Jim Baker
CFO
Jim’s professional career includes over 20 years in the home health care industry with Apria Healthcare, a NYSE listed company, and 10 years in public accounting.  Jim held various financial positions with Apria and its predecessor including Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, and Vice President and Controller.  During this time, Apria grew from $150 million to over $1 billion in annual revenues.  Jim was also instrumental in a management buyout, an initial public offering, and numerous acquisitions and mergers.  Jim started his professional career in public accounting and held positions of increasing responsibility in the audit divisions of KPMG and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  Jim is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University’s Honors Program in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Richard Iriye
COO
Richard has over 20 years of home healthcare management experience working with the major national homecare companies. Most recently, Richard was the Senior Vice President of Operations for Coram. Prior to Coram, Richard held General Management and Regional Operations Management positions with Apria and Caremark. In addition to home infusion management, Richard was responsible for managing Coram’s Respiratory and DME Division as well as participating on the Board of several hospital partnerships. Other duties have included operational implementation of Ambulatory Infusion Centers for AIDS and specialty pharmacy administration services. Richard graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Pharmacy and began his career in home infusion with Home Health Care of America.

Kathi Costello
Vice President, Clinical Operations
Kathi has over 20 years of healthcare experience, including 15 years in Regional and Senior Operations Management positions with national Specialty Pharmacy and Specialty Infusion companies. She has worked with Coram, Quantum Health Resources/Gentiva/Accredo, and Apria Healthcare. Most recently, Kathi was responsible for the operations of the Infusion Division at Apria Healthcare. Prior to that she managed operations for the western half of the United States for Accredo Therapeutics. Kathi has a BS degree in Nursing from California State University, Long Beach and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Nora Warren
Vice President, Human Resources
Nora joined Amerita as the Vice President of Human Resources in 2011 and has over 20 years of human resources experience, with 10 years in the healthcare industry. In addition to establishing a successful HR consulting business, Nora held HR leadership positions at several large organizations, including the Director of Human Resources at Apria Healthcare where she was responsible for compensation, benefits, payroll, HR systems and administration, and led the HR strategy for over 100 acquisitions.

Nora graduated from Cal State University in Fullerton with a bachelor’s degree in communications, holds a Master’s Certificate in organizational leadership from Chapman University in Orange, CA, and a certificate in human resources management from the University of California, Irvine. She also holds the designation of Certified Compensation Professional (CCP).

Arlene Fricke
Vice President, Reimbursement
Arlene has over 25 years of health care experience with 16 years in revenue cycle management. Arlene’s experience also includes sales, operations and training. She spent 20 years in the home respiratory and DME industry with both national and regional companies of which 14 were with Lincare. Most recently, Arlene held the position of Regional Director of Operations with Guardian Healthcare a Texas-based home health provider. Other positions held by Arlene included Sr. Vice President of Operations at OrthoRx, Regional Director of Patient Accounts at Pediatrix Medical Group (MEDNAX), and Sales Representative with TAP Pharmaceuticals. Arlene holds a BBA in Accounting from Pace University.

Kari Mejia
Director, Finance
Kari has over 20 years of accounting and financial reporting experience. Most recently, she served as the Director of Financial Reporting and Analysis with Apria Healthcare. During her 14 years at Apria, Kari’s primary responsibilities included preparing SEC filings, accounting research, acquisition-related accounting and valuations, budget development, incentive compensation plan development and administration and general oversight of the financial reporting area. Prior to joining Apria, Kari served in various accounting, financial reporting and auditing capacities for a variety of organizations. Kari holds a Bachelor of Business degree in Accountancy from Western Illinois University and earned a C.P.A certificate in the State of Illinois.

Ryan Kirkpatrick
Board Member
Ryan joined Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC in 2007. Prior to FFC, Ryan was the health care analyst at Melleos Capital Management, a New York based hedge fund investing in U.S. equities. He holds a B.A. degree from Princeton University and an M.B.A degree from The Wharton School. He is a Board Member of Amerita, Inc., Biotix Inc., and Ernest Health, Inc. and an observer of the Board of Vitalize Consulting Solutions, Inc.

Jim Greenwood
Board Member
Jim assumed his position as Chief Executive Officer for Concentra in June 2007. Prior to this he was the organization's Executive Vice President of Corporate Development since 1997, where his responsibilities included acquisitions, joint ventures, and new business initiatives. Since 1993, when Jim joined a predecessor company as Chief Financial Officer, Concentra has completed over 150 acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Greenwood was in the banking industry for seven years prior to 1993, serving as Senior Vice President for Bank One, Texas, N.A. and a predecessor financial institution. Jim graduated from Baylor University in 1983 and is a certified public accountant. In addition to serving on Amerita’s Board of Directors, Jim is a Board member for Epic MedStaff, a privately held home care company. Mr. Greenwood is also on the Board of Directors for the Founders Forum. Founders’ Forum is an organization for conservative business leaders who are focused on economic and fiscal issues. Mr. Greenwood also serves on the Baylor University Healthcare Administration Program’s Advisory Council.