Julian L. Carr
Julian joined Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company as Partner and Senior Executive Advisor in January 2004. He served as Chairman and CEO of Valitás Health Services, a leading healthcare services provider and a BPOC portfolio company, from January 1997 to May 2002, and served as non-executive Chairman until 2004. Previously, Julian served as Executive Vice President of ARAMARK Corporation and President of ARAMARK's Health and Education Services sector (parent of Valitás, formerly Spectrum Healthcare Services) and as an executive with American Hospital Supply Corporation.

Julian serves or has served on the board of directors of DentalCare Partners, Inc., Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., Living Centers of America, Inc. (NYSE), The MED Group, Medcor Holdings, Inc., Sanford-Brown, Inc., TIDI Products, Valitás Health Services, Inc. and VHA, Inc.

Julian is a 1968 honors graduate of the University of Tulsa with a B.S. degree in economics. He earned an M.B.A. degree, also with honors, from Indiana University in 1970.


Earl V. DeCarli
Earl DeCarli serves as Group Vice President, Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC), a $1.5 billion, publicly traded provider of medical technologies and related services including patient support systems and non-invasive therapeutic products. With Corporate Headquarters in Batesville, Indiana, Hill-Rom employs more than 6,000 people globally.

Earl has 27 years of experience in the healthcare industry with a successful track record in leading businesses through complex start up, turnaround and high-growth cycles as well as US and international corporate development, channel and brand management. Prior to joining Hill-Rom, Earl held a variety of general management positions with Baxter Healthcare, Elekta Instruments AB, Welch Allyn, Inc., and most recently as President & CEO of The Hygenic Corporation, a BPOC portfolio company which was successfully sold in April 2007.

Earl graduated with distinction and received his BA in History from the Virginia Military Institute. He spent the first several years of his career teaching and coaching in the Lynchburg, Virginia public school system and later at the University of Virginia.

Earl is a former 2nd Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the Auburn Memorial Hospital, Auburn, NY. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Reichert, Inc. and is also a member of the Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company Executive Advisory Board.


Scott R. Kabbes
Scott serves as an Executive Advisor to Beecken Petty O'Keefe and Company. He served as President of Patterson Dental Supply (NASDAQ: PDCO) from May 2002 through December 2005. Previously, Scott was the founder and CEO of EagleSoft, Inc, a dental practice management software company (acquired by Patterson Companies in 1997) and as President of Professionals' Software Company (a subsidiary of Colgate Palmolive.).

Scott serves on the board of managers for TIDI Products, Scrip Product Corporation, Heartland Dental Care and is also a member of the Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company Executive Advisory Board.


Anthony K. Kesman
Mr. Kesman began his career with American Hospital Supply Corporation’s distribution division, holding positions of increasing responsibility at successor companies Baxter International, Allegiance Healthcare, and Cardinal Health.

Mr. Kesman currently serves on the boards of directors of BarrierSafe Solutions International, Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Focused Health Solutions, and Suture Express. Previously, he served as a founding director of Source Medical Corporation, Canada’s largest medical supply distributor, as well as two terms as a director of the Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) Educational Foundation. He is also a member of the board of Children’s Memorial Medical Center, Lake Forest Hospital, Junior Achievement of Chicago, the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and a member of the Economic Club of Chicago.

Mr. Kesman holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Iowa.


Stephen F. Meyer
Steve Meyer is President of USA/Canada for Welch Allyn, Inc. He has been employed in a variety of positions with Welch Allyn since 1981. He has 29 years experience in marketing, sales, product development and international business management in medical, surgical & specialty medical businesses.

Steve is a past president of the Healthcare Manufacturers Marketing Council, now serves on the board of directors for the Health Industry Distributors Association (“HIDA”) Foundation, and is Chairman of MedTech, Upstate New York’s medical technology & biosciences association. He also serves on the board of directors of TIDI Products, LLC and is a member of the Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company Executive Advisory Board.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Alma College in Michigan, where he now serves as a Trustee. He received his MBA in general management from the University of Rochester in New York.


Michael L. Smith
Prior to joining Anthem, Mike was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mayflower Group, Inc. from 1989 to 1995. Mayflower operated a worldwide relocation service and provided school and public passenger transportation in 30 states. He held various other management positions at Mayflower from 1974 to 1989. He started his business career in the Indianapolis office of Arthur Andersen & Co. following his graduation from DePauw University in 1970.

Mike serves on several Boards of Directors including Kite Realty Group Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), Emergency Medical Services Corporation, Inc., the nation’s largest emergency medical services provider, Vectren Corporation, and HH Gregg Appliances, Inc. He also serves on the boards of Finishmaster, Inc. and its parent, Ldi Ltd., Lockton Inc., the world’s largest, privately owned, insurance brokerage and advisory firm and Carestream Health, Inc. Mike serves or has served on the board of several BPOC portfolio companies, including Valitás Health Services, Inc., TakeCare Health Systems, Inc. and Preferred Homecare and is also a member of the Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company Executive Advisory Board.

Mike has served as a Director of several charitable and civic organizations and is currently serving on the Board of the Central Indiana Community Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of DePauw University, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and Lumina Foundation for Education.

Mike is a founding member of Cardinal Equity Partners, a mid-market private equity investment fund headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Mike and his wife, Sue, reside in Carmel, Indiana.