At BrightSpring®, the Way We Lead is founded upon the principles of our Legacy Culture. Leadership is something that we all have opportunity to practice every day, as we help those we support live their best lives.
Jon B. Rousseau has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BrightSpring Health Services since 2016, and Chairman of the Board since 2024. Under his leadership, BrightSpring has become one of the nation’s largest providers of home- and community-based care and pharmacy service with leading quality results across businesses, acknowledged with many individual and company industry awards. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rousseau was Executive Vice President at Kindred Healthcare, Inc., holding several leadership positions including President of Kindred Rehabilitation Services, the largest rehab business in the U.S. by sites of service, and President of the Care Management and Kindred at Home Divisions
Before Kindred, Mr. Rousseau was Vice President of Global Marketing, Strategy and Commercial Development at Mylan, Inc. and Global Senior Director of the Continuous Glucose Monitoring franchise at Medtronic PLC.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Rousseau was with Private Equity firm Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC. and began his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Investment Banking groups at Morgan Stanley.
He received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his A.B. degree from Princeton University.
Jeffrey A. Hopper, Esq., Partner, Barnes & Thornburg
Contract Counsel to BrightSpring Health Services (External by Contract)
