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 Mecklenburg, an Executive Partner, joined WCP in 2007. Prior to joining WCP, Mr. Mecklenburg served as President and CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern Memorial Hospital for 21 years. Mr. Mecklenburg’s career 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 holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Acadia Healthcare Company and Regency Hospital Company (where he first joined as an outside director in 2002), and as a member of the Board of Adreima and CarePoint Partners.

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 Legacy Hospital Partners.

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