Paul J. Diaz

Paul Diaz is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Kindred Healthcare, Inc., one of the largest providers of healthcare services in the United States. Kindred is a New York Stock Exchange listed company with revenues in excess of $4 billion and over 54,000 employees in 41 states.

Kindred operates a diverse blend of health care service businesses including long-term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and contract rehabilitation sites in more than 600 locations across the United States. Kindred Healthcare was ranked first among “Health Care: Medical Facilities” in Fortune magazine’s list of Most Admired Companies in March 2009.

Mr. Diaz is an attorney and accountant, earning a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from American University's Kogod School of Business and a law degree from Georgetown University.

Mr. Diaz currently serves on the Board of Directors of DaVita (NYSE: “DVA”), and the Board of Visitors of Georgetown University Law Center. He was formerly on the Board of PharMerica Corporation (NYSE:PMC), the Board of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, and the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Suburban Hospital Healthcare Systems in Bethesda, Maryland.

In the past two years, Modern Healthcare magazine named Mr. Diaz one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare. In 2008, Modern Healthcare named him one of the top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare. In addition, in both 2008 and 2009 Hispanic magazine named Mr. Diaz one of the 25 Best Latinos in business.