Wayne T. Smith

Mr. Smith is the Chairman of the Board of Directors. At the time of his retirement as an executive of the Company, he was one of the most tenured executives in the healthcare industry and had led the Company to become one of the largest publicly-traded providers of healthcare services in the nation. He is the past-chair of the board of the Federation of American Hospitals, past-chair and former board member of both the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Nashville Health Care Council and serves on the board of trustees of Auburn University.