Wayne McAlister, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
An accomplished healthcare executive, Wayne McAlister brings more than 38 years of hospital operations and management experience to his role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LifeCare Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining the company in early 2008, Mr. McAlister was Senior Vice President of Triad Hospitals, Inc. and Division President of a large group of its hospitals, where he was responsible for development, management and financial operations. Before joining Triad in 1999, he served as Regional Vice President of Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation, where he was responsible for nine acute medical/surgical hospitals, and Vice President of Operations at Tenet Healthcare Corporation, where he oversaw five medical/surgical hospitals. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President of Operations at Charter Medical Corporation. In this role, he was responsible for the opening of 14 psychiatric and medical/surgical hospitals and the financial turnaround of a number of existing facilities. Mr. McAlister earned a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from Oklahoma University. He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of the American Health Systems and a former member of the Board of Trustees of the National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals.

Phillip B. Douglas, President
Mr. Douglas joined LifeCare in January 2006 and served as Chief Financial Officer until April 2008 when he was named President. He also serves as Board President of the Acute Long Term Hospital Association (ALTHA), where he formerly acted as Director and Board member since 2006. Prior to joining LifeCare, he was Chief Financial Officer of Workscape, Inc., a technology-based human resources outsourcing company, from 2000 until 2005. From 1996 until 1999, Mr. Douglas was founder and Chief Executive Officer of Management and Technology Solutions, Inc., a developer and provider of IT solutions to physician organizations. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Douglas was Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of HealthSpring, Inc., a physician practice management company that was later acquired by The MetraHealth Companies ("MetraHealth"). MetraHealth was ultimately acquired by United HealthCare Corporation, where Mr. Douglas served as Senior Vice President of Finance for the combined companies from 1995 to 1996.

Grant B. Asay, Executive Vice President of Operations
Mr. Asay is a healthcare veteran with more than 22 years of experience. From 2002 until joining LifeCare in June 2006, he served as a Regional Director for Select Medical Corporation, one of the largest providers of long term acute care hospital services in the country. Prior to joining Select, Mr. Asay served as the Chief Executive Officer of community hospitals in Montana, Nevada and Alaska.

Catherine Conner, Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Ms. Conner joined LifeCare in May 2006. She was previously the Executive Director of Strategic Staffing with Applebee's International, Inc., a restaurant company with 30,000 employees and over 500 locations. At Applebee's, she also held the roles of Executive Director/Total Rewards and Executive Director of Franchise HR. Ms. Conner also served as Director of HR for a Boston Market franchisee and headed up staffing for Houlihans restaurant group. In addition to her years in the hospitality industry, Ms. Conner worked in
the healthcare industry as Vice President of Human Resources with Rehab Designs of America, a prosthetic and orthotic provider.

Chris A. Walker, Chief Financial Officer
Chris Walker has served as Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer since 1997. Prior to joining LifeCare, he worked as a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG LLP from 1991 until 1997.

Judy Hogan RN, MSN, Senior Vice President of Clinical Services
Ms. Hogan joined LifeCare in September 2006. She was previously employed by Kindred Healthcare as Regional Director of Clinical Operations. Ms. Hogan has 26 years of experience in healthcare, serving in the capacities of Director of Quality Management,
Chief Clinical Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Executive Officer.

T. Brian Callister, M.D., National Medical Director
With over 20 years experience in clinical medicine and as a physician leader, Dr. Callister is a Board Certified Internal Medicine specialist and Hospitalist who is nationally recognized as an expert in long term acute care. Dr. Callister has directed LifeCare’s medical staff leadership for over a dozen years and has served formally as the National Medical Director since 2004. He is the Chairman of the Clinical Policy Committee of the Acute Long Term Hospital Association (ALTHA) and is also the Nevada State Chairman for the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS).

In addition to his work in national acute care medicine, Dr. Callister currently serves as the Treasurer of the Nevada State Medical Association and has been the Chief of Staff or the Chief Medical Officer of several hospital systems spanning two decades. In 1995, he co-founded the Sierra Hospitalists medical group, which has grown into one of the nation’s largest private Hospitalist physician practices.

Dr. Callister is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Economics, and received his M.D. from the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed his specialty training in Internal Medicine at UCLA. He has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Nevada for over 15 years and lectures nationally on multiple subjects ranging from Long Term Acute Care and Hospitalist programs to motivational speaking. He is a recipient of the Congressional Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service to the community.

Diane H. Partridge, Vice President of Marketing
Ms. Partridge joined LifeCare in December 2008. She was previously vice president of sales and marketing at Kindred Healthcare, where she supported an organization of 300 clinical sales professionals contributing to admissions growth of nine percent per year. Over her 20-year career in healthcare, she has also held senior management positions at the Healthcare Group of Johnson Controls, Inc., a Fortune 100 company, Tectonic Corporation and HealthSouth Corporation. Ms. Partridge earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Marketing from University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Erik C. Pahl, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary
Mr. Pahl joined LifeCare in August 2009. With more than a decade of experience in corporate and health care law, previous positions include General Counsel and Vice President for national home care corporation, Intrepid U.S.A., and national staffing company, Snelling Staffing. He also served as Assistant General Counsel for Triad Hospitals, where he advised hospitals, surgery centers and physician groups. Mr. Pahl remains active in the Air National Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel and chief legal advisor to the 136th Airlift Wing in Fort Worth, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago.