JOSEPH A. BOSHART has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since July 1999, and formerly served in such capacity at our predecessor since 1993. He has served as a director since July 1999. Mr. Boshart holds a B.S. degree in economics from the University of Michigan.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Community Health Systems
W. LARRY CASH has been a director since October 2001. He has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Community Health Systems since September 1997 and a Director of Community Health Systems since May 2001. Prior to joining Community Health Systems, Mr. Cash served as Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation from September 1996 to August 1997. Prior to Columbia/HCA, Mr. Cash spent 23 years at Humana Inc., most recently as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations from 1993 to 1996. He received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1970.
C. TAYLOR COLE, JR. has been a director since February 2004. Mr. Cole has been a Partner at Charterhouse Group, Inc., a private equity firm, since October 2002. Mr. Cole served as Senior Vice President of Charterhouse from June 2001 to October 2002 and served as Vice President from January 2000 to June 2001 and has been employed at Charterhouse since July 1998. He received B.A. in History in 1991 and an M.B.A in 1998 from the University of Virginia. He serves as a director on the boards of two privately held companies.
Managing Director of Charterhouse Group International, Inc.
THOMAS C. DIRCKS has been a director since December 1999, and has been President of Charterhouse Group International, a private equity firm, since June 2001. Mr. Dircks served as Executive Vice President of Charterhouse from July 2000 until June 2001 and has been employed as an executive officer of Charterhouse since 1983. He was previously employed as a Certified Public Accountant at a predecessor of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. He holds a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from Fordham University. Mr. Dircks also is a director of Interliant, Inc., an application service provider, and a number of privately held companies.
Gale Fitzgerald has been a director since May 2007. She is currently a principal of TranSpend, Inc., a consulting company. Before co-founding TranSpend, Inc. in 2003, she served as the President of QP Group, Inc. Prior to joining QP Group, Inc. she served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Computer Task Group, Inc. from 1994 to 2000. She joined Computer Task Group, Inc. in 1991 as Senior Vice President and was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in July 1993. Prior to joining Computer Task Group, Inc., she was Vice President, Professional Services at International Business Machines Corporation, which evolved into IBM Global Services. Ms. Fitzgerald worked at IBM for 18 years in various technical, marketing and management positions. She is currently on the Boards of Health Net, Inc. and Diebold, Inc. She previously served on the Board of Kaleida Health, a health system comprising 5 hospitals and numerous community health centers from 1995 to 2002.
EMIL HENSEL has served as Chief Financial Officer since July 1999 and formerly served in such capacity at our predecessor since 1991. He has served as a director since July 1999. Mr. Hensel holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University, a Masters degree in Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from New York University.
President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Health System
JOSEPH TRUNFIO has been a director since October 2001 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Health System, a not-for-profit hospital group, since March 1999. From July 1997 to February 1999, Mr. Trunfio served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Via Caritas Health System, a not-for-profit hospital group. Prior to his position with Via Caritas Health System, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SSM Healthcare Ministry Corp., a not-for-profit hospital group. Mr. Trunfio holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Miami.
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