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Albert T. Cantu
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Albert T. Cantu is an Executive Partner of Waud Capital Partners. Prior to joining WCP, Mr. Cantu served as ServiceMaster Group Business President, managing four major business units, including American Residential Services, Merry Maids, ServiceMaster Clean and FurnitureMedic. He also served six years as President and Chief Operating Officer of Terminix, ServiceMaster’s pest control division. Mr. Cantu began his career with Terminix in 1985, holding various leadership positions throughout the company.
Mr. Cantu currently serves on the board of trustees of Christian Brothers University, the advisory board of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Memphis Center for Economic Education. He has previously served on the board of directors of the Children’s Museum of Memphis, the Junior League of Memphis and the Catholic Charities of Memphis, as well as on the advisory board of the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences.
Mr. Cantu received a B.B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from Memphis State University.
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Gary A. Mecklenburg
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Gary A. Mecklenburg is an Executive Partner of Waud Capital Partners. Prior to joining WCP, Mr. Mecklenburg served as President and CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern Memorial Hospital for twenty-one years. Mr. Mecklenburg’s career, which began in 1970, has included senior management positions at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Stanford University Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Franciscan Healthcare in Milwaukee, and he is now recognized as one of the nation’s leading healthcare executives.
Mr. Mecklenburg’s national role has included serving as chairman of the American Hospital Association, the Illinois Hospital Association, the Health Forum, the National Alliance for Information Technology, and the Healthcare Research and Development Institute. He also serves on the boards of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. Mr. Mecklenburg is a director of Becton Dickinson and Company and of WCP portfolio company, Acadia Healthcare Company. He is the Chairman of WCP portfolio companies, Hospitalists Management Group and Regency Hospital Company.
Among his many professional activities, Mr. Mecklenburg has been a passionate advocate for leadership and workforce development, for healthcare information technology, and for improving diversity through mentoring. He is a frequent speaker and university lecturer, and serves as preceptor, lecturer and member of the Advisory Board at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. He recently served on the federal Commission of Systematic Interoperability and chaired the American Hospital Association’s Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems.
Mr. Mecklenburg has been recognized by a number of organizations for his professional, community, and volunteer service activities, including the University of Chicago, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, American Hospital Association, The Ohio State University, Illinois Hospital Association, Institute for Diversity in Healthcare Management, American College of Healthcare Executives, Illinois Hospital Association, Boy Scouts of America, Junior Achievement, YMCA, March of Dimes, and the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago.
Mr. Mecklenburg received a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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