Board of Directors
Jon F. Hanson, Chairman
Mr. Hanson is the Chairman and founder of The Hampshire Companies of Morristown, N.J., and has more than 45 years of experience in the real estate industry. Since 1994, Mr. Hanson has served as Chairman of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. Since 1991, Mr. Hanson has served as a director of Prudential Financial Corp., and currently serves as a director of Pascack Community Bank.
Edward A. Blechschmidt
Mr. Blechschmidt was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of specialty pharmaceutical and home health care services, from March 2000 to June 2002. From March 1999 to March 2000, Mr. Blechschmidt served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Olsten Corporation. He served as President of Olsten Corporation from October 1998 to March 1999. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Nixdorf Americas and Siemens' Pyramid Technology from July 1996 to October 1998. Prior to Siemens, he spent more than 20 years with Unisys Corp., including serving as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Blechschmidt serves as a director of Novelis Inc., Option Care, Inc., Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. and Columbia Laboratories, Inc.
John W. Chidsey
Mr. Chidsey is the Chief Executive Officer of Burger King Corporation and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to being named CEO, he served as president and chief financial officer. He has also served as president of the Americas and prior to this as president of North America. Prior to Burger King Corporation, Chidsey served as Chairman and CEO for two corporate divisions at Cendant: the Vehicle Services Division, which included Avis Rent A Car, Budget Rent A Car Systems, PHH and Wright Express, and the Financial Services Division, a $1.4 billion division that included Jackson Hewitt. Previously he also served as the director of finance of Pepsi-Cola Eastern Europe and the chief financial officer of PepsiCo World Trading Co., Inc. Chidsey holds a master’s of business administration degree in finance and accounting and a Juris Doctorate from Emory University, Atlanta, Ga, as well as a bachelor’s administration degree from Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. He serves on the Board of Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables and the Board of Trustees for Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. Chidsey is a certified public accountant and a member of the Georgia Bar Association.
Donald L. Correll
Mr. Correll currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Water, a Pennsylvania water services organization. He brings more than 25 years of successful senior executive management and financial experience to the HealthSouth board of directors. Mr. Correll previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pennichuck Corporation, where he implemented new corporate governance practices, led a reorganization of the board of directors and crafted pre-Sarbanes-Oxley compliance procedures. Mr. Correll is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Water Resources. He currently sits on the board of directors of Interchange Financial Services Corporation and serves as a commissioner of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority by appointment of former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. Correll received a master's in business administration from New York University and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Pennsylvania State University. He is a certified public accountant.
Yvonne M. Curl
Ms. Curl is a former Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Avaya, Inc., which she held from October 2000 through April 2004. From 1976 to 2000, Ms. Curl served in a number of middle and senior management positions at Xerox Corporation. Ms. Curl currently serves as a director of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Charles M. Elson
Mr. Elson holds the Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance and is the Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. Mr. Elson has served on the National Association of Corporate Directors' Commissions on Director Compensation, Executive Compensation and the Role of the Compensation Committee, Director Professionalism, CEO Succession, Audit Committees, Strategic Planning, and Director Evaluation, was a member of its Best Practices Council on Coping with Fraud and Other Illegal Activity, and presently serves on that organization's Advisory Council. In addition, Mr. Elson serves as Vice Chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on Corporate Governance and is a member of the American Bar Association's Committee on Corporate Laws. Mr. Elson serves as a director of AutoZone, Inc.
Jay Grinney
Jay Grinney was named president and chief executive officer of HealthSouth Corporation on May 3, 2004. Mr. Grinney has an extensive background in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining HealthSouth, he served as President of Hospital Corporation of America’s (HCA) Eastern Group, which employs more than 65,000 people and consists of 91 hospitals located in 10 states with annual net revenues of $10.5 billion. In his tenure with HCA, he also served as President of the Greater Houston Division and Chief Operating Officer of the Houston Region. Before joining HCA, Grinney held several executive positions during his nine-year career at the Methodist Hospital System in Houston. After receiving a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., Grinney earned both an MBA and an MHA from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Leo I. Higdon, Jr.
On Oct. 14, 2006, Mr. Higdon became the 10th President of Connecticut College, a premier liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut. Between 2001 and 2006, Mr. Higdon served as President of the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, the oldest institution of higher education in South Carolina. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Higdon served as President of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., a leading school of entrepreneurship. He also served as Dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Virginia. His financial experience includes a 20-year tenure at Salomon Brothers, where he became Vice Chairman and member of the executive committee, managing the Global Investment Banking Division. Mr. Higdon serves as a director of Eaton Vance Corp.
John E. Maupin, Jr.
Dr. Maupin is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Morehouse School of Medicine located in Atlanta, Georgia, a position he has held since July 2006. Prior to joining Morehouse, Dr. Maupin held several other senior administrative positions including President and Chief Executive Officer of Meharry Medical College from 1994 to 2006, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Morehouse School of Medicine from 1989 to 1994, Chief Executive Officer of Southside Healthcare, Inc. from 1987 to 1989, and Deputy Commissioner of Health of the Baltimore City Health Department from 1984 to 1987. Dr. Maupin serves as a director of LifePoint Hospitals.
L. Edward Shaw, Jr.
Mr. Shaw currently serves as Senior Managing Director of Richard C. Breeden & Co., a firm specializing in strategic consultancy regarding corporate governance, accounting and public disclosure requirements. He has also served as an independent counsel to the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange. He has extensive experience advising boards and audit committees, as well as managing significant litigation and regulatory matters. Mr. Shaw previously served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Aetna Inc., where he successfully led litigation and settlement strategies to resolve multiple major class actions against the company and developed a robust compliance program. Mr. Shaw also worked until 1996 as executive vice president and general counsel of Chase Manhattan Bank. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and Georgetown University. Mr. Shaw currently serves as a director of Mine Safety Appliance Co.