BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2019--
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(Nasdaq:CCRN) has announced that
Kevin Clark, 58, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer,
effective today. Mr. Clark will also serve as a member of the Company’s
Board of Directors. He succeeds William J. Grubbs, who previously
announced his intention to retire.
Mr. Clark has 30+ years of experience building and leading a number of
public and private companies. He co-founded Cross Country in 1986 and
served as its Chairman and CEO until 1994. In 2002, he re-entered the
healthcare staffing industry to co-found Onward Healthcare, a leading
travel nurse, allied health and per diem staffing company. During this
period he also led Medefis, a workforce solutions platform, and Locum
Leaders, a locum tenens staffing company, until all three were acquired
in 2015.
In addition to his significant healthcare staffing and workforce
solutions experience, Mr. Clark has built and led other innovative
staffing, marketing and technology companies, such as Talivity, Pinnacor
(formerly Screaming Media, Inc.) and Poppe Tyson (now a subsidiary of
Digitas). While at Pinnacor, Mr. Clark led its successful IPO in 2000
and it was later sold to Dow Jones & Co. Mr. Clark earned his Bachelor
Degree in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University in
1982.
Thomas C. Dircks, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said, “We are
excited to have Kevin return to Cross Country as our next President and
CEO. He has been a pioneer in the healthcare staffing and workforce
solutions industry, and his significant experience with technology and
marketing will also serve the Company well as we continue to address the
evolution of the market and increase shareholder value. It is a
tremendous opportunity to have someone with such a deep understanding
and familiarity of healthcare staffing and a clear vision towards the
future.”
Mr. Clark said, “I am very excited to return to the company I co-founded
over thirty years ago, and am appreciative of the confidence that the
Board has placed in me. Having been in healthcare staffing for almost
three decades, I have founded and led companies through the evolution of
staffing solutions. I look forward to incorporating additional
technology applications across Cross Country’s service offerings and
delivering value for shareholders.”
Mr. Dircks added, “On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Bill Grubbs
for his leadership and valuable contributions to Cross Country,
including his leadership during the last few months.”
“I want to express my gratitude to the entire team at Cross Country. It
has been an honor to serve as President and CEO during the last 6 years
and I appreciate the support I received from Cross Country employees and
the Board of Directors,” said Mr. Grubbs.
ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE
Cross Country Healthcare is a national leader in providing innovative
healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services. Our solutions
leverage our nearly 40 years of expertise and insight to assist clients
in solving complex labor-related challenges while maintaining high
quality outcomes. We are dedicated to recruiting and placing highly
qualified healthcare professionals in virtually every specialty and area
of expertise. Our diverse client base includes both clinical and
nonclinical settings, servicing acute care hospitals, physician practice
groups, outpatient and ambulatory-care centers, nursing facilities, both
public schools and charter schools, rehabilitation and sports medicine
clinics, government facilities, and homecare. Through our national
staffing teams and network of 70 office locations, we are able to place
clinicians on travel and per diem assignments, local short-term
contracts and permanent positions. We are a market leader in providing
flexible workforce management solutions, which include managed services
programs (MSP), internal resource pool consulting and development,
electronic medical record (EMR) transition staffing, recruitment process
outsourcing, predictive modeling and other outsourcing and consultative
services. In addition, we provide both retained and contingent placement
services for healthcare executives, physicians, and other healthcare
professionals.
Copies of this and other news releases as well as additional information
about Cross Country Healthcare can be obtained online at www.crosscountryhealthcare.com.
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Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
William J. Burns, 561-237-2555
Chief
Operating Officer
wburns@crosscountry.com
