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Keith G. Myers
President / Chief Executive Officer
Keith G. Myers is our co-founder and serves as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (or similar positions in our predecessors). Prior to joining us, Mr. Myers founded, co-owned and operated Louisiana Premium Seafoods, Inc., an international food processing, procurement and distribution company. In 1999, Mr. Myers was named Business Executive of the Year by the Louisiana Rural Health Association. Mr. Myers received credentials from the National Association for Home Care and Hospice in 1999 and was granted credentials by the Healthcare Financial Management Association in 2005. Mr. Myers has been an active participant in the Home Health Top 100 since 2002 and has participated in the preparation of numerous white papers and presentations to members of both the United States Senate and House of Representatives, specifically related to health care reimbursement methodologies. In June 2003, Mr. Myers received the Regional Entrepreneur of the Year for outstanding performance in the field of Healthcare Services and was officially inducted as a lifetime member of The National Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame in November 2003.
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Donald D. Stelly
Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer
Donald D. Stelly serves as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Mr. Stelly served as our Senior Vice President of Operations. Mr. Stelly joined the Company in April 2005 after serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Doctor’s Hospital, a subsidiary of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. which is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. Prior to attaining that position, Mr. Stelly served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer of Doctor’s Hospital which was nationally recognized for attaining superior operating results through Service Excellence. Additionally, Mr. Stelly has enjoyed a career of providing direct patient care as a Registered Nurse in a variety of settings within the healthcare continuum. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in nursing from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1991.
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Peter J. Roman
Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
Peter J. Roman serves as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Roman joined the Company in April 2005 and has served as the Vice President/Controller and was named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Roman served as the Chief Financial Officer for VLP Corporate Services. From 1997 to 2004, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Unifab International, Inc., a publicly-traded oilfield fabrication services company located in Southwest Louisiana. Mr. Roman also served as a Certified Public Accountant for 13 years with Ernst & Young in their New Orleans location. He is a member of the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants and received a Bachelor’s Degree in accounting from Louisiana State University.
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Daryl J. Doise
Executive Vice President / Chief Corporate Development Officer
Daryl J. Doise serves as our Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer.. He previously served as our Chief Operating Officer of Facility-Based Services, beginning in May 2002. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Doise was employed for the previous four years by Quorum Health Services where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Opelousas General Hospital, a 200-bed hospital with over 800 employees. Mr. Doise has also served as an officer and member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Hospital Association. Mr. Doise received a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University, with a major in accounting, and earned a Masters of Business Administration from Tulane University.
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Peter C. November
Executive Vice President / General Counsel and Director of Acquisitions
Peter C. November serves as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Director of Acquisitions and Corporate Secretary. Mr. November joined the Company in August 2008 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining us, Mr. November was a partner with the law firm Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, where his practice focused on representing publicly traded high growth healthcare companies. Mr. November has been a member of several professional organizations, including the American Bar Association’s Public Company Acquisition Task Force and the Corporate Governance Task Force for the American Health Lawyers Association, as well as various civic and community organizations. He is admitted to the Georgia Bar. Mr. November received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1996.
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Richard A. MacMillan
Senior Vice President / Senior Counsel, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
Richard A. MacMillan joined the company in April 2007. He is a Past-President of the Louisiana Rural Health Association and is a member of the National Rural Health Association. In addition, he is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Law Sections of the Louisiana State Bar Association and The Mississippi Bar, and the Health Care Compliance Association. Mr. MacMillan served as General Counsel to the HomeCare Association of Louisiana from 1994 to 2007. He is admitted to the Louisiana Bar and the Mississippi Bar. He is also licensed as a Registered Nurse in Mississippi and Louisiana. Mr. MacMillan received his Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University, and a B.S. in Nursing degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.
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Marcus D. Macip
Senior Vice President / Chief Administrative Officer
Marcus Macip joined the company in April 2005. He previously served as our Director of Human Resources and Home Office Administration, as well as Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer. As Senior Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Macip is responsible for Home Office Administration, Human Resources, Payroll, Risk Management, Corporate Education/Leadership Development, Patient Call Back and Constituency Satisfaction. Prior to joining us, Mr. Macip served as the Director of Human Resources/Risk Management at Doctors Hospital in Opelousas, Louisiana, where he was also responsible for overseeing operations of the Radiology, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Cardiopulmonary, Laboratory, Food and Nutrition Services and Environmental Services departments. Mr. Macip received a BS in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX and earned a Masters Degree in Health Services Administration from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL.
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Rajesh Shetye
Senior Vice President / Chief Information Officer
Rajesh "Raj” Shetye joined LHC Group in January 2010 as Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining the company, he served as Senior Manager with Simione Consultants. Mr. Shetye is an accomplished information technology and business professional with more than 20 years of executive and hands-on experience in the development, acquisition and implementation of IT solutions that solve business problems. Mr. Shetye has established a strong record of success in creating robust IT architecture and infrastructure. His responsibilities include spearheading new IT/IS initiatives for the company and developing innovative solutions that improve business process performance and reduce costs. Mr. Shetye earned an Executive MBA from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in 2000, as well as an MS in Computer Engineering from George Mason University in 1988.
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Angie M. Begnaud
Senior Vice President / Home Care Operations
Angie Begnaud joined the company in January 1998 and has served in various management positions over the years. Prior to being named Senior Vice President of Home Care Operations in January of 2010, Mrs. Begnaud was a Division Vice President of Home Based Operations, overseeing the clinical and financial operations of 76 locations. Mrs. Begnaud has 20 years of home care experience and has also worked in the hospital setting providing direct patient care from 1984 to 1990. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1984.
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Stuart L. Archer
Senior Vice President / Market Development
Stuart Archer brings more than 15 years of diverse experience in the post-acute-care arena to the company. Prior to his current role over Market Development, Mr. Archer served as Senior Vice President of Hospice and Facility Based Services where he was responsible for oversight of all facility based and hospice operations for LHC Group, which included long-term acute-care hospitals, critical access hospitals, institutional pharmacies and outpatient therapy clinics. Mr. Archer also currently serves as a board member on the Acute Long Term Hospital Association and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He previously held several senior-level positions with LTAC, rehabilitation, pharmaceutical, home health and hospice companies. Mr. Archer received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern State University and earned an MBA from Louisiana State University. He is also a graduate of the Disney Institute for Quality for healthcare professionals.
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Joshua L. Proffitt
Senior Vice President / Chief Compliance Officer
Joshua Proffitt joined the company in September 2008 and has served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Director of Mergers and Acquisitions before being named Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer in April 2009. Mr. Proffitt’s responsibilities have included assisting with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, business development and other legal and business issues on behalf of the company. Prior to joining us he was a member of the Corporate Healthcare Practice Group with the law firm Alston & Bird, LLP in Atlanta, GA for six years, where he was focused on corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, healthcare law, securities law, and general corporate matters for both public and private entities with an emphasis on the healthcare industry. Mr. Proffitt is a member of the Health Care Compliance Association and is admitted to practice law in the State of Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, summa cum laude, from the University of Kentucky in 1999 and graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2002.
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Albert Simien, Jr.
Senior Vice President / Treasurer
Albert Simien, Jr. joined the company in 1999 and has previously served as Cash Manager, Director of Purchasing/Accounts Payable and Vice President of Procurement and Treasury Management. As Senior Vice President/Treasurer he is responsible for directing all treasury management activities, serving as an active member of the senior management team and developing and implementing short- and long-term strategic planning related to purchasing, accounts payable, and treasury management. Mr. Simien is a member of the Louisiana Notary Association and is certified in accounts payable with over 14 years of experience. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Louisiana–Lafayette.
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Joyce Korzen
Senior Vice President / Joint Venture Operations
Joyce Korzen, RN, MS, FACHE, joined the company in February 2010 after most recently serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cape Fear Valley Health System, which is a 764-bed multi-hospital health system in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Prior to attaining that position, Mrs. Korzen served as President of Buffalo General Hospital and Vice President of Kaleida Health in Buffalo, New York. In addition, Mrs. Korzen has enjoyed a career that began with providing direct patient care as a Registered Nurse and included a number of other executive, administrative and instructional positions within the healthcare continuum. She has made a number of national presentations on topics including healthcare improvement, nursing and sleep medicine, and is certified by the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (NEA-BC). Mrs. Korzen received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the State University of New York at Buffalo and earned a Masters Degree of Science in Nursing/Healthcare Administration from the same university.
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