People: Ensign Group Inc (EGB.F)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Roy Christensen

78 2006 Chairman of the Board

Christopher Christensen

43 2008 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Suzanne Snapper

38 2009 Chief Financial Officer

Barry Port

38 2012 President of The Flagstone Group, Inc.

Gregory Stapley

52 2009 Executive Vice President, Secretary

Beverly Wittekind

47 2009 Vice President, General Counsel

Antoinette Hubenette

63 2003 Independent Director

John Nackel

60 2008 Independent Director

Daren Shaw

55 2012 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Roy Christensen

Mr. Roy E. Christensen serves as Chairman of the Board of Ensign Group Inc. He has served as Chairman of the Board since 1999. He served as Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to April 2006. He is a 50-year veteran of the long-term care industry, and was founder and Chairman of both Beverly Enterprises, Inc., a healthcare company, and GranCare, Inc. (which later merged into Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc.) a healthcare company. In 1994, he founded Covenant Care, Inc., a long-term care company, and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 1997. He was Chairman of GranCare, Inc. from 1988 to 1993, and Chief Executive Officer of GranCare, Inc. from 1988 to 1991. He was a member of President Nixon's Healthcare Advisory Task Force on Medicare and Medicaid, and spent four years as a member of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare's Advisory Task Force during the Nixon Administration.

Christopher Christensen

Mr. Christopher R. Christensen is the President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Ensign Group Inc. He has served as President since 1999 and Chief Executive Officer since April 2006. Mr. Christensen has concurrently served as a member of Board of Directors since 1999 and currently sits on the Board's quality assurance and compliance committee. Prior to joining Ensign, Mr. Christensen served as acting Chief Operating Officer of Covenant Care, Inc., a California-based provider of long-term care. Mr. Christensen has overseen company and its growth since inception in 1999.

Suzanne Snapper

Ms. Suzanne D. Snapper, CPA, is Chief Financial Officer of Ensign Group Inc., since August 2009. She previously served as Vice President of Finance since joining Ensign in 2007. As Vice President of Finance, Ms. Snapper played a key role in taking the company public in 2007. She also oversaw the implementation of Ensign's internal controls over financial reporting. Prior to joining the Company, she worked from 1996 to April 2007 as an accountant with KPMG LLP, where her practice included providing audit services for public companies in the technology, transportation and quick serve restaurant industries. Ms. Snapper is a certified public accountant. She holds a B.A. in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton.

Barry Port

Mr. Barry R. Port has been appointed as President of The Flagstone Group, Inc., the subsidiary of Ensign Group Inc., effective September 19, 2012. Mr. Port joined the Company in March 2004 and served as the executive director and in other capacities at Bella Vita Health & Rehab Center (formerly known as Desert Sky Health and Rehabilitation Center), a skilled nursing and assisted living campus in Glendale, Arizona that is owned and operated by certain subsidiaries of the Company. In January 2006, Mr. Port was appointed President of Keystone Care, Inc. (“Keystone”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company which oversees the operation of 22 facilities in Texas and played a key role in the expansion and clinical and operational successes within Keystone between 2006 and 2011. In addition to serving as the President of Flagstone, beginning in January 2012, Mr. Port has been serving as the Company's President of Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Operations and he will continue to serve in both capacities. Mr. Port holds a B.S. from Brigham Young University and a Masters of Business Administration and a Masters of Health Services and Administration from Arizona State University.

Gregory Stapley

Mr. Gregory K. Stapley serves as Executive Vice President, Secretary of Ensign Group Inc. He has served as Executive Vice President and Secretary since November 2009, and as Secretary since January 2006. He also served as Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary since joining Ensign shortly after inception in 1999. Mr. Stapley previously served as General Counsel for the Sedgwick Companies, an Orange County-based manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer with 192 retail outlets across the United States, where he was responsible for all of that company's legal affairs, site acquisitions and developer relations. Prior to that, Mr. Stapley was a member of the Phoenix law firm of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon PLC, where his practice emphasized real estate and business transactions, and federal, state and local government relations.

Beverly Wittekind

Ms. Beverly B. Wittekind serves as Vice President, General Counsel of Ensign Group Inc., since November 2009. She previously served as Corporate Compliance Officer and as Vice President and General Counsel of wholly-owned subsidiary, Ensign Facility Services, Inc., which operates Service Center, since 2002. Prior to joining the Company, she worked at Vista Hospital Systems, a non-profit hospital system based in Corona, California, where she served as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Vice-President of Risk and Litigation Management. Ms. Wittekind is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and began her career in private practice at Snell & Wilmer and was a partner in the firm Doyle, Winthrop, Oberbillig and West, both in Phoenix, Arizona, where she specialized in the defense of healthcare providers in medical malpractice litigation.

Antoinette Hubenette

Dr. Antoinette T. Hubenette, M.D., is an Independent Director of Ensign Group Inc., since June 2003. Dr. Hubenette is a practicing physician and the former President of Cedars-Sinai Medical Group in Beverly Hills, California. She has been on the staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center since 1982. She has served as a director of First California Bank, and its predecessor, Mercantile National Bank, since 1998, and she has served on the board of directors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation and GranCare, Inc. (which was later merged into Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc.). She is a member of numerous medical associations and organizations.

John Nackel

Dr. John G. Nackel, Ph.D., is an Independent Director of The Ensign Group Inc., since June 2008. Mr. Nackel is currently the President and Chief Strategy Officer of OptumInsight, a division of United Health Group. OptumInsight serves the payer, provider, life science and government sectors with strategy, performance improvement, clinical performance and information technology and capital services. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of OptumInsight since October 2009. In May 2007 he founded and began serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Three-Sixty Advisory Group, LLC, a healthcare consulting company dedicated to helping emerging healthcare and medical technology companies develop and implement strategies for growth, efficiency and capital. Mr. Nackel was President and Chief Executive Officer of Salick Cardiovascular Centers, Inc. from January 2006 to February 2007 and Executive Vice President of U.S. Technology from November 2003 to May 2005. During his career, Mr. Nackel has also served as an executive, board member or chairman of several privately held start-ups and emerging companies, including HealthTask, ConnectedHealth, NetStrike, and Sertan, Inc. He earned his bachelor's degree at Tufts University, master's degrees in public health and industrial engineering at the University of Missouri, and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering (health systems design) at the University of Missouri. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).

Daren Shaw

Mr. Daren J. Shaw serves as Independent Director of Ensign Group, Inc., since March 1, 2012. Mr. Shaw has served for more than 32 years in leadership capacities with several financial services firms. He currently serves in the Investment Banking Group at D.A. Davidson & Co., a middle-market full-service investment banking firm as the Managing Director. During his term as Managing Director at D.A. Davidson & Co., Mr. Shaw has served on the Senior Management Committee and Board of Directors and as the lead investment banker in a wide variety of transactions including public stock offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Shaw also served for 12 years with Pacific Crest Securities (formerly known as Gallagher Capital Corp.), in various roles, including Managing Director. Mr. Shaw has also served as a member of the board of directors of Agri-Services, Inc., an agricultural equipment dealer based in Twin Falls, Idaho, since 2010, and as a member of the board of directors of Cadet Manufacturing, a zonal electric heater manufacturer based in Vancouver, Washington, since 2005.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Roy Christensen

--

Christopher Christensen

1,583,160

Suzanne Snapper

1,150,800

Barry Port

556,972

Gregory Stapley

1,496,500

Beverly Wittekind

463,524

Antoinette Hubenette

--

John Nackel

--

Daren Shaw

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011
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