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; ranked by TheStreet.com as a top five fast-growth stock in 2008; ranked by Forbes magazine as eightieth on the List of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies and ninth on its list of Best Mid-Cap Stocks in America in 2009, and selected for the 2009 Best of Baton Rouge Award in the Home Health Service category by the US Commerce Association. 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.

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.

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.

Michael Fleming, M.D., joined Amedisys as Chief Medical Officer in 2009. Dr. Fleming brings more than 39 years of medical field experience to his new position. He is past President of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians; and is founding President of the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, a partnership with the State of Louisiana aiming to provide high-quality health care to the state. Dr. Fleming has served as Speaker of the Congress of Delegates of the AAFP and as Board Chair of the AAFP Board of Directors. As an active member of the medical quality field, he serves on various boards and panels to the health information technology industry. Additionally, he participates in international activities promoting medical education and primary care worldwide. Dr. Fleming continues his role as founding director, Chairman and Chief Medical Officer for Antidote Education Company, producing continuing education for health care providers. He serves as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Science Center and in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Tulane University Medical School. Dr. Fleming was honored as Louisiana Family Doctor of the Year in 1996. The LSU Health Science Center presented him with the Family Medicine Award upon graduation in 1975; in 2003 the award was renamed, and is now called the Michael O. Fleming Award in Family Medicine.

David Bucey is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Bucey has more than 24 years of experience as a corporate attorney, and was named a "Georgia Superlawyer" by Law and Politics magazine in 2005. Prior to joining Amedisys, Mr. Bucey served as Senior Counsel of Mergers and Acquisitions with The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and as a partner in a major Atlanta law firm. Bucey received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.