People: athenahealth, Inc. (ATHN.O)

Richard N. Foster has served as a member of the Board of Directors of athenahealth, Inc since 2005. Mr. Foster is the Managing Partner of Millbrook Management Group. Prior to joining Millbrook Management Group in 2004, Mr. Foster served as a Director of McKinsey & Company, Inc. During his 31 year tenure with McKinsey & Company which began in 1973, Mr. Foster was elected principal (1977) and later Senior Partner and Director (1982), a position he maintained for 22 years. Before retiring from McKinsey & Company, Mr. Foster served as founder and Managing Director of McKinsey’s private equity practice. He also founded and led McKinsey’s technology and healthcare sectors. Mr. Foster is the author of Innovation: The Attacker’s Advantage (1986) and Creative Destruction (2001). He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Trust Company of the West, the Board of Cardax Pharmaceuticals, the Board of Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute, the Dean’s Advisory Committee of the Yale School of Medicine, the Council for Aid to Education, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Foster received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University where he is a Senior Faculty Fellow.