J.R. Greene is chief executive officer of Psychiatric Medical Care, the nation’s largest behavioral healthcare management company with over 400 hospital and health system partners in more than 35 states.
Prior to his career in behavioral healthcare, Greene held leadership roles in marketing and sales at the Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, and Revlon. Greene is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a board member of the Nashville Healthcare Council, and a member of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Board of Visitors.
Greene drew national attention as the “Big Orange Tux Guy” when he led UT’s football team onto the field for the 1999 national championship game. Learn more about this funny story at volstux.com.
Bob Zagerman, CPA, joined PMC as Chief Financial Officer in June 2020 bringing nearly 30 years of behavioral health finance experience to the company.
Prior to joining PMC, Bob was the Operations CFO at Acadia Healthcare in Franklin, Tennessee. Prior to Acadia, he was the CFO at a series of behavioral health hospitals in Pennsylvania, including First Hospital Wyoming Valley in Wilkes-Barre, Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital in Fort Washington, and Foundations Behavioral Health in Doylestown. He also worked for the nationally recognized eating disorder program The Renfrew Center, and a Community Mental Health / Intellectual Disabilities agency, both in Philadelphia. Bob started his career working for the international accounting firm Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young).
Bob holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, with concentrations in Accounting and Decision Sciences.
Nancy-Ann DeParle is a partner and co-founder of Consonance Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in innovative health care companies in the lower middle-market. She is also a director of CVS Caremark, HCA Health, and Enclara Healthcare and served on the board of KEPRO. From 2011-January 2013, she was Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama White House. A health policy expert, DeParle previously served as Counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Health Reform. She spearheaded President Obama’s successful effort to enact the Affordable Care Act and managed the initial implementation of the law.
From 2006-2009, DeParle was a Managing Director of CCMP Capital Advisors, a private equity firm, and a senior advisor to its predecessor, JPMorgan Partners, LLC. She was also a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a trustee or director of several corporate and non-profit boards. From 1997-2000, DeParle was Administrator of the agency now known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). She directed Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance (SCHIP), which provide health insurance for more than 105 million Americans at an annual cost of $870 billion. Earlier in her career, she served as Associate Director for Health and Personnel at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
A native of Rockwood, Tennessee, DeParle received a B.A. with highest honors from the University of Tennessee, where she was Student Body President, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She also received a B.A. and M.A. in Politics and Economics from Balliol College of Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Doug Wilson is the founder and president of Integrated Telehealth Partners (ITP), PMC’s telehealth division. Doug has been involved in the telepsychiatry industry since 2010. Having worked with psychiatric providers since 2003, Doug has experience and success in recruiting psychiatrists which is one of the key management services that PMC provides its partner facilities. In 2019, PMC gained Integrated Telehealth Partners as its third division allowing the company to provide timely access to behavioral healthcare for patients of all ages via telepsychiatry.
Prior to founding ITP, Doug held leadership positions within Pfizer Inc. and University Directories. He earned his BBA in Marketing and Management from Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, and his MBA and M.S. of Strategic Management from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
Doug is a behavioral health advocate and regularly presents at government agencies and mental health organizations.
Mitchell Blutt, MD is the CEO of Consonance Capital, a health care focused investment firm. He is the former Executive Partner of J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP). He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dr. Blutt completed his BA and MD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania through the Clinical Scholars Fellowship sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Blutt has served on numerous boards of directors, including Cardinal Health, Cooper Holding, DJ Orthopedics, Fisher Scientific, General Medical, Hanger Orthopedic Group, Medical Arts Press, Tenax, Thermoscan and KEPRO. He also formerly served on the Board of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the Board of Trustees of Penn Medicine (the Health System of the University of Pennsylvania), the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Board of The Brearley School. He currently serves on the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences and is the Chairman of the External Advisory Board of CHIBE (Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics) at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Blutt is a recipient of the Alumni Award of Merit, the University of Pennsylvania’s highest honor. He serves on the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medicine and is on the Executive Committee of the Dean’s Council, an advisory board to the Dean. Dr. Blutt is also a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council, an advisory board to the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. Dr. Blutt also serves on the Board of Bako, a premier national provider of specialty laboratory testing and other high quality pathology services, and PMC (Psychiatric Medical Care), the leading operator of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health programs in rural communities.
Dr. Blutt founded Consonance Capital in 2005.
Stephen McKenna is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Consonance Capital Partners. Prior to founding CCP, he was a Managing Director at JPMP, where he focused on making growth equity and buyout investments. Stephen served on numerous boards, including KEPRO, Generac Power Systems, Jetro Holdings, National Waterworks, and PQ Corp. Prior to joining JPMP in early 2000, Stephen worked in the Investment Banking Group of Morgan Stanley and the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of JPMorgan. Stephen holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Jay Ricke joined Integrated Telehealth Partners (ITP) as Director of Business Development in January 2017 bringing 25 years of healthcare and medical sales experience to the organization.
Prior to joining ITP, Jay worked as the Diligent Director for Arjo, a Division of Getinge Group. Getinge is a worldwide leader in patient handling, patient hygiene equipment, and injury prevention programs. Jay had previously worked for Arjo as an Account Executive for 17 years and then transitioned to a Corporate Account Director for 3 years. Jay began his health care career with Iowa Medical Supply as a Regional Sales Representative. He has also worked as a Regional Manager for Crystal, Inc. an Iowa based nursing home organization.
Jay holds a B.A. in Commercial Economics/Business Administration and a minor in Chemistry from South Dakota State University.
Dr. Megan Embrescia joined ITP as their medical director in 2017, bringing several years of experience in the field of crisis telepsychiatry.
Dr. Embrescia completed both her psychiatry residency and child and adolescent fellowship at LAC-USC medical center, home to one of the busiest psychiatric emergency rooms in the country. It was there in the psychiatric ER that she developed a passion for treating patients in the most acute phase of their illness. She later made a cross-country move to Charleston, SC, where she discovered that she could see and treat the patient population that she loved via telehealth.
Dr. Embrescia has held medical licenses in over 15 states and has provided care via telemedicine in emergency rooms as well as inpatient, outpatient, mobile crisis, and medical floor settings over the last 10+ years of her career. She has a firm belief in treating individuals in the least restrictive environment possible and offering compassionate quality care to all psychiatric patients.
Dr. Embrescia earned her B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College, and later attended the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California where she graduated in 2005 with her M.D. Dr. Embrescia is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.
After several interstate moves, Dr. Embrescia has now settled in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. She enjoys spending time with her family, including her 5 young children.
Brent Turner is the Chief Executive Officer of Summit Behavioral Healthcare. Formerly, he was President of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHC), having served as President since joining Acadia in 2011. Prior to joining Acadia, he served as the Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
Turner serves on the Board of Directors of LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:LHCG) and Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY) and previously served as Chairman of the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH). Turner graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He received his MBA from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management in Nashville, TN, in 1989.
Betsy Dooley serves as the Director of Embrace Health. In her role, Betsy focuses on the continued development of an exceptional patient experience while building upon an authentic, accountable, and kind work culture to further the growth and expansion of Embrace Health.
Betsy initially joined the PMC team in April of 2018 as the Talent Acquisition Manager, where she played a vital role in finding exceptional talent to join the PMC team. Before PMC, Betsy worked as the Director of Member Activation and Member services for Ascension Care Management, the Market Analyst for HealthLeaders-Interstudy, and the Director of Programs for Health Assist Tennessee.
During her free time, Betsy enjoys volunteering in settings such as career counseling, patient advocacy, fundraising, and event planning for nonprofits supporting arts and culture, economic empowerment, refugee services, and neighborhood/community involvement.
Betsy earned her B.A. in Communications from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
