Consulate Health Care Names New Executive Leadership

MAITLAND, Fla. (September 28, 2016)—Consulate Health Care, a national provider of post-acute health care services, announced the promotion of Chris Bryson to CEO.

Bryson formerly served as COO under the leadership of Bill Mathies, CEO. Mathies and Bryson joined Consulate in the fall of 2015 with the primary goal of repositioning Consulate within the industry and its local communities. Part of the day-one plan—which included operational restructuring, enhancement of the leadership team and rationalization of the portfolio—was the development of a succession plan. 

With key leadership and operational initiatives now in place, the transition of Bryson to CEO was timed to allow him to complete the business planning process for 2017 and name his successor prior to the start of the new year. As such, Consulate Health Care has also appointed Todd Mehaffey as COO. Mehaffey served successfully as the Florida division president for the company, and the internal selection ensures a smooth transition and operational continuity.

Mathies will remain involved with Consulate as executive chairman to guide the leadership transition, provide strategic counsel to Bryson and be available to investors and business partners as needed.

With more than 40 years of combined experience in the post-acute care industry, Bryson and Mehaffey provide an enumerable wealth of skills and successes that will continue the repositioning of Consulate as a national provider of care across their network of community-based centers.

“Chris has been in key leadership positions in post-acute companies for a couple of decades. His experience, combined with his body of work at Consulate, provides a well-matched set of skills for the future needs of the company. He is not only intimately aware of our strengths and weaknesses as a health care company, but he has also established a strong relationship with our management team, which contributes to my confidence that Consulate will continue to strengthen and grow under his leadership,” said Mathies.

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