and website projects. She brings over 25 years of marketing communications experience most notably in the technology and healthcare fields.

Prior to joining SMI, Christine was Direct Marketing Manager at Infinium where she coordinated a variety of direct marketing programs in the manufacturing / supply chain marketplace. As a marketing consultant, she worked with various technology companies providing project management for both virtual and on-site events including client conferences and sales meetings. Christine has created numerous websites for large, small, profit and non-profit organizations. She most recently served as an independent healthcare consultant, providing PR and marketing services to healthcare organizations, creating databases, conducting patient surveys, designing websites, executing community and educational events, and establishing clinical partnerships.

Christine volunteers her time with local organizations and is also a member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and AHRMM.

Katherine Bailey is the Director of Project Management and Programs at SMI. Katherine’s role includes project management for SMI Councils, research for initiatives, Forum planning and support, and general administration.

Prior to joining SMI, Katherine worked as a Program Coordinator for William & Mary Law School and as a technical writer for Colonial Williamsburg. She then branched out into project management and supported educational programs around the country in a variety of capacities. Katherine lives in Williamsburg, Virginia and continues to be an ambassador for her town volunteering at Colonial Williamsburg, and serving as an executive board member for a downtown economic vitality initiative.