Teri G. Fontenot
Director Since: 2019
Business Experience and Qualifications: The Board has concluded that Ms. Fontenot is qualified to serve on the Board because she brings considerable audit, financial and healthcare experience both as an executive officer and director of healthcare companies. The Board has determined that Ms. Fontenot qualifies as a financial expert and appointed her as a member of its Audit Committee. Since March 2019, Ms. Fontenot has served as CEO Emeritus of Woman’s Hospital, the largest independently-owned women’s and infant’s hospital in the United States providing comprehensive subspecialty services to women. From 1996 to March 2019, Ms. Fontenot served as President and CEO of Woman’s Hospital. From 1992 to 1996, Ms. Fontenot served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Woman’s Hospital. Under her leadership, Woman’s Hospital became the largest birthing hospital and neonatal intensive care unit in Louisiana. Prior to joining Woman’s Hospital in 1992, Ms. Fontenot served as Chief Financial Officer of three other hospitals located in Louisiana and Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
Board Experience: Ms. Fontenot has served on numerous healthcare boards at a local, state and national level, including the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Hospital Association, and the American Hospital Association where she served as Chairperson in 2012. She held a six-year term on the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health for the National Institutes of Health. Ms. Fontenot is also a director on the board and a member of the Audit Committee of the Baton Rouge Water Company, and a director on the board of Dynamic Infusion Therapy, both private companies, and a director on the board of Orlando Health, Inc., a not-for profit organization. From 2007 to 2019, Ms. Fontenot served on the board of directors of the Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, including as its Audit Committee chair for two years. Ms. Fontenot currently serves on the board of directors and is a member of the audit committee for Amerisafe. Inc. Additionally, she is a member of the Clinical Quality Committee and Chairperson of the Audit Committee for LHC Group, Inc. She was a member of the board of directors of Landauer (a formerly publicly-held company) until its sale in 2017. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, where she presents frequently on women’s health and leadership topics.
Mark G. Foletta
Director Since: 2012
Business Experience and Qualifications:The Board has concluded that Mr. Foletta is qualified to serve on the Board, because he brings considerable audit, financial, healthcare and enterprise risk management experience as both an executive officer and director of healthcare companies. The Board has designated Mr. Foletta as a financial expert for its Audit Committee, for which he serves as Chairman. Since February 2017, Mr. Foletta has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tocagen Inc. Mr. Foletta served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of Biocept, Inc., a publicly-traded diagnostics company, from August 2015 to July 2016, and he also served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from March 2006 until October 2012. While at Amylin, Mr. Foletta assisted with developing and launching the organization’s initial enterprise risk management assessment. From March 2000 to March 2006, Mr. Foletta served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Amylin. Mr. Foletta received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a member of the Corporate Directors Forum.
Board Experience:Since November 2014, Mr. Foletta has served on the Board of DexCom, Inc., a publicly-traded company, where he is the Lead Director. From February 2013 through June 2018, Mr. Foletta served as a director of Regulus Therapeutics Inc., and was Chairman of its Audit Committee and a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee. While at Regulus and DexCom, Mr. Foletta helped oversee and guide the launch of each organization’s initial enterprise risk management assessment. Additionally, Mr. Foletta serves as a director of Viacyte, Inc., a privately held company. He previously served as a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Ambit Biosciences Corporation (sold in 2014), and also served as a director of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (sold in 2011).
R. Jeffrey Harris
Director Since: 2005
Business Experience and Qualifications: The Board has concluded that Mr. Harris is qualified to serve on the Board because he brings considerable mergers and acquisitions experience, which is a key component of AMN’s strategy. Additionally, Mr. Harris has experience serving as a director on public company compensation and corporate governance committees, which is essential to designing and maintaining our executive compensation programs and guiding our corporate governance strategies. Mr. Harris served as Of Counsel at Apogent Technologies, Inc. from December 2000 through 2003, and as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from 1988 to 2000, when the company was named Sybron International.
Board Experience:Since 2002, Mr. Harris has been involved as an investor in, and a director of, early stage companies. Mr. Harris served on the Board of Sybron Dental Specialties from April 2005 until it was acquired by Danaher Corporation in 2006. Mr. Harris served on the Board of Playtex Products, Inc. from 2001 until Energizer Holdings acquired it in October 2007. Mr. Harris was director of Prodesse, Inc., an early stage biotechnology company, from 2002 until 2009, when Gen-Probe Incorporated acquired it. Mr. Harris also served as director of Apogent Technologies, Inc. from 2000 to 2004, when it was acquired by Fisher Scientific International, Inc. From 2008 until 2018, he served as a director of Guy & O’Neill, Inc. He currently serves as a member of the Board and a co-founder of BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., a non-profit economic development corporation, for which he served as Chairman from 2013 to 2021. Additionally, Mr. Harris is a director of Okanjo Partners, Inc., an early-stage technology company.
Douglas D. Wheat
Director Since: 1999
Business Experience and Qualifications: The Board has concluded that Mr. Wheat is qualified to serve on the Board because he possesses significant healthcare staffing industry knowledge as well as extensive expertise in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Such knowledge and expertise are critical to the successful design and implementation of our growth strategy. He is currently the Managing Partner of Wheat Investments, a private investment firm. From 2007 to 2015, Mr. Wheat was the founding and Managing Partner of the private equity company Southlake Equity Group. From 1992 until 2006, Mr. Wheat was President of Haas Wheat & Partners. Prior to the formation of Haas Wheat, Mr. Wheat was a founding member of the merchant banking group Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette specializing in leveraged buyout financing. From 1974 to 1984, Mr. Wheat practiced corporate and securities law in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Wheat received both his J.D. and B.S. degrees from the University of Kansas.
Board Experience: Mr. Wheat is the Chairman of the Board of Overseas Shipholding Group and the Chairman of the Board of International Seaways, Inc. He previously served as Vice Chairman of Dex Media, Inc. and as Chairman of SuperMedia prior to its merger with Dex One. Mr. Wheat has also previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of several other companies, including, among others: (1) Playtex Products (of which he also served as Chairman), (2) Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up Companies, Inc., (3) Dr. Pepper Bottling of the Southwest, Inc., (4) Walls Industries, Inc., (5) Alliance Imaging, Inc., (6) Thermadyne Industries, Inc., (7) Sybron International Corporation, (8) Nebraska Book Corporation, (9) ALC Communications Corporation, (10) Mother’s Cookies, Inc., and (11) Stella Cheese Company.
Jeff Decker
Jeff Decker serves as Division President for our Physician and Leadership Solutions and is responsible for the leadership of AMN Healthcare's leadership and physician solutions businesses.
Mr. Decker has been with the AMN Healthcare organization for more than 15 years, most recently leading locum tenens, and brings a successful background in recruitment, operations management, marketing and brand development.
Prior to joining the company, he was the President of Resources On Call, building the company from a regional resource to a national market segment leader. He has more than 20 years of experience with the healthcare industry, beginning with the branding of Humana while with McCann Erickson, the world’s largest and most globally experienced advertising network. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
Robin Johnson
Robin Johnson serves as Group President, Nursing and Allied Solutions, overseeing the leadership of AMN Healthcare’s nurse and allied solutions businesses. Having more than 25 years of experience in the industry, Ms. Johnson has led transformations, grown businesses, and provided workforce solutions to a variety of clients during her career.
Ms. Johnson joined AMN Healthcare in 2017 as the Division President for Allied Staffing Solutions, responsible for leading sales and financial performance across allied and revenue cycle solutions. During her tenure leading Allied Solutions, the division doubled its revenue to more than $700 million. Over the course of her career, she has had a successful track record providing Fortune 500 clients and beyond, enterprise talent strategies such as MSP, RPO, Outsourcing Workforce Solutions, and Staffing Solutions across healthcare, IT, engineering, life sciences, and commercial industries. Robin held senior leadership positions at Today’s Staffing, Technisource, Adecco and Yoh. Personally, Robin finds fulfillment in giving back, volunteering as an advisory board member for the North Texas Food Bank and Feed My Starving Children, as well as being an active member of the American Staffing Association.
Ms. Johnson earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Southeast Missouri State University.
Nishan Sivathasan
Nishan Sivathasan serves as Division President, Technology and Workforce Solutions, and is responsible for AMN Healthcare’s suite of technology products for workforce management and virtual care platforms that enable healthcare organizations to deliver sustainable and innovative ways for patient care.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Sivathasan was Chief Strategy and Experience Officer at AMN Healthcare and had responsibility for business strategy and M&A. He joined AMN in 2019. Prior to joining AMN, Mr. Sivathasan was responsible for eCommerce strategy and business development at JCPenney. Previously, he spent time at a financial technology start-up and almost 10 years at Rackspace, a globally managed cloud computing company, in executive positions that spanned strategy, product development, and marketing. Mr. Sivathasan started his career at Accenture as a management consultant and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Austin College.
Mark Hagan
Mark Hagan, Chief Information and Digital Officer of AMN Healthcare, is responsible for the company’s digital strategy, technology R&D, enterprise information technology infrastructure, operations, development, data security, and program management operations.
Mr. Hagan brings a tremendous amount of experience in systems integration and platform rationalization, innovation, and leading the enterprise technology execution and evolution for multiple acquisitions.
Prior to joining AMN Healthcare, Mr. Hagan was Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of IT at Envision Healthcare, a diverse healthcare services and technology company and a leading provider of physician-led services, post-acute care, ambulatory surgery services, and related management services. Prior to Envision, Mark was IT Director at TeleTech, where he developed and executed the company’s IT strategy for expansion and global infrastructure, including deployments in Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States.
Mr. Hagan currently serves as a director of M&M Properties Colorado LL and Wonolo, Inc.
He has experience driving and supporting major deployments of core business applications, leading digital transformations, and developing and launching new software products. Mr. Hagan is also dedicated to innovation: he has introduced robotic process automation, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and other forms of innovation to evolve and streamline operations.
Carolyn Kenny
As Chief People Officer for AMN Healthcare, Carolyn leads the human resources and talent acquisition teams and the development, attraction, and retention of corporate team members.
Carolyn joined AMN Healthcare in 2021 as Chief Talent Officer where she created and led the overall strategy for returning corporate team members to onsite work. Prior to AMN, Carolyn has an extensive history in leading change at large organizations. She previously served as the Chief Operating Officer and executive vice president of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta where she led the day-to-day operations and strategic development of the clinical enterprise.
She also served as the President of the Kaiser Health Plan of Georgia. There, she was responsible for the overall strategy and performance of the Georgia region. Carolyn has previously served as a board member for the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, The Emory Children’s Center (a joint venture between Emory Health Care and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta), Atlanta Public Radio, and the Georgia Association of Health Plans.
Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Irvine as well as a Master of Health Administration from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Jeffrey R. Knudson
Jeffrey R. Knudson serves as Chief Financial Officer at AMN Healthcare, where he is responsible for leading finance, internal audit, tax, accounting, and customer support operations.
Previously, Mr. Knudson served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, for At Home Group, Inc. In this role, he was responsible for all accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, investor relations, internal audit, and supply chain activities. Immediately prior to his tenure with At Home Group, Inc., he served in several leadership positions at CVS Health and CVS Caremark Corp., including as Senior Vice President of Finance and Retail Controller. Prior to CVS, he was a key member of the treasury and mergers and acquisition leadership teams at L Brands and Express Scripts.
Mr. Knudson brings to AMN Healthcare his strong commitment to the community and social imperatives that will help the organization continue to build and execute on its mission and financial goals.
Mr. Knudson achieved his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from University of San Diego.