Leadership

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 Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jon B. Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jon joined BrightSpring with a distinguished career as a senior health care executive. He has a demonstrated track record of success at multiple Fortune 500 health care companies and as a private equity and investment banking professional.

Jon previously served as executive vice president of Kindred Healthcare and president of Kindred Rehabilitation Services, the largest diversified rehabilitation services company in the U.S. by
sites of service. Prior to that, he was president of the Care Management Division and Kindred at Home, Kindred’s home health, hospice, home care and home-based primary care businesses.

Before Kindred, Jon held a number of senior leadership positions at other market-leading health care product and technology companies, including vice president of global marketing, strategy and commercial development at Mylan and global senior director of the continuous glucose monitoring franchise with Medtronic.

For the first part of his career, Jon worked at Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC, a leading private equity firm, and at Morgan Stanley in investment banking. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his A.B. degree from Princeton University.

Jon has received numerous awards and certifications and is frequently requested to speak at events. He has been recognized as one of the “20 People to Know in Health Care” and was named “CEO of the Year” at the Business Transformation and Operational Excellence World Summit.

Executive Leadership Team

Jim Mattingly

Chief Financial Officer

Steve Reed

Chief Legal Officer

Rachael Kurzer-Givens, Chief Compliance Officer
Rachael Kurzer Givens

Chief Compliance Officer

Susan Sender

Chief Clinical Officer

Lisa Nalley

Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Phani Konduru, Chief Digital and Technology Officer
Phani Konduru

Chief Digital and Technology Officer

Daryn Demeritt

Senior Vice President,
Government Relations

Dr. William Mills

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

Jennifer Yowler

President,
PharMerica

Bob Barnes

President,
ResCare Community Living

Mike McMaude
Mike McMaude

President,
Home Health and Hospice Services

Meghan Kinnan

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Primary Care