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Craig R. Smith

Craig R. Smith is president and chief executive officer for Owens & Minor, a Fortune 500 Company and the nation’s leading distributor of national name brand medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply chain management company.  The company’s nationwide distribution centers serve hospitals, integrated healthcare systems and group purchasing organizations nationwide. With the 2005 acquisition of a direct-to-consumer, diabetes-supply company, Owens & Minor also distributes healthcare products directly to consumers at home.

Mr. Smith, 55, was named chief executive officer in July 2005, after serving as president and chief operating officer since 1999. He was also named to the Owens & Minor board of directors in 2005. He joined Owens & Minor in 1989 as the Los Angeles division vice president, and later served in a variety of roles including: group vice president, Western region; senior vice president, distribution and information systems; executive vice president, distribution and information systems.  He was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer in 1995.

Prior to joining Owens & Minor, Mr. Smith was the operations manager for National Healthcare’s Los Angeles division. Owens & Minor acquired National Healthcare in 1989.  Before that, he served in a variety of sales and operations positions with Bergen Medical Supply.

Mr. Smith is active in his industry and community as a volunteer.  He is currently chair of the board of visitors for Saint Gertrude High School in Richmond and is a member of the board of directors of the Virginia Bio-Technology Research Park Corporation. He was appointed by the Governor of Virginia to the Healthcare Reform Commission for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Smith also serves on the board of directors of Renaissance Partners, Inc., a Richmond, Virginia, community development organization. He is also a past member of the board of directors of Imagistics International Inc., a leading provider of document imaging solutions, which was acquired by Netherlands-based Oce N.V.

A native of California, Mr. Smith has a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Southern California.  He also completed the executive program at the Colgate Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

Mr. Smith and his wife, Cynthia, have two sons, Scott and Robert.