EXECUTIVE TEAM
Meet the RehabCare Executive Management Team
RehabCare’s Executive Management Team is composed of the senior officers for each division and corporate department. The Executive Team meets monthly to develop and implement strategic direction for RehabCare and its subsidiaries.
John Short, Ph.D. – President and CEO since May 2004; former Managing Partner of Phase 2 Consulting, a management and economic consulting firm for the healthcare industry; member of Board of Directors since 1991. Dr. Short received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Utah.
Don Adam – Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer; joined RehabCare in 1999 and heads RehabCare's Merger & Acquisition activities. Prior to RehabCare, he was with U.S. Bank, Citibank and Bank One. Don holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.
Richard (Dick) Escue – Chief Information Officer, joined RehabCare in 2006; former CIO at Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis, MO and Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation in Memphis, TN. Dick is a graduate of Memphis State University with an MBA in Marketing and a BA in Management Information Systems.
Kevin Gross – Senior Vice President, Hospital Division; he is responsible for operations of RehabCare’s freestanding rehabilitation hospitals and long-term acute care hospitals. Kevin has a 25-year career either consulting with hospitals or managing them. Previously, he was President of the Acute Care division of Universal Health Services, where he managed a 24-hospital system. He also has served as president of the Oklahoma division for Ardent Health Services and president of several hospitals. Kevin holds an MBA from University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School.
Pat Henry – Executive Vice President, Operations; Pat is responsible for RehabCare's Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation Services (SRS) division. She joined RehabCare in 1998. Previously Director of Ancillary Operations for Vencor, Inc., Pat is a licensed speech pathologist.
Jim Martin – Promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer in December 2008, Jim oversees the HR, compensation and benefits, campus relations and corporate office administration activities while directly managing the HR Generalist function for the SRS and HRS divisions. Prior to joining RehabCare in 2005, Jim had a 30-year career in employee and labor relations management for several leading global organizations, including Coors Brewing Company, Pepsi Cola Company and Trans World Airlines. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s in Economics from Benedictine University in Lisle, IL.
Alan Sauber – Senior Vice President, Government Programs and Chief Compliance Officer; joined RehabCare in 2000, serving as Senior Vice President, Business Development, Contract Therapy Division; previously COO of a rehabilitation subsidiary of Centennial Healthcare. Alan is a licensed physical therapist and holds an MBA from Northeastern University.
Jay Shreiner – Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since March 2006; formerly CFO, Vice President Finance and Administration for several private companies within Austin Ventures’ portfolio of companies. He holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
Mary Pat Welc –Senior Vice President, Operations; joined RehabCare in 1996 as a Program Services Consultant. Mary Pat is responsible for all hospital-based inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs. She holds a Master’s degree in Communication Disorders from Northern Illinois University and an ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competency.
Patricia Williams – Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since November 2007. Patricia previously served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Thermadyne Holdings Corporation and was an Associate at the international law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal and the regional firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman. She received her J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law and has a B.S. in political science.