Meet the Kith Collective
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Kim has been at the forefront of patient engagement for more than 30 years and founded the Kith Collective in 2018.
She is a nationally regarded subject matter expert on patient-focused medical product development, patient-centered benefit-risk assessment, and organizational change. Kim has authored scores of publications, served on dozens of steering committees and advisory boards, is a sought-after speaker, and has an extensive network of leadership contacts. She is a member of the faculty for Harvard Medical School’s Corporate Learning executive education program. Her passion for this work is rooted in personal experience, lived as a patient and as a family caregiver.
K. Kimberly McCleary
Founder & CEO
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Sam joined the Kith Collective in 2020 after nearly a decade in the medical research and patient advocacy field.
Sam previously served as director of patient education, engagement, and advocacy at the National Osteoporosis Foundation, where she launched and led initiatives that worked to improve the lives of those living with low bone density and osteoporosis. Before joining the National Osteoporosis Foundation, Sam was at FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, where she worked alongside Kim on patient engagement initiatives and bringing stakeholders together to accelerate medical solutions for patients.
Samantha Mayberry
Senior Director of Client Services
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Lauren joined the Kith Collective in 2025 with more than a decade of experience in higher education.
She most recently served as Director of Graduate Health Science Admissions at Belmont University, where she provided strategic leadership to enhance graduate student engagement, recruitment, and enrollment across eight professional programs. This work strengthened her passion for the healthcare field and inspired her to apply her expertise in project management, event planning, marketing, and communications to her role at Kith.
Lauren Kenney
Director of Client Services
Tailored Consulting Services
We tailor our consulting services to meet your organization’s specific needs, dedicating the personal attention required to define a custom strategy, improve operational integration, inform portfolio management, and advance culture change. Our approach to purposeful patient-centricity achieves your organization’s objectives, enhances mission focus, and returns lasting societal benefit.
Examples of patient-centered client projects:
Support for Externally-Led Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiatives (EL-PFDD)
Turnkey services for externally-led patient focused drug development (EL-PFDD) meetings, covering letter of intent development, community engagement and preparation, speaker identification and coaching, moderation, and writing and publication of the Voice of the Patient report.
Establishing and Managing Patient Advisory Boards
Collaborating with life science companies and non profit patient advocacy organizations to gather insights from community members through live or asynchronous engagements. Providing facilitation for, synthesis of, and recommendations related to these engagements.
Exploration of Healthcare Topics from a Patient Perspective
Evaluating complex healthcare processes through a patient-centered lens and providing practice suggestions and solutions to ensure medical, regulatory, and healthcare decisions reflect real-world lived experiences.
Capacity Building and Strategic Guidance
Sharing strategic and practical guidance for organizations navigating transitions in the market landscape, organizational structure, and other environmental factors. This has taken the shape of strategic roadmaps, directions, and plans.
Integration of patient perspectives across the medical R&D spectrum
Integrating patient perspectives and insights to inform clinical outcome measurement design, clinical trial design, research grant programs, and care delivery plans.
