Kathy Dean joins PeaceHealth
Posted June 28, 2013
Kathy Dean, photo courtesy of PeaceHealth.
Kathy Dean was recently named system vice president, communications, marketing and public affairs, with PeaceHealth. She will work from the system’s Shared Services Center in Vancouver.
Previously, Dean served as the chief marketing officer at OHSU and the director of healthcare marketing and communications at OHSU Healthcare in Oregon. Earlier in her career, she served as the vice president, marketing communications, at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., and director of public affairs at Northern Arizona Healthcare in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Dean’s current professional involvement includes a position on the board of directors for the Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development for the American Hospital Association and on the editorial board for the American Marketing Association’s Marketing Health Services magazine. She recently served as marketing chair for the Association of American Medical Colleges, and was a member of the Chief Marketing Officers Council for the University Health Consortium.