R. Dirk Allison

Dirk Allison became President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company in January 2016 and has served as a director of the Company since October 2010. Mr. Allison served in a variety of executive positions with healthcare and healthcare related companies in his nearly 33-year career in healthcare. Most recently, he was President & Chief Executive Officer of Correctional Healthcare Companies, having joined that company after serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer of CCS Medical. Prior to CCS Medical, Mr. Allison served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Odyssey Healthcare, Inc., which was a provider of hospice services and a publicly traded NASDAQ company prior to its August 2010 acquisition by Gentiva Health Services, Inc. Mr. Allison was also Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Omniflight, Inc., a privately held operator of aviation support services to the healthcare industry; Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Ardent Health Services LLC, a privately held operator of acute care and behavioral care hospitals; and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Renal Care Group, Inc., a publicly traded operator of dialysis centers. Mr. Allison earned his MBA at the University of Dallas and his BBA at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (formerly Northeast Louisiana University) and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).