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Tom Anderson co-founded Capella Healthcare with Dan Slipkovich in April 2005 and serves as President for the Company. Because of his significant background in hospital operations and acquisitions, he was instrumental in securing the initial equity funding for the Company and negotiating the transaction to purchase the first four Capella hospitals from HCA. In his role as President for Capella, Tom oversees acquisitions, information technology, human resources and corporate operations.Prior to co-founding Capella, Tom was Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Province Healthcare. During his tenure at Province, Tom completed transactions on 18 hospitals. Most of these hospitals were not-for-profit hospitals or governmental hospitals. Tom’s strategy was to actively seek local partnerships with Province to ensure the local community had a meaningful role in the hospital once ownership was transferred to Province. In all cases, the transactions Tom delivered provided more capital dollars to the local facility, more physicians to the community and new tax dollars to local government. It is this model of community-focused acquisitions that Tom has brought to Capella.Tom began his career in 1975 in public service with the Tennessee Division of State Audit. After that, he joined HCA, first as an internal auditor, then in roles with increasing responsibility at HCA hospitals in Fort Worth and Nashville. In 1980, Tom left HCA to become Chief Financial Officer of Baptist Medical Center in Montgomery, Alabama. Baptist is a major tertiary hospital, which along with its competitor, dominates the hospital market in central Alabama. In 1983, Tom joined Harton Regional Medical Center and in 1984 was named its Chief Executive Officer. In 1990, he was named Chief Financial Officer of Clarksville Memorial Hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee.Tom joined Community Health Systems in 1992, first as Vice President for Financial Operations and then as a division Chief Executive Officer. In his role at Community, Tom managed the operations of 14 hospitals and oversaw the successful integration of Hallmark Healthcare into the operations of Community Its hospitals were returned to profitability after Community acquired them. Tom left Community in 1998 to join Province as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development. Tom left Province in 2005 to co-found Capella.Tom holds undergraduate degrees from Freed-Hardman University and Tennessee Technological University and a Master of Business Administration from Auburn University in Montgomery. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. Tom is married to Jade Anderson. They have four children and one grandchild. He is active in church and community activities in his community. | 