Chad A. Keetch

Chad A. Keetch was appointed as Executive Vice President and Secretary of The Ensign Group, Inc. on June 1, 2014. Previously Mr. Keetch served as the Company’s Vice President of Acquisitions and Business Legal Affairs and Assistant Secretary, where he was responsible for the Company’s acquisitions, real estate matters, securities transactions and investor relations. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Keetch was an attorney at Stoel Rives LLP from September 2008 to March 2010 and Kirkland & Ellis LLP from September 2005 through September 2008, where his practice emphasized mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, capital markets transactions and general governance issues. Mr. Keetch holds a B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young University and a J.D. and M.B.A. from The Ohio State University