Executive Management Team
Jay Grinney
President and Chief Executive Officer
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.
John L. Workman
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Workman was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on Sept. 20, 2004. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Workman served in various management and executive capacities with U.S. Can Company, including serving as its Chief Financial Officer from 1998 to 2002, as its Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to 2003, and as its Chief Executive Officer from 2003 to 2004. Prior to joining U.S. Can Company, Mr. Workman was employed by Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc. for 14 years, where he held several management and executive positions, including General Auditor, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer. Mr. Workman began his career in public accounting, and was a partner with the public accounting firm KPMG.
John P. Whittington
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
John P. Whittington was named Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary on October 19, 2006, having served in the same position in an interim role since July 26, 2006. Prior to joining HealthSouth, Whittington was a partner of Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, a regional law firm based in Birmingham, Ala. He has been a practicing attorney for almost 35 years, representing parties in complex business reorganization cases. Since 1990, Whittington has served as adjunct professor at Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and he is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar and co-chair of the ABA sub-committee on Financial Institution Litigation. He is a graduate of Guilford College and received his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law.
Mark J. Tarr
Executive Vice President, Operations
Mr. Tarr was named Executive Vice President of Operations on August 1, 2007, having served as President of our Inpatient Division since September of 2004. Mr. Tarr joined us in 1993, and has held various management positions with us, including serving as a Senior Vice President with responsibility for all inpatient operations in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas from 1997 to 2004, as Director of Operations of our 80-bed rehabilitation hospital in Nashville, Tenn. from 1994 to 1997, and as Chief Executive Officer/Administrator of our 70-bed rehabilitation hospital in Vero Beach from 1992 to 1994.