Leadership

Triumph HealthCare’s corporate leadership team consists of individuals with a wide variety of health care experience. All of these individuals have proven leadership abilities and have worked together previously to successfully establish Acute Long Term Hospitals. The synergy that this team has achieved is the driving force behind Triumph HealthCare.

Charlie Allen, President and CEO
Charlie began his career in healthcare over 25 years ago. During that he has served in Regional Operations and Development positions for national healthcare companies. He has served as the founding President and CEO for Milestone, a leading provider of post acute management services in the United States. Milestone grew from a startup company in 1991 to become the second largest post acute management company in the United States. Charlie accomplished a management buyout, IPO, and sale to HCR-Manorcare, the leading nursing home company in the United States. In October 2004, Charlie accepted the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Triumph HealthCare. Charlie serves on the Board of Directors of the Acute Long Term Hospital Association. He holds a B.A. as well as a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Texas.


Larry Humphrey, Chief Financial Officer
Larry has over 24 years experience in all aspects of hospital and corporate finance with public healthcare companies. Mr. Humphrey joined Triumph Healthcare in March 2005. Prior to that, he was co-founder of Signature Healthcare, which was formed in 2003 to pursue hospital acquisitions. Mr. Humphrey worked in various finance roles with Clarent Hospital Corporation (a/k/a Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation and Champion Healthcare Corporation) from 1993 until 2002, and was CFO of that company from 1999 until 2002. He also worked as a hospital CFO at three Tenet Healthcare facilities from 1984 until 1993. Mr. Humphrey holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Dallas and is a CPA.


Brock Hardaway, Chief Operating Officer  
Brock has over 17 years of experience in the healthcare arena, spending the past 12 plus years in the LTAC sector. He has held positions of increasing leadership responsibility with public and private companies. Brock joined Triumph Healthcare in June 2005. Prior to that, he was Regional Vice President of Operations for Select Medical Corporation, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of over 30 hospitals across the United States. Brock has worked as a Hospital CEO and Regional Business Development Director for Kindred Healthcare (formerly Vencor, Inc.). At Kindred, he was responsible for hospitals in the Houston and Chicago areas respectively, as well a regional role in the Midwest United States. Early on in his career, Brock worked as a healthcare consultant, working with several consulting firms including, Patrick Philbin & Associates, Campbell Wilson, and Electronic Data Systems in their Healthcare Practice. He holds a B.S. in Hospital Administration from Southwest Texas State University as well as a MBA from St. Edward's University Executive Program.


Ginger Wollard, Vice President Case Management & Compliance
Ginger has over 30 years of progressive clinical and administrative management experience. During this period, she has served in a director's role in critical care services, as well as in risk management and quality development. She has been an officer of Triumph Healthcare since its formation in 1999. Ginger is active in the Acute Long Term Hospital Association. She also serves on the Hospital Advisory Council and the Professional and Technical Advisory Council to the JCAHO, a hospital accreditation organization. Ginger holds a B.S in nursing from the University of South Florida and an MBA from Tampa College.


Tanya G. Snodgrass, Vice President Professional Relations
Tanya has over 18 years experience in the healthcare industry. Her experience includes payor contracting and census development in a variety of healthcare services, including neurologic rehabilitation, practice management, and managed care. She began her long-term acute care career in 1993 with Transitional Hospitals Corporation in New Orleans as Director of Referral Development. The following year she began serving in a regional management capacity in Houston, Texas, for Beverly Enterprise’s long-term hospital division, American Transitional Hospitals (ATH), with responsibility for census development, and she also served as national sales trainer for the LTCH division of ATH until 1998. In 1999, Tanya joined Triumph Healthcare as a founding team member. She holds a B.S in Business Administration from Louisiana State University.


James K. Hermes, Vice President - Financial Operations
Jim served as an Executive Vice President and CFO for SCCI Healthcare prior to the acquisition of SCCI by Triumph in September 2005. Prior to SCCI, Mr. Hermes served as the CFO of Specialty Healthcare Services, a privately owned LTAC company with six facilities, until it was acquired by Kindred Healthcare in April of 2002. Prior to Specialty, Mr. Hermes spent twelve years with Vencor, Inc. as a hospital CFO, a Regional Director of Hospital Finance and the Divisional CFO for Vencor's Ancillary Services Division. While at Vencor, Mr. Hermes was responsible for the financial startup of 11 hospitals and was instrumental in the successful integration of five Transitional Hospitals Corporation (THC) hospitals into Vencor.


Lance Carlson, Vice President - Corporate Controller
Lance has over 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry through public accounting and serving in various aspects of corporate finance with both private and public healthcare companies. Mr. Carlson joined Triumph Healthcare in August 2005. Previously, he served as the Corporate Controller for US Oncology, Inc., the nation’s largest physician practice management network specializing in oncology. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Carlson worked in various finance roles with Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation (f/k/a Champion Healthcare Corporation). Prior to that, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand for five years, servicing clients in the healthcare and other industries. Mr. Carlson holds a B.B.A. from Texas A&M University and is a CPA.


Theresa Hunkins, Vice President - Chief Clinical Officer
Theresa has over 20 years of varied clinical and administrative healthcare experience. Ms. Hunkins joined Triumph Healthcare in February 2006. She has over seventeen years LTAC experience with Kindred HealthCare where she was employed prior to joining Triumph. During her tenure with Kindred she held such positions of Director of Quality Management, Corporate Quality Manager, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer and most recently a Regional Director of Clinical Operations for the South Region. Theresa is a Registered Nurse, a Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality. She is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Theresa holds a BS in Healthcare Administration from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine and is currently pursuing her MBA.


Kevin Williams, Vice President, Information Systems - CIO
Kevin served as Senior Vice President and CIO for SCCI Health Services prior to the acquisition of SCCI by Triumph in September 2005. Kevin has 20 years experience in healthcare and information systems. He is the former Director of Information Systems for a Top 100 hospital. He is a member of the Health Level Seven (HL7) organization. Prior to his tenure in healthcare information systems management, Kevin was a consultant for IBM. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Fordham University and an M.S. in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington.


Todd Keithley - Vice President of Development
A 35-year veteran of the healthcare industry, Todd consulted with Triumph for two years prior to joining the staff full-time. He was a founder and Executive Vice President of Cornerstone Health Management, a post-acute contact management company offering LTAC hospitals as one of several product lines. Todd played an instrumental role in the lucrative sale of the company. He held several management positions over a 13-year period for American Medical International, a $1.9 billion NYSC acute care hospital company with 117 facilities. His last position with AMI was Vice President for Hospital Development for the Central Division. Todd served as Assistant Administrator of Central Medical Center Hospitals in St. Louis for three years prior to being recruited to Texas. He completed his undergraduate work at Indiana University and was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force as a Medical Administrative Officer.


Michael Files - Vice President of Operations Houston Region
Mike has 30 years of healthcare experience in a variety of executive leadership positions, both in divisional and hospital settings. All responsibilities have been in the for- profit healthcare arenas. Mike has served as a CEO in the LTACH industry for 14 years. Mike joined Triumph Healthcare in 2001 as the CEO of the second Triumph LTACH in the Houston area. As the Triumph Healthcare presence became larger in Houston, it became necessary to develop hospital groups. Mike became the Group CEO for the Triumph Hospital East Group. As a result of Triumph’s local and national growth, Mike was promoted to Vice President of Operations Houston Region. Mike credits his successes to the talented people with whom he has been associated. He holds a B.A. degree from Brigham Young University.