Board of Directors
Jeffrey Levitt
Mr. Levitt has over 30 years experience with healthcare services companies including the development and general management of Johnson Rents, a regional durable medical equipment company; Foster Medical Corporation, a public company roll-up of durable medical equipment companies; Heritage Health Systems, Inc., a roll-up of health maintenance organizations; and Orthopedic Services, Inc., a public company roll-up of artificial limb and brace providers. Mr. Levitt was also a founding director of NovaCare, Inc., a public company roll-up of physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy providers to the long-term care industry that went public in 1986. Levitt sold Orthopedic Services to NovaCare in 1992 and remained with that company until 1994, after which time he became a private investor. Mr. Levitt graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and obtained his law degree from Villanova University. He is both an attorney and certified public accountant.
Anthony Alibrio
Mr. Alibrio is a veteran of the healthcare industry and was a corporate officer of Marriott International and president of the corporation's USA healthcare division. After a 37 year career and managing the transition from Marriott to a spin-off company, Sodhexo Marriott, he retired in 2001 as president emeritus. Under his leadership, the division he led reached sales in excess of $3.2 billion, providing on-site department management services in the areas of environmental services, engineering, food and nutrition services, patient transport and guest services. The division serves over 1,000 healthcare facility clients, employing 5,400 managers and dietitians and 75,000 hourly employees.
Mr. Alibrio is on the board of the American Products Corporation and is a member of the Healthcare Research and Development Institute. Mr. Alibrio is past chairman and board member of the Board of Trustees of the National Committee for Quality Health Care, past chairman and board member of the Health Insights Foundation, and a fellow of the American Academy of Medical Administrators. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University.
Michael B. Hammond
Mr. Hammond is a principal of Shattuck Hammond Partners LLC, and a member of the firm’s board of directors. Prior to co-founding Shattuck Hammond Partners Inc., Mr. Hammond managed the healthcare investment banking businesses at Solomon Brothers and Morgan Stanley, and was a principal at Cain Brothers, Shattuck & Company. Prior to joining Solomon Brothers in 1978, Mr. Hammond practiced law at Brown and Wood.
Mr. Hammond was previously the chairman of the board of Danbury Health System and Danbury Hospital, and currently serves as a board member of the Health System and Danbury Hospital and of Graham Global Investment Fund Land II. He received his A.B. degree from Wabash College, and his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law. He also attended the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
Michael J. Kluger
Mr. Kluger is a founding partner of Precyse and of AIG Altaris Health Partners, L.P. a $350 million private equity concern located in New York City. Before becoming a founding partner of Altaris in 2002, Mr. Kluger spent ten years at Liberty Partners where he led that firm’s efforts in healthcare private equity investment. Prior to Liberty, Mr. Kluger spent twelve years at Merrill Lynch where he had various positions in the Investment Banking Group including: working on IPO’s, debt financing, and merger and acquisitions assignment for healthcare companies and overseeing several of Merrill Lynch’s private equity investments in healthcare. Mr. Kluger has directed and been responsible for more than 25 middle market transactions exceeding $4.0 billion in total value. He is or has been a director of Foundation Health (NYSE: "FHS"), Monaco Coach Company (NYSE: "MNC"), Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: “MDRX”), NFO Worldwide (NYSE: "NFOR") as well as numerous private companies.
Mr. Kluger received his undergraduate degree from Trinity College and his MBA from the University of Chicago, with a concentration in hospital administration.
Brian J. Murphy
Brian J. Murphy is one of Precyse's founders and managing director of NewSpring Capital. He has more than 20 years of corporate management and development experience, focused primarily in health care services. Prior to NewSpring, he founded Acquisition Management Services, Inc. (AMS), a diversified corporate development advisory firm focusing on middle market companies. AMS closed more than 330 acquisitions for its buy side clients. He also founded the venture-backed startup, WordWave, a legal court reporting and broadcast captioning leader which was sold to Merrill Corp. Previously, he held executive positions for several health care service companies, including NovaCare, Inc., Heritage Health Systems, and Partners National Health Plans.
Mr. Murphy is currently the chairman of the board for RedPath Integrated Pathology and Habit Management and a board member of Cybershift, Nitric BioTherapeutics, TMG Health, Othera Pharmaceuticals, RecoverCare, and the Foundation Board of SUNY Cortland. He received a BS in science from the State University of New York at Cortland.
Steven J. Shulman
Mr. Shulman is the chairman and former CEO of Magellan Health Services, Inc., and was recently recognized as one of the “Best CEOs in America” in the health care sector by Institutional Investor Magazine. Prior to his tenure at Magellan, in August 1999, he founded the Internet Healthcare Group. He is the former chairman, president and CEO of Prudential Healthcare, Inc. (now part of Aetna US Health Care, Inc.), where he improved operating costs by $850 million in less than three years, from August 1997 to July 1999. He co-founded Value Health, Inc.; worked at CIGNA Health Plan as the president of business development; and worked at Kaiser Permanente as the director of medical economics.
Mr. Shulman is a member of the board of directors of HealthMarkets and Digital Insurance. He is a former trustee of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America and the University of Hartford’s Art School. He earned a BS degree in economics and a MS degree in health services administration from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He also completed the Advanced Management program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Daniel G. Tully
Daniel G. Tully is a founding partner and managing director of Altaris Capital Partners. Prior to the formation of Altaris, Mr. Tully held various positions within Merrill Lynch, including serving as the firm’s global head of healthcare equity capital markets and servicing the equity related financing needs of the healthcare investment banking clients. Prior to that, Mr. Tully was a member of Merrill Lynch's investment banking group where he worked on a variety of mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. In addition, Mr. Tully was responsible for analyzing, executing, monitoring and exiting principal investments on behalf of Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Tully is currently a board member of the following Altaris portfolio companies: Alterna, Brim Healthcare, Creganna Limited, Healthcare Waste Solutions, M2S and Sparta Systems. In addition, Mr. Tully serves as vice chairman of the board of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Mr. Tully received a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Undergraduate Program.
Alan Weinstein
Mr. Weinstein is an independent healthcare consultant and is the former president of Premier, Inc. Premier was formed in 2000 out of the merger of SunHealth, AmHS, and Premier Health Alliance. The organization provided a wide range of services to 1,700 member hospitals nationwide, including group purchasing, hospital insurance services, management engineering, data services, venture funding and strategic consulting. Mr. Weinstein was the CEO and president of Premier Health Alliance, prior to its merger with SunHealth and AmHS. Before that, he served as executive vice president of the Illinois Hospital Association; president and CEO of North Suburban Association for Health Resources in Northbrook, IL; and executive director of the Midtown Hospital Association in Denver.
Mr. Weinstein serves on the board of directors of the American International Health Alliance and the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program. He also is a board member of privately held companies that provide services to hospitals. Mr. Weinstein is a graduate of Allegheny College and has an MBA from Cornell University.