Our Team

Bart Valdez

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Valdez has worked in healthcare for over three decades. In his last position as CEO of Ingenovis Health, Bart had the opportunity to work with over 14,000 nurses, 4,000 health professionals, and 1,200 physicians in providing healthcare staffing across the country.

Prior to joining Ingenovis Health, Mr. Valdez worked with Syneos Health, a clinical research organization, as the President of its Global Strategic Resourcing Division. In that role, he worked with some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to help them complete their drug trials and eventually bring their drugs to market domestically and internationally.

Before Syneos, Mr. Valdez was the Executive Vice President of Ceridian Corporation where he led the company’s US human capital management business which included leading various service categories such as payroll, benefits services, and full HR outsourcing.

Mr. Valdez is originally from Colorado and has a B.S. in Management from Colorado State University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado. Mr. Valdez also served in the US Naval Reserve for just over 6 years.

Grant Brown

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Brown has over 25 years of operational and business development experience and is focused on managing and improving Care’s agency operations, ensuring integration success post-acquisition, managing key vendor relationships, and developing marketing and sales collateral. Prior to Care Hospice he held financial and operational roles at a software and consulting firm, an energy company, and a water engineering and manufacturing company. He spent five years in management consulting at the Monitor Group, including work with numerous healthcare companies, and began his career in corporate finance at Texas Instruments. Mr. Brown received a BS from the University of Colorado, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University, and an MBA from the University of Virginia.

Chad Everitt

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Everitt brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in the hospice and home-based care industry. He has led large, multi-market hospice organizations with end-to-end responsibility for all elements of the business, including strategy, growth, people, systems, and performance across the enterprise. Most recently, Mr. Everitt served in senior operating roles overseeing complex regional and divisional platforms during periods of growth and organizational transformation. His primary focus has been on strengthening execution, scaling operations, and improving consistency, efficiency, and accountability at scale. His background includes extensive experience supporting expansion, organizational integration, and sustainable performance in highly regulated environments. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Social Work from Tulane University.

Kristin Rich, RN

Chief Clinical Officer

Ms. Rich has over 30+ years of clinical and compliance hospice experience, including acting as Chief Compliance Officer for numerous large hospice agencies. Ms. Rich served as the Quality Chairman in 2007 for the National Quality Workgroup. She also served two terms on the NHPCO Regulatory Committee and most recently the Emergency Preparedness and Relatedness Sub-Committees. She recently became Certified as a Hospice Compliance professional through NHPCO and represents Care on the HOPE Quality Assessment Tool Taskforce.

Jesse Moore

Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

Mr. Moore was appointed Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Compliance Officer in 2024 after joining in 2023 as General Counsel and Secretary. Most recently, Jesse served as Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs and General Counsel of the Mobility segment for Aptiv, PLC. Prior to Aptiv he was Deputy General Counsel with inVentiv Health, Inc. Jesse earned a bachelor’s degree in History from Colgate University and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law.

Jamie Cairns

Chief Information Officer

Mr. Cairns has more than 10 years of technical leadership experience. Most recently, Jamie served as the Vice President of Operations and Infosec Officer for PunchOut2Go. Additionally, he has held technical leadership positions such as CIO with WorldStrides and VP of Infrastructure Services with S&P Global

Tim Walkup

Chief Human Resources Officer

Mr. Walkup has more than 25 years of Human Resources leadership experience. Tim is responsible for leading all aspects of Human Resources at Care Hospice, including organization development, talent management, leadership development, and culture. Tim is a graduate of James Madison University with a bachelor’s in Management and a master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Marymount University.

Wade Stuber

Chief Growth Officer

Wade is a dynamic and seasoned leader with over 22 years of sales leadership experience in the hospice industry. Having led hospice expansion and growth across 25 states, Wade brings invaluable expertise in strategic sales planning, census development, CRM, and sales talent development. Wade is driven by being part of a team that provides the finest and most compassionate end of life care to every possible eligible patient. To that end, he is passionate about developing elite sales leaders and sales teams to identify and serve these patients.

Robert McMullan

Senior Vice President – Corporate Development

Mr. McMullan has a broad range of experience in finance and operations working with both established and high growth companies across various sectors. His focus at Care Hospice is on corporate development including M&A and other strategic projects. Previously, Mr. McMullan worked for Tiger Management, a New York-based investment firm, where he was responsible for managing a portfolio of private investments. Mr. McMullan began his career as an analyst at Morgan Stanley and received a BA from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.