Brim Healthcare

W. Randolph Smith

W. Randolph Smith (Randy) is a veteran executive of the healthcare industry. He is president of The Columbus Group, LLC, a healthcare consulting company, with a client portfolio of hospitals, healthcare systems, and private equity owners of healthcare companies. He retired from Tenet Healthcare Corporation in March 2005 where he served as president of its western division, a position to which he was appointed in 2003. Throughout 2004 and 2005, he led Tenet’s successful strategy to divest 27 non-core hospitals. Before joining Tenet in 1995, he held a variety of executive positions with American Medical International, Inc., for 16 years. Smith has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and earned a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Duke University.

In addition to serving as chairman of Brim’s Board of Directors, Smith is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Broadlane, Inc., and the President’s Advisory Council of Furman University.

Daniel M. Cain

Daniel M. Cain is a nationally recognized leader in the healthcare finance field. He founded Cain Brothers, a healthcare investment bank, and its affiliate private fund, CB Health Ventures, in 1982 after he realized the unique regulatory and technology challenges confronting voluntary and investor-owned healthcare providers. Prior to that, he had served as manager of the Health Care Group at Salomon Brothers, and had previously been a senior vice president with Blyth Eastman Dillon. He had also spent a number of years in the real estate finance department of Merrill Lynch.

Cain is an independent trustee of Universal Health Realty Income Trust, CDC-Nvest and Loomis, Sayles Funds, and AEW Real Estate Income Funds. Along with serving on Brim’s Board of Directors, he is also on the board of Sheridan Healthcorp.

Douglas D. French

Douglas D. French is one of the most respected and recognized leaders in the healthcare industry. He is known as an innovative, creative leader, a risk taker with a solid track record of success, and as a developer of people and organizations. With more than 25 years experience, he served as president and chief executive officer of Ascension Health based in St. Louis, Missouri. Ascension Health is the largest nonprofit system in the United States with over 70 facilities operating in 36 markets and 20 states with operating revenue of $9.1 billion. He had also served as president/CEO of St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Services, Indianapolis, Indiana, president/CEO of St. Mary’s Medical Center, Evansville, Indiana, and as vice president of Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

In addition to serving on Brim’s Board of Directors, French serves on numerous other boards including Herman Miller, Inc., and Catholic Healthcare West.

David P. Hunter

David P Hunter has 18 years of broad-based management experience encompassing major aspects of the healthcare industry. Most recently, he was co-founder and CEO of The Hunter Group (now a part of Navigant Consulting, Inc.) which provided turnaround and management to not-for-profit provider organizations. Prior to that, Hunter had served with Voluntary Hospitals of America launching an independent subsidiary company that provides a full range of product acquisition, distribution, information, and marketing services to member hospitals. He has also been a hospital CEO for community healthcare institutions, ranging from a 50-bed rural hospital to a 600-bed system.

Along with serving on Brim’s Board of Directors, Hunter serves on the boards of IDX, Greater Lafayette Health System, and ICM Healthcare, Inc.

John W. Paul

John W. Paul is known for his business acumen and creating win/win scenarios among key groups and stakeholders. Throughout his career, he has been growth-focused and has demonstrated an unusual ability to achieve a healthy and aggressive balance between risk taking and rewards. As the executive vice president, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Paul oversaw that hospital system which consisted of 20 facilities with $6 billion in annual revenue (unconsolidated), 1.7 million patients, and 36,000 employees including 2,000 physicians. Paul also played a key role in executing major expansion as well as consolidation strategies. During his tenure at the medical center, Paul created a $1 billion health benefit insurance division with over 400,000 enrollees.

In addition to serving on Brim’s Board of Directors, Paul is on the Board of Healthcare Waste Solutions of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Michael J. Kluger

Michael J. Kluger has a remarkable reputation as an innovator and developer of businesses. He has a keen sense for marketplace opportunities and in helping companies meet and exceed their goals for growth. Kluger is a founding partner of AIG Altaris Capital Partners, LLC, a $750 million private equity firm based in New York City. Prior to helping found Altaris in 2002, he spent 10 years as a founding partner specializing in healthcare investments at Liberty Partners, a private equity investment firm. Kluger has also previously held various positions in Merrill Lynch’s investment banking and private equity investment groups, and he oversaw Merrill Lynch’s private equity investments in healthcare. A member of Brim’s Board of Directors, Kluger is or has been a member on the board of several publicly traded companies including Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Monaco Coach Corporation, Foundation Health Corporation, and NFO Research, Inc., as well as numerous private companies.

Richard Stowe

Rick Stowe has a reputation as an outstanding leader in the private equity and venture capital markets. In particular, he has a proven record of success with new business start-ups. In 2004, he co-founded Health Enterprise Partners, a New York City–based private equity partnership that invests in healthcare, with an emphasis in the healthcare services, information technology, and medical device sectors. Prior to that, Stowe served as Senior Advisor to CB Health Ventures. He has been active in the private equity business since 1970. Early on in his career, he was a principal of New Court Securities Corporation (now Rothschild, Inc.), a major venture capital firm at the time. Stowe had a major role in New Court’s signature success—Federal Express Corporation. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a BSEE degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

In addition to serving on Brim’s Board of Directors, Rick is a Trustee of Bowdoin College, where he is chairman of the Investment Committee. He is also an Adjunct Trustee of the Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a director on the boards of MedQuist, Inc., HMS Holdings Corporation, and Healthcare Management Directions.

Daniel G. Tully

Daniel G. Tully is widely known as a very practical and pragmatic business leader. He has a reputation for creating a positive and achievable vision for companies with which he works, and has a unique recognition and understanding of the value and power of effective leadership.Tully is a founding Principal of AIG Altaris Capital Partners, LLC, which focuses exclusively on investing in healthcare corporations. Prior to forming Altaris, he was responsible for Merrill Lynch’s global healthcare equity capital markets efforts, servicing the equity and equity-linked financing needs of the firm’s healthcare investment banking clients. In addition, he had been a member of Merrill Lynch’s investment banking group and worked on a variety of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions.

Dave Woodland

Dave Woodland draws more than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry. He currently serves as president of Brim Healthcare, Inc., and is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. He oversees Brim’s operations, growth strategy, and financial performance. Prior to being named president, Woodland had served as the company’s senior vice president/CFO since 1991. Before joining Brim, he had served as CFO for The Lakewood Group, a hospital management and consulting firm in Madison, Wisconsin. He has also been CEO of several community hospitals in Michigan and Illinois.