Board of Directors

Tom Leonard is the Chief Executive Officer at Agiliti and has been a member of our Board of Directors since April 2015. Prior to joining Agiliti, Tom served as President of the Medical Systems business segment at CareFusion, a global medical technology company serving the health care industry. He was previously Senior Vice President and General Manager of Ambulatory Solutions for McKesson Provider Technologies, and prior to that, Executive Vice President of Operations for Picis, Inc. With more than 15 years of leadership in the health care industry, Tom is recognized for his strategic vision and passion for developing high-performing teams. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

John L. Workman joined us in November 2014 as a director and Chair of the Audit Committee. From February to April 2015, Mr. Workman was our Interim Executive Chairman of the Board. In April 2015, Mr. Workman was appointed as non-executive Chairman of the Board. From 2012 to June 2014, Mr. Workman served as Chief Executive Officer and Director at OmniCare, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Workman served as Chief Financial Officer of OmniCare, Inc. from 2009 to 2012, and President from 2011 to 2012. Prior to joining OmniCare, Mr. Workman served as Chief Financial Officer of HealthSouth Corporation from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he spent six years serving in executive officer roles at U.S. Can Corporation, including Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Workman also spent more than 14 years with Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc., serving in various financial leadership capacities, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer. Mr. Workman began his career with the public accounting firm KPMG LLP. Mr. Workman is also a Director of Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE:FSS), an international manufacturing company that specializes in environmental and safety solutions where he chairs the Audit Committee. Mr. Workman also serves on the board of directors of ConMed (NASDAQ:CNMD), an international manufacturer of equipment and supplies for orthopedic and general surgery and was a director of CareCapital Properties (NYSE:CCP), which, prior to merging into a public company, was a REIT involved with long-term healthcare facilities from, August 2015 until August 2017. Mr. Workman holds a doctorate degree in education in ethical leadership from Olivet Nazarene University, an MBA from the University of Chicago and a B.S. degree from Indiana University.

Michael A. Bell became a member of our Board in January 2019. Mr. Bell is a Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. Most recently, he was an executive advisor to THL. Prior to that, Mr. Bell was executive chairman of Syneos Health, Inc. (formerly INC Research Holdings, Inc./inVentiv Health, Inc.). From August 1, 2017 to December 1, 2017, Mr. Bell served as Executive Chairman and President of Syneos Health Commercial Solutions (formerly inVentiv Health Commercial Solutions). From September 2014 until he joined Syneos Health, Inc., Mr. Bell served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inventiv Health, Inc. Mr. Bell served as inVentiv Health, Inc.’s Chief Operating Officer from May 2014 until his appointment as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. From 1998 until he joined inVentiv Health, Inc., Mr. Bell was a Managing Partner and Founder of Monitor Clipper Partners, a private equity firm where he invested in companies in the professional services, procurement outsourcing and biopharmaceutical services industries. Mr. Bell also served as Senior Executive Vice President of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., reporting to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, from 2001 until the business was sold to Manulife Financial Corporation in 2004. In 1983, Mr. Bell was a founder of Monitor Group, a management consulting firm engaged across the healthcare delivery system, and was a member of the firm’s leadership team until 1998 when he joined Monitor Clipper Partners, LLC. In addition to Agiliti, Mr. Bell currently sits on the boards of AmeriLife Group, LLC, Autism Home Care Holdings, Inc., Healthcare Staffing Services, Professional Physical Therapy and Senior Home Care Holdings, Inc. Mr. Bell holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Darren M. Friedman became a member of our Board in March 2019. Mr. Friedman is a Partner of StepStone Group LP, a global private markets firm that oversees approximately $240 billion of private capital allocations. Prior to joining StepStone in 2010, Mr. Friedman was a Managing Partner of Citi Private Equity, where he worked from 2001 to 2010, managing over $10 billion of capital across various private equity investing activities. Mr. Friedman sits or has sat on the boards or advisory boards of multiple portfolio companies, general partners and a number of Investment Committees. Prior to joining Citi Private Equity, Mr. Friedman worked in the Investment Banking division at Salomon Smith Barney. Mr. Friedman has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois. Mr. Friedman is an experienced senior executive with extensive accounting and financial experience.

Dr. Gary L. Gottlieb became a member of our Board in January 2019. Dr. Gottlieb is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Gottlieb served as Chief Executive Officer of Partners In Health from March 2015 until June 2019. From January 2010 until February 2015, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Partners HealthCare (now MassGeneral Brigham), the parent of the Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He served as President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as President of North Shore Medical Center, and as Chairman of Partners Psychiatry. Dr. Gottlieb served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 2012 to 2016 and as its Chair from 2016 to 2018. Dr. Gottlieb serves as Executive Chair of Cohere, Inc. and as a Director of Kyruus, Inc., OM1, Inc. and, previously, inVentiv Health, Inc. He is an Executive Partner of Flare Capital Partners. Dr. Gottlieb earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from the Albany Medical College of Union University in a six-year accelerated biomedical program.

Joshua M. Nelson became a member of our Board in January 2019. Mr. Nelson is a Managing Director and Head of Healthcare at THL, which he joined in 2003. Prior to joining THL, he worked at JPMorgan Partners, the private equity affiliate of JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Nelson currently serves on the board of directors of Adare Pharma Solutions, Autism Home Care Holdings, Inc., CSafe Global, Healthcare Staffing Services, Hospice Care Holdings, L.P., Professional Physical Therapy, Senior Home Care Holdings, Inc. and Syneos Health, Inc., and he previously served on the boards of 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc., Curo Health Services, Hawkeye Energy Holdings, Intermedix Corporation and Party City Holdco. Mr. Nelson holds a B.A. in political science, summa cum laude, from Princeton University and an M.B.A., with honors, from Harvard Business School.

Megan M. Preiner became a member of our Board in January 2019. Ms. Preiner is a Managing Director at THL, which she joined in 2008. Prior to joining THL, she worked in the Media and Telecommunications Group at Credit Suisse. Ms. Preiner currently serves on the board of directors of Adare Pharma Solutions, Autism Home Care Holdings, Inc., CSafe Global, Healthcare Staffing Services, Hospice Care Holdings, L.P. and Senior Home Care Holdings, Inc., and she previously served on the board of directors of Intermedix Corporation and Phillips Pet Food & Supplies. Ms. Preiner holds a B.A. in Political Economy, cum laude, from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Scott M. Sperling became a member of our Board in January 2019. Mr. Sperling is currently a Co-Chief Executive Officer of THL, which he has led for over 20 years. Prior to joining THL, Mr. Sperling was, for more than ten years, managing partner of The Aeneas Group, Inc., the private capital affiliate of Harvard Management Company. Before that he was a senior consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Sperling’s current and prior directorships include Experian Information Solutions, Fisher Scientific, Front Line Management Companies, Inc., Houghton Mifflin Co., iHeartMedia, Inc., The Learning Company, Madison Square Garden Company, PriCellular Corp, ProcureNet, ProSiebenSat.1, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Univision Communications, Inc., Warner Music Group and Wyndham Hotels and several other private companies. Mr. Sperling is also the Chairman of MassGeneral Brigham, the parent of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham Health and a number of the nation’s other leading academic medical centers, community hospitals and physician organizations. Mr. Sperling holds a B.S. from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Diane B. Patrick became a member of our Board in March 2021. Ms. Patrick is a Senior Counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP and has practiced labor and employment law for over 35 years. Prior to serving as Senior Counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP, Ms. Patrick served as a Co-Managing Partner and as a member of several committees, including the Diversity Committee, of Ropes & Gray LLP, as an Associate at O’Melveny & Myers, as an Associate at Hogan Hartson (n/k/a Hogan Lovells US LLP), as University Attorney at Harvard University, and as Director and Associate Vice President of Human Resources at Harvard University. Ms. Patrick also serves on the boards of Massachusetts General Hospital (as Co-Vice Chair, and as Chair and member of several committees, including the Nominating and Governance Committee), MassGeneralBrigham (as Chair of the United Against Racism Task Force and member of several committees, including the Committee on Institutional Conflicts), Epiphany School (as Chair of the Academic and School Life Committee and member of several other committees, including the Committee on Trustees), and WBUR-FM, a National Public Radio station (as a member of the Community Advisory Board). Ms. Patrick also served as First Lady of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts while her husband was Governor from 2007 to 2015.