Waud Capital Partners

Gary Mecklenburg is an Executive Partner in Waud Capital Partners, working with the firm’s significant investments in health care services. In this role, Mr. Mecklenburg chairs the boards of directors of Regency Hospital Company and Acadia Healthcare. He is also a member of the boards of Advanced Reimbursement Management and CarePoint Partners.

Gary Mecklenburg is recognized as one of the nation’s leading healthcare executives. His distinguished career includes a 21 year tenure as president and CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, as well as senior management positions at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and Franciscan Healthcare in Milwaukee.

As a national leader, Mr. Mecklenburg has served as chairman of the American Hospital Association, the Illinois Hospital Association, the Health Forum, National Alliance for Information Technology, and the Healthcare Research and Development Institute. He has also served on the boards of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. He is a current director of Becton Dickinson and Company and of LHP Hospital Group, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University where he has served as an Adjunct Professor of Health Industry Management.

Recognized by a number of organizations for his professional, community, and volunteer service activities, Mr. Mecklenburg received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Donald P. Jacobs Distinguished Leadership Award from the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.

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