Ardent 医疗 ARDT

Mr. Lumsdaine has served as our chief financial officer since September 2021. As chief financial officer, he provides financial oversight across all of our organization's activities and assets, as well as development and execution of Ardent's long-range financial plans. Prior to joining Ardent, Mr. Lumsdaine served as executive vice president of finance of Quorum Health Corporation (Quorum) from February 2018 through March 2018 and then served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Quorum from April 2018 to July 2021, where he oversaw financial operations for the company's acute care hospitals and led a major financial restructuring and other strategic initiatives. From 2016 to 2018, he was president of Population Health for Sharecare, Inc. Mr. Lumsdaine spent almost 15 years at Healthways, Inc. from 2002 to August 2016 in various roles including controller, chief accounting officer and chief financial officer. Mr. Lumsdaine also served as treasurer and controller at Logisco from 2000 to 2002; vice president of corporate finance at Aegis Therapies from 1998 to 2000; corporate controller at Theraphysics in 1997; and assistant vice president of internal audit at Willis North America Inc. from 1996 to 1997. Mr. Lumsdaine began his career at Ernst & Young from 1988 to 1996 where he was in the external audit practice with a focus on healthcare. Mr. Lumsdaine earned both an undergraduate and a master's degree in accounting from the University of Tennessee.

Mr. Caspers, age 55, has served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer since March 31, 2025. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Caspers served as chief stores officer at Leslie's, Inc. (Leslie's), a leading direct-to-consumer pool and spa care brand, from October 2023 to March 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Caspers served as the senior vice president of retail operations at Leslie's from May 2023 to October 2023. Prior to joining Leslie's, Mr. Caspers served as the vice president, omni channel retail healthcare operations for Walmart Inc., a multinational retailer, from August 2022 to May 2023, where he was responsible for the execution and results for Walmart Health, including overseeing large-scale healthcare systems and omnichannel care delivery, including responsibility for in-store clinics and virtual health services. From August 2015 through August 2022, Mr. Caspers held various roles for Banner Health, a large non-profit health system, including vice president healthcare operations, vice president special project BUMD, and vice president patient experience. Prior to that, Mr. Caspers held various positions for Target Corporation, including leading retail healthcare operations. On June 2, 2026, the Board of Directors of Ardent Health, Inc. appointed Dave Caspers, who previously served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board.

Since 2000, Mr. Petrovich has served as General Counsel to Ardent through all of its transactions, transformations and recapitalizations. Prior to Ardent, from 1993 to 2000, he was Chief Litigation Counsel at Charter Behavioral Health Systems and an associate at Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough and the Kelly Law Firm. Prior to that, Mr. Petrovich clerked for the Honorable Harold L. Murphy, federal district judge for the Northern District of Georgia from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Petrovich received a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Georgia where he was Associate Notes Editor of the Georgia Law Review and received his undergraduate degree in political science and American history from DePauw University.

Mr. Sotir has served as member of our Board since December 2017 and currently serves as Chair of the Board. Mr. Sotir has been president of Equity Group Investments (EGI), a private investment firm founded in 1968 by Sam Zell, since October 2015. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the business and applies his more than 20 years of board and chief executive officer experience by actively engaging with the investment team and portfolio companies to improve business strategies and operating capabilities. In addition, Mr. Sotir is chair of the EGI investment committee and is a member of the board of directors and executive vice president for Chai Trust Company, LLC, which serves as the corporate trustee for the Zell family trusts. Mr. Sotir has served as chair of the board of East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics services to the food and beverage industry, since January 2022; Paper Transport, a for-hire trucking company focused on dedicated truckload, intermodal, and brokerage services, since July 2021; and an agricultural equipment dealer since January 2021. Additionally, Mr. Sotir has served on the board of directors of CraneWorks, a dealer of new and used truck-mounted and related mobile crane equipment, since October 2023 and in December 2025, he joined the board of directors for CIT Trucks, a leading truck dealership with full-service locations across the Midwest. Mr. Sotir joined EGI in 2006 as a managing director and has held temporary in-house assignments at EGI portfolio companies to accelerate and increase the effectiveness of turnarounds. Prior to joining EGI, Mr. Sotir was the chief executive officer of Sunburst Technology Corporation and on the company's board of directors. He also served as the president of Budget Group, Inc. (Budget Rent A Car and Ryder Truck Rental) and was on the company's board. . Earlier in his career, Mr. Sotir worked at The Coca-Cola Company in senior brand management and sales roles. Mr. Sotir earned an undergraduate degree in economics from Amherst College and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.

Dr. Robinson has served as a member of our Board since January 2022. Dr. Robinson is the Chairman of the Patient Safety and Quality of Care Committee and serves as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee. Dr. Robinson has served as a director of TruLite Health, a developer of the only health equity solution to remediate clinical bias, since February 2025 and Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV), a leading provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise in the United States, since October 2024. He currently serves as a member of the Compensation, Chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees for Carriage Services, Inc. Dr. Robinson has been the Founder and CEO of Downeast Digital, a company that leverages digital innovation to address critical challenges of medicine, since February 2024 and has served on the Technical Expert Panel, Impact Assessment of CMS Quality and Efficiency Measures for CMS since 2019. Dr. Robinson has also served on the AT&T Healthcare Advisory Council since January 2019 and Digital Medicine Society Founding Members Council since April 2019. Dr. Robinson has been a practicing academic hospitalist at the Moffitt Cancer Center since December 2019 and a professor of Internal Medicine and Oncologic Science at University of South Florida's Morsani College of Medicine since December 2019. Previously, Dr. Robinson held the following positions: Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Moffitt Cancer Center from December 2019 to January 2024; various roles at ChristianaCare from July 2008 to December 2019; clinical assistant professor of medicine and associate professor of medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College from June 2009 to June 2017 and June 2017 to November 2019, respectively; clinical scholar at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from July 2006 to June 2008; physician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Group from May 2006 to June 2008; and resident physician at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center from July 2003 to June 2006. Dr. Robinson also served on the board of Aster Insights from January 2020 to December 2023. Dr. Robinson is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a senior fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow. Dr. Robinson earned a medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, a master's degree in business administration from the Wharton School and a master's degree in health policy research from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Havdala has served as a member of our Board since January 2019. Ms. Havdala serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Patient Safety and Quality of Care Committee. In Ms. Havdala's current role as a managing director of EGI, she represents EGI in finding and evaluating potential investments and works with existing portfolio companies. Since joining EGI in September 1990, Ms. Havdala has worked in a variety of capacities for Sam Zell's affiliates. She has served on the board for CraneWorks, Inc., a dealer of new and used truck-mounted and related mobile crane equipment, since April 2024. In addition, she is responsible for establishing and overseeing the Zell Global Entrepreneurship Network, an organization that provides continuing education and mentorship for student and alumni of three entrepreneurship programs sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation. As part of her involvement, she also serves on the board of the Zell Lurie Institute at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Previously, she served on the boards of Lanter Delivery Systems, an asset-light overnight dedicated delivery service provider; Equity Distribution Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company targeting opportunities to apply technological advancement within the industrial sector; SIRVA, Inc., a provider of moving and relocation services; Rewards Network, a dining rewards company; WRS Holding Company, which specializes in environmental construction and remediation; East Mediterranean Gas Company SAE, an Egyptian natural gas transmission business; National Patent Development Corporation, a holding company focused on pharmaceutical and home improvement products; and Home Products International, a global consumer products company. She also held the roles of executive vice president at Equity International and vice president of Scott Sports Group, Inc. Ms. Havdala began her career as a financial analyst with The First Boston Corporation in New York City in 1988. Ms. Havdala graduated magna cum laude with an undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard College and earned her Master of Divinity degree from the University of Chicago in 2016.

Mr. Bynoe has served as a member of our Board since August 2015. Mr. Bynoe chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Bynoe is a senior advisor at DLA Piper LLP (US) and has represented the international law firm as a partner, executive committee member and practice group leader since 1995. Mr. Bynoe served as managing director at EGI from September 2014 to December 2019, where he sourced and evaluated new investment opportunities, oversaw portfolio companies and led EGI's strategic diversification into the health care sector. Previously, Mr. Bynoe served as chief executive officer of Rewards Network, an EGI portfolio company that provided financing and marketing services to U.S. based restaurants, from September 2013 to August 2014 and as chief operating officer of Loop Capital Markets, a full-service international investment bank/broker dealer, from January 2008 to August 2013. Mr. Bynoe has served on the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. since September 2023 and as chairman of the board of Flagship Communities REIT since August 2020. Previously, he served as chairman of Veridiam, Inc. from January 2016 to December 2018 and on the boards of Covanta Holding Company from October 2006 to November 2021; Frontier Communications from September 2007 to April 2020; Real Industry from June 2015 to May 2018; JACOR Communications from 1995 to 1999; JG Industries and Huffman-Koos Furnishings from 1992 to 1996; Uniroyal Technology Corporation from 1991 to 1995; and River Valley Savings Bank from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Bynoe's civil commitment portfolio includes chairing the Illinois Sports Facility Authority from January 2005 to December 2005; Chicago Commission on Landmarks from February 1984 to September 1997; and Chicago Plan Commission from October 1997 to December 2004. His non-profit commitments have included: trustee of RUSH University System for Health since January 1994; life trustee of The Goodman Theatre since January 1984; and trustee of the CORE Center for the Research, Prevention and Care of Infectious Diseases from September 2001 to December 2022. He was elected a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers from October 1992 to June 2001. Mr. Bynoe was the owner and managing general partner of the NBA's Denver Nuggets from 1989 to 1992. Mr. Bynoe received his bachelor's degree, cum laude, from Harvard College. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School and a master's degree in business administration from the Harvard School of Graduate Management Education. He is a member of the Illinois Bar and a registered real estate broker in the state of Illinois.

Mr. Sen has served as a member of our Board since November 2020. Mr. Sen serves as a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Sen has been a managing director at EGI since January 2022. As managing director, he sources and evaluates new investment opportunities, negotiates and structures transactions, and works to maximize the value of existing investments. In addition to our Board, Mr. Sen has served on the boards of Baja Aqua-Farms, a Bluefin tuna ranching operation, since November 2023; CraneWorks, a dealer of new and used truck-mounted and related mobile crane equipment, since October 2023; Ventana Exploration and Production II, LLC, an oil and gas acquisition and development company, since February 2019; and EGI's agricultural equipment dealer since January 2021. Mr. Sen also supports EGI's investment in a government contractor business providing information technology hardware and solutions to the federal intelligence agencies since February 2023. He previously served on the boards of RailUSA, LLC, a short-line and regional railroad platform owner and operator, from October 2018 to April 2022; Cross Border Xpress, a binational airport terminal that connects San Diego directly to the Tijuana airport, from February 2019 to May 2020; Entertainment Earth, a pioneer and established leader in the collectibles and toy industry, from July 2022 to June 2024; and Veridiam, Inc., a specialty alloy manufacturer serving the nuclear power, medical, aerospace, and industrial markets, from June 2015 to May 2019. Prior to joining EGI in 2015, Mr. Sen worked as a private equity associate at Big Tree Capital Partners, LLC, a search fund focused on the lower-middle market, from September 2014 to March 2015 and a senior consultant in the strategy and analytics practice at IBM from May 2013 to March 2015. Mr. Sen also provided strategic consulting to technology startups based out of Google's Communitech Hub from November 2012 to April 2013. Previously, he worked at Home Trust Company from May 2012 to August 2012, where he helped with the strategy for the launch of a new direct-to-consumer retail banking deposits business known as Oaken Financial, and at OneClass, a venture-backed startup, from September 2011 to April 2012. Mr. Sen earned an undergraduate degree in business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Ms. Campion has served as a member of our Board since December 2021.Ms. Campion serves as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In 2018, Ms. Campion helped structure and build Doran Leadership Partners, a boutique executive search firm focused on middle market and founder-owned companies and large philanthropic organizations. She served as the managing director and chief operating officer until April 2022 subsequently becoming an advisor to the firm until January 2024. Ms. Campion co-founded NextLevelNPO in 2013, which provides operational, financial and strategic advisory services to non-profit clients. In 2019, she became an advisor to the firm and resigned in early 2024. Previously, Ms. Campion spent her career in finance and over the course of 25 years, she focused on operations, client advisory, investments, financial analysis, strategy, and human resources for a variety of investment firms from August 1988 to September 2012 including Citigroup, Front Barnett Associates, J.P. Morgan & Co., and Bankers Trust Company. Since April 2019, Ms. Campion has served on the board of Chai Trust Company, LLC, the corporate trustee for the Zell family trusts, and serves as the chair of its Governance Committee and its Distribution and Beneficiary Relations Committee. Before moving from Chicago in 2023, Ms. Campion was a board member of the KIPP Chicago Public Charter School Board from January 2014 and served on the Founder's Board of Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago from January 2005. Upon moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ms. Campion joined the board of one of the largest public dog parks in the country, the Frank S. Ortiz Dog Park. Ms. Campion earned an undergraduate degree in economics from St. Olaf College and a master's degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Mr. DeMichiei has served as a member of our Board since April 2, 2025.Mr. DeMichiei serves as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. DeMichiei served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), a large nonprofit health system and leading healthcare provider and insurer, from 2004 to 2020. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in driving UPMC's financial growth and led numerous strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions, supply chain management, and revenue cycle improvements. Prior to joining UPMC, Mr. DeMichiei held various leadership roles with the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), an equipment, solutions, and services provider, from 1997 to 2004, and with PricewaterhouseCoopers, a network of professional services firms, from 1987 to 1997. Mr. DeMichiei has served as a board member of Waystar Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: WAY), a provider of leading healthcare payments software, since January 2020, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE: AP), a manufacturer of forged and cast engineered products and air and liquid processing products, since May 2022, and Auto Club Enterprises/AAA, a national insurer and member services organization and a part of the AAA federation of motor clubs, since October 2021. Mr. DeMichiei also currently serves as a strategic advisor for Health Catalyst, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCAT), a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, and Omega Healthcare Management Services, a leading provider of revenue cycle management and clinical services to healthcare organizations. He was a founder and former board member of Prodigo Solutions, Inc., a supply chain and data enablement technology company. He is the former chairman and a current board member of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the finance committee chair of the Seton Hill University Board of Trustees, audit committee chair of Eradicate Hate Global Summit, and the treasurer and finance committee chair of the Advanced Leadership Institute, which are all charitable organizations. Mr. DeMichiei graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Bulgarelli has served as a member of our Board since September 2018. Mr. Bulgarelli serves as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Patient Safety and Quality of Care Committee. Since April 2018, Mr. Bulgarelli has been the executive vice president of outpatient medical and research of Ventas. He also has served as president and chief executive officer of Lillibridge Healthcare Services, Inc., a fully integrated medical office building operating company, and wholly owned subsidiary of Ventas, since April 2018. Mr. Bulgarelli has announced his retirement from Ventas to be effective May 1, 2026. Mr. Bulgarelli joined Ventas in 2018 following a successful 28-year career at Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., a global professional services firm specializing in real estate, and most recently leading their industry focused businesses including healthcare, life sciences, higher education and the public sector businesses. Since August 2018. Mr. Bulgarelli has served on the board of directors of PMB Real Estate Services. He has been a member of the executive board and finance committee of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, a top-ranked children's hospital and non-profit pediatric medical research center, since August 2022. Mr. Bulgarelli has also served as the past chairman of the Illinois Board for the American Diabetes Association. Mr. Bulgarelli earned an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Byers has served as our senior vice president and chief accounting officer since October 2022. He is responsible for Ardent's financial reporting, real estate, tax, revenue accounting and shared services functions. He previously led Ardent's internal audit function from June 2011 to October 2019 and served as controller from November 2019 to October 2022. Prior to joining Ardent, Mr. Byers held various assurance roles with Deloitte from June 2007 to June 2011 and PwC from August 2004 to June 2007. Mr. Byers earned an undergraduate degree in accounting from David Lipscomb University and a master's degree in accountancy from the University of Tennessee. Mr. Byers is a certified public accountant.