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Jeff Shaner, President and Chief Executive Officer and Class III Director, joined Aveanna in 2017 upon its formation and served as the Company's Chief Operations Officer until his appointment as CEO on January 1, 2023. Prior to Aveanna, Mr. Shaner was Chief Operating Officer of PSA since October 2015. Mr. Shaner began his healthcare business career in 2000, leading the operations at Total Care Inc. Mr. Shaner joined Healthfield following its acquisition of Total Care Inc. and was later appointed to lead its home health division. Mr. Shaner served as President of Operations of Gentiva from August 2010 until February 2015 and as Operating Partner for Linden Capital/Blue Wolf Capital, a private equity firm, from February 2015 to October 2015. Mr. Shaner received his Bachelor of Arts degree in business finance and economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Ed Reisz, Chief Administrative Officer, joined Aveanna in 2017 upon its formation. Prior to joining Aveanna, Mr. Reisz served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for PSA from 2015 to 2017. Before joining PSA, Mr. Reisz served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Gentiva. Mr. Reisz began his career in the financial industry and is the founder of Bridgewater Consulting, a regional consulting firm focusing on the home care industry.

Matthew Buckhalter, Chief Financial Officer, joined Aveanna in 2017 upon its formation. Prior to being appointed as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2024, Mr. Buckhalter had, since July 2023, served as Interim Chief Financial Officer, and previously served as Aveanna's Senior Vice President of Finance and led the Company's Investor Relations Group. Moreover, Mr. Buckhalter previously served as Aveanna's Vice President for Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to Aveanna, Mr. Buckhalter was Vice President of Finance for RT Capital and served as a Senior Financial Analyst for Gentiva Health Services from 2012 to 2015. Mr. Buckhalter received his Bachelor of Arts degree in finance from Florida State University.

Rodney D. Windley, Chairman and Class II Director, joined Aveanna in 2017 upon its formation. Prior to joining Aveanna, Mr. Windley served as Executive Chairman of PSA Healthcare from October 2015 to 2017. Previously, Mr. Windley served as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. from February 2013 to December 2014 and as a director from February 2006 in connection with the acquisition of Healthfield. Mr. Windley, Healthfield's founder, had served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1986 until its acquisition in 2006. Mr. Windley is the Chairman of Prom Queen, LLC, a private real estate holding and restaurant development company, Chairman of RDW Ventures, LLC, a private equity firm, and Chairman of Gulf Coast Yacht Group, LLC, a private yacht and sport fishing dealership. Mr. Windley received his Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting and finance from the University of West Florida.

Victor F. Ganzi, Class I Director, has served on our Board of Directors since 2017 upon our formation. Prior to that, Mr. Ganzi served as the Lead Director for Gentiva Health Services from 2009 to 2015, as a Director of PSA from 2016 to 2017 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hearst Corporation from 2002 to 2008. Prior to joining The Hearst Corporation, Mr. Ganzi was the Managing Partner at Rogers & Wells, now a part of Clifford Chance, an international law firm. Before joining Rogers & Wells, Mr. Ganzi was a certified public accountant, specializing in taxation, at a Big Four accounting firm. Mr. Ganzi has served on the board, and as Chairman, of Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, as well as a director for companies such as Wyeth, ESPN, Hearst-Argyle Television, Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Angion Biomedica and Foster + Partners. Mr. Ganzi currently serves on the board of the Whitney Museum of American Art and is currently Chairman Emeritus of the board of PGA TOUR, Inc., having served as a director on its board for 35 years. Mr. Ganzi graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, received a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and holds an LL.M. in taxation from New York University.

Brent Layton, Class III Director, has served on our Board of Directors since November 2024. Mr. Layton previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Sharecare from January 2024 to January 2025 and currently serves as a member of their board of directors. Mr. Layton has also served as a board member of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources since February 2024. Additionally, Mr. Layton serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Sales Officer for Healthy Together, a healthcare IT company. Prior to that, Mr. Layton served in various roles with Centene Corporation from 2006 through December 2023, most recently serving as its President and Chief Operating Officer from September 2021 to December 2023, prior to which he had also served as Chief Business Development Officer and Executive Vice President of Markets, Products, and International Growth. Mr. Layton received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.

Jerry Perchik, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and General Counsel, joined Aveanna in April 2024. Prior to joining Aveanna, Mr. Perchik held various executive corporate legal positions for both public and private companies in the healthcare industry for over fifteen years. He most recently served as chief legal officer for MedQuest Associates from August 2023 to May 2024, prior to which he served as chief legal officer of CRH Healthcare, LLC from March 2021 to August 2023 and general counsel and corporate secretary of Benevis Dental Practice Management Services from March 2015 to March 2021. His experience also includes serving as senior vice president and general counsel of Almost Family and as senior vice president and deputy general counsel of Gentiva Health Services prior to its acquisition by Kindred Healthcare. Mr. Perchik received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky and his Juris Doctor from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.

Deborah Stewart, Chief Accounting Officer, joined Aveanna in September 2021 as Aveanna's Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Aveanna, Ms. Stewart was an assurance professional with Ernst & Young LLP from 2007 to 2021, most recently as a senior manager. Ms. Stewart received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and Masters of Accounting from North Carolina State University.

Patrick Cunningham, Chief Compliance Officer, joined Aveanna in 2017 upon its formation. Prior to joining Aveanna, Mr. Cunningham served as Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of PSA from 2013 to 2017 and as Vice President of the hospice division of Gentiva from 2004 to 2013. Before that, Mr. Cunningham led a behavioral health homecare program in Connecticut that provided therapeutic and preventive healthcare services. Mr. Cunningham is a registered psychiatric nurse and a state registered nurse. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in health administration from the Institute of Public Administration in Dublin, Ireland and his Master of Science in nursing from Yale University.

Sam Weil, Class II Director, has served on our Board of Directors since 2025. Mr. Weil is a principal at Bain Capital Private Equity, where he has been a member of the healthcare investing team since 2015. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Weil was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he focused primarily on strategy and operations for clients across the healthcare industry. Mr. Weil is a board observer at Kailera Therapeutics, PCI Pharma Services, and LeanTaaS.

Devin O'Reilly, Class I Director, has served on our Board of Directors since 2017. Mr. O'Reilly has been a partner of Bain Capital Private Equity since 2013 and is the Global Head of Healthcare based in Boston. Mr. O'Reilly previously spent five years in Bain Capital's London office, where he led the European private equity healthcare team. Prior to joining Bain Capital in 2005, Mr. O'Reilly was a consultant at Bain & Company where he consulted for private equity and healthcare industry clients. Mr. O'Reilly serves on the board of directors of several Bain Capital portfolio companies, including Surgery Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGRY), athenahealth, HealthEdge, LeanTaaS, PartsSource, PCI, and Zelis. Mr. O'Reilly received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and his Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School.