Acadia Healthcare Leadership
Acadia Healthcare Senior Management Team has more than 130 years combined experience in the behavioral health industry. With extensive national experience and a proven track record in all key disciplines, our goal is to create a world-class organization that sets the standard of excellence in the treatment of specialty behavioral health and addiction disorders.
Joey A. Jacobs
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Joey A. Jacobs joined Acadia in February 2011 and has served as the Chairman of the Acadia board of directors and as Acadia’s Chief Executive Officer since that time. Mr. Jacobs has extensive experience in the behavioral health industry. He co-founded Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (“PSI”) and served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PSI from April 1997 to November 2010. Prior to founding PSI, Mr. Jacobs served for 21 years in various capacities with Hospital Corporation of America (“HCA,” also formerly known as Columbia and Columbia/HCA), most recently as President of the Tennessee Division. Mr. Jacobs’ background at HCA also included serving as president of HCA’s Central Group, vice president of the Western Group, assistant vice president of the Central Group and assistant vice president of the Salt Lake City Division. The board of directors of Acadia believes that Mr. Jacob’s qualifications to serve as a director include his 35 years of experience in the health care industry.
Brent Turner
President
Brent Turner joined Acadia in February 2011 and has served as a Co-President of Acadia since that time. Previously, Mr. Turner served as the Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration of PSI from August 2005 to November 2010 and as the Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations of PSI from February 2003 to August 2005. From late 2008 through 2010, Mr. Turner also served as a Division President of PSI overseeing facilities in Texas, Illinois and Minnesota. From 1996 until January 2001, Mr. Turner was employed by Corrections Corporation of America, a private prison operator, serving as Treasurer from 1998 to 2001.
Ron Fincher
Chief Operating Officer
Ron Fincher joined Acadia in February 2011 and has served as Acadia’s Chief Operating Officer since that time. Previously, Mr. Fincher served as PSI’s Chief Operating Officer from October 2008 to November 2010. As Chief Operating Officer of PSI, Mr. Fincher oversaw hospital operations for 95 facilities. He had served PSI as a Division President since April 2003. As a Division President, Mr. Fincher was responsible for managing the operations of multiple inpatient behavioral health care facilities owned by the Company. Prior to joining PSI, Mr. Fincher served as a Regional Vice President of Universal Health Services, Inc. from 2000 until 2003.
David Duckworth
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Duckworth joined Acadia in April 2011, after having served since May 2010 as Director of Finance at Emdeon Inc., a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, which was then a NYSE-listed company. Previously, Mr. Duckworth was a Manager with Ernst & Young LLP, which he joined in 2002. Among a number of healthcare clients he served at Ernst & Young, Mr. Duckworth worked with Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) throughout that company’s eight-year tenure as a public company, including a number of years in which he served as Audit Manager.
Christopher L. Howard
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Christopher L. Howard joined Acadia in February 2011 and has served as Acadia’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since that time. Before joining Acadia, Mr. Howard served as PSI’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from September 2005 to November 2010. Prior to joining PSI, Mr. Howard was a partner at of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, a law firm based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Steve T. Davidson
Chief Development Officer
Steve T. Davidson joined Acadia in April 2012 and has served as Chief Development Officer since that time. Previously, Mr. Davidson served as Chief Development Officer of PSI from August 1997 to November 2010. Prior to joining PSI, Mr. Davidson was, from 1991 until 1997, Director of development at HCA, which he joined in 1983. Previously, he was a Senior Auditor with Ernst & Young LLP.
Bruce A. Shear
Executive Vice Chairman
Bruce A. Shear has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of PHC since 1980 and Treasurer of PHC from September 1993 until February 1996. Upon consummation of the merger, it is anticipated that Mr. Shear will be appointed as the Executive Vice Chairman and a director of Acadia. From 1976 to 1980, he served as Vice President, Financial Affairs, of PHC. The board of directors of Acadia believes that Mr. Shear is qualified to serve as a director due to, among other things, his extensive knowledge of and experience in the healthcare industry and his knowledge of PHC. Mr. Shear has served on the Board of Governors of the Federation of American Health Systems for over fifteen years and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems. Since November 2003, Mr. Shear has been a member of the Board of Directors of Vaso Active Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company marketing and selling over-the-counter pharmaceutical products that incorporate Vaso’s transdermal drug delivery technology.