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April Anthony

April Anthony

Keynote Speaker

Chief Executive Officer
VitalCaring Group

April Anthony has over 30 years of experience as an innovator and entrepreneur in the home health care field, having founded and led three successful ventures and currently serving as the CEO of her fourth, VitalCaring Group. Her commitment to the industry has facilitated essential healthcare services for hundreds of thousands of homebound patients and provided rewarding employment opportunities for thousands of healthcare professionals. April is the founder and former CEO of Liberty Health Services, Encompass Home Health & Hospice, and Homecare Homebase. Since August 2022, she has been using her extensive experience in home health care and technology to develop a distinctive operating model at VitalCaring that focuses on culture, quality, innovation, and performance.

John Figueroa

John Figueroa, MBA '97

Panel Moderator

Executive Chairman
CarepathRx

As Executive Chairman of CarepathRx, John Figueroa leads the Board of Directors and supports the management team in executing its strategy. John founded CarepathRx in 2019, growing it to over 2,000 employees and $2 billion in revenues before divesting BioPlus. Previously, he served as CEO of Genoa Healthcare, Chairman and CEO of Apria Healthcare Group Inc. and Coram LLC, CEO of Omnicare, Inc., and President of McKesson Corporation’s U.S. Pharmaceutical Group.

Mark Filenbaum

Mark Filenbaum

Panel Speaker

Managing Director
UBS

Mark Filenbaum is a Managing Director in the Global Healthcare Group at UBS based in New York. He has spent over 15 years in the healthcare investment banking industry advising companies on M&A and capital markets transactions. Mr. Filenbaum has been a Managing Director at UBS (and previously Credit Suisse) since 2021. He leads coverage across numerous sectors in healthcare services including managed care, value-based care, drug supply chain and biopharma services. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he worked at Centerview Partners, Jefferies, and UBS.

Michael Muntner

Michael Muntner

Panel Speaker

Partner
Centerview Partners

Michael Muntner has over 25 years of investment banking experience and is a highly regarded strategic advisor to healthcare services companies and private equity firms. Over his career, he has advised on over $350 billion in transactions, including some of the largest healthcare services deals ever. Michael joined Centerview in 2016 to establish its healthcare services practice after 16 years at Credit Suisse, where he served as Co-Head of the Healthcare Group in the Americas. He was also Vice President of Strategic Planning at Hanger Orthopedic Group and began his career in healthcare investment banking at Alex Brown.

Michael Rimland

Michael Rimland

Panel Speaker

Partner
Goldman Sachs

Michael Rimland is the global head of Healthcare Services Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and a member of the Investment Banking Senior Leadership Council. Since joining the firm as a managing director in 2006 and being named partner in 2008, Michael has built a distinguished career spanning nearly 30 years. His expertise lies in advising companies and leading transformative transactions within the healthcare services sector, making him a key figure in shaping the industry’s financial landscape.