Amedisys

Bill Borne founded Amedisys in 1982, and has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since that time. Mr. Borne's leadership has resulted in Amedisys being listed in Inc. Magazine's 1989 and 1990 lists of the country's fastest growing companies; being listed on Investors Business Daily's Top 100 list as the number one investment recommendation in 2004; ranked by Forbes magazine as fourth out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2004; ranked twelfth out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2005; ranked the fourth best stock of the decade by CNBC on MSN Money in 2005; ranked by Forbes magazine as fifty-fifth out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2006; ranked by BusinessWeek online as twenty-fourth on its list of 100 Hot Growth Companies in 2006; ranked by Fortune magazine as seventh on its list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006; ranked by BusinessWeek online as sixty-fifth on its list of 100 Hot Growth Companies in 2007; ranked by Forbes magazine as thirty-second out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2007; named Outstanding Employer or Facility of the Year (other than hospital) by the Louisiana State Nurses Association Foundation in 2008; and ranked by TheStreet.com as a top five fast-growth stock in 2008. Amedisys has also been featured in a national industry snapshot in Investors Business Daily. In addition, Mr. Borne has received the following awards: Baton Rouge Business Report's 1990's Young Businessperson of the Year and 1990 Entrepreneur of the Year, Forbes magazine 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year, and 2004 Guardian Angel Award from the Caring Institute. In 2008, Mr. Borne was voted as Chairman of the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation. In 2009, Mr. Borne was appointed to the E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean's Advisory Council and inducted into the E.J. Ourso College of Business Hall of Distinction.

Larry Graham is the President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors for Amedisys. Previously, he was Vice President of Operations and has served as Vice President of Finance. Through his focus on enhancements to Amedisys' home health operations, disease management and successful acquisitions, Mr. Graham has been a key driver behind the growth in both revenues and earnings for the Company. From the time Mr. Graham's term as COO began in 1999, the Company has grown from 50 home care agencies to more than 500 home care and hospice agencies in 37 states across the United States, the District of Columbia as well as Puerto Rico, and increased revenue from $25 million to an annualized revenue in excess of $1 billion in 2008. In addition, Mr. Graham played a key role in the development of the Company's charitable organization, the Christen Foundation, which was created as a means for the organization to give back in the communities the Company services.

Mr. LaBorde is President of HR Solutions, LLC, a private company which provides outsourced administration associated with human resources. Mr. LaBorde has served in that position since July 2008. Prior to July 2008, Mr. LaBorde managed personal investments, which included non-public operating companies, and provided management consulting services to various privately-held companies, including HR Solutions, LLC. From 1995 to May 2003, Mr. LaBorde was President and Chief Executive Officer of Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc., a publicly traded retail restaurant business. Mr. LaBorde was appointed our Lead Director in February 2003.

Mr. Netterville was the Managing Partner of Postlethwaite & Netterville, a professional accounting corporation, from 1977 to 1998 and has since been Chairman of its Board of Directors. Mr. Netterville is a certified public accountant, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. ("AICPA") and is a permanent member of the AICPA's Governing Council. Mr. Netterville was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors in February 2003.

Mr. Pitts has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Pitts Management Associates, Inc. ("PMA") since 1981 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PMA since 1999. PMA is a national hospital and health care management and consulting firm. Mr. Pitts has more than forty years experience in hospital operations, health care planning and multi-institutional organizations, and has served in executive capacities in a number of hospitals, multi-hospital systems and medical schools. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Business First Bank of Louisiana, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for General Health Corporation and Chair of the Church Pension Group in New York City and is a member of the North American Advisory Board for Sodexo. He is certified in hospital and health care administration and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Mr. Pitts is Chairman of the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors.

Mr. Ricchiuti has been Assistant Dean and Director of Research of BURKENROAD REPORTS at Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business since 1993, and a Clinical Professor of Finance at Tulane since 1986. Mr. Ricchiuti is Chairman of the Investment Committee of our Board of Directors.

Mr. Washburn, a private investor for more than five years, currently serves as a director on the boards of the following publicly traded companies: (i) LaSalle Hotel Properties, a real estate investment trust; (ii) The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., a manufacturer and lessor of rail cars and barges; and (iii) Key Technology, Inc., which designs and manufactures process automation systems for the food processing and industrial markets. He also serves on several private company boards. Mr. Washburn is Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors.



Dale Redman is the Chief Financial Officer for Amedisys. He brings more than 34 years of senior level financial experience to the position. Most recently, Mr. Redman served as a Managing Director at Windward Capital Consulting, LLC, where he assisted businesses with capital issues and provided management consulting services in support of companies' growth strategies. Prior to this, Mr. Redman served for 10 years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Companies Financial Corporation, which was a publicly traded home mortgage and home equity lender based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In addition, Mr. Redman is an Adjunct Instructor in Finance at Louisiana State University, where he graduated with a master's degree in accounting.

Alice Ann Schwartz serves as Chief Information Officer. Ms. Schwartz's role is to ensure the IT and clinical systems are integrated to meet the operational, business and clinical needs of the organization. Employed with Amedisys since 1997 and having functioned in several critical positions within the organization, she assumed the position of Vice President of Operations in 2001, charged with restructuring the Company's operational systems. She was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations in 2003 and is responsible for the organization's quality infrastructure. Prior to entering the home care sector, Ms. Schwartz was employed in the acute care trauma and cardiovascular surgery intensive care settings at Adams Crowley Shock Trauma Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University and Johns Hopkins University.

Jeffrey Jeter started with Amedisys in 2001 and currently serves as Chief Compliance Officer/Corporate Counsel. Prior to joining Amedisys, Mr. Jeter served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Louisiana Department of Justice where he prosecuted health care fraud and nursing home abuse. He received his Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University and also holds a master's in public administration degree from Louisiana State University. Additionally, he is a graduate of the prosecutor training course at Northwest University of Chicago. He also has served as an instructor at both the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Louisiana Law Enforcement Commission Officer Training Program.