Our Leadership

Rod Windley
Executive Chairman
Rod Windley has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the healthcare industry. His story is one of building companies and fighting to bring care to some of the most vulnerable and medically fragile patients in the world.
Mr. Windley currently serves as the Executive Chairman of Aveanna Healthcare, which was formed through the merger of PSA Healthcare and Epic Health Services. Prior to the formation of Aveanna in 2017, Mr. Windley served as Executive Chairman of PSA Healthcare.

Tony Strange
Chief Executive Officer
Tony Strange has enjoyed a long career in the homecare industry spanning more than 30 years. Mr. Strange currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Aveanna Healthcare, where he also serves on its Board of Directors.
Mr. Strange most recently held the position President and Chief Executive Officer of PSA Healthcare and also served on its Board of Directors before PSA and Epic Health Services merged to form Aveanna Healthcare.

Dave Afshar
Chief Financial Officer
Dave Afshar brings more than 20 years of public accounting, regulatory, and healthcare industry experience to Aveanna. Mr. Afshar joined the Aveanna management team in February 2018 and is responsible for finance, accounting, tax, treasury, and billing office operations.
Prior to Aveanna, Mr. Afshar served for eight years as Chief Financial Officer of ApolloMD, a large multispecialty physician practice. He has also served as an Inspections Leader with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, where he led inspections of “Big Four” audit firms. In addition, he has served as Chief Accounting Officer and Interim CFO with Regency Hospital Company, a long-term acute care provider.

Jeff Shaner
Chief Operating Officer
Jeff Shaner has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Aveanna since its formation in March 2017. Mr. Shaner is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company’s three operating divisions: private duty services, medical solutions, and home health and hospice. Mr. Shaner was integral to the formation of Aveanna Healthcare and its strategy to become a leading national provider of homecare.
Mr. Shaner brings broad experience to post-acute healthcare, with more than 20 years of service in key leadership positions. He began his healthcare business career in 2000 leading the operations at Total Care Inc. He joined The Healthfield Group following its acquisition of Total Care and was later tapped to lead its home health division. He led the integration of eight acquired companies into Healthfield, doubling the size of the company until its eventual sale to Gentiva Health Services Inc. in 2006.

Beth Rubio
Chief Clinical Officer
Beth Rubio serves as Chief Clinical Officer of Aveanna Healthcare, overseeing all aspects of the company’s clinical services and patient care efforts. She has more than 40 years’ experience in pediatric care, with more than 25 of those years in leadership positions. Her experience includes clinical oversight, strategic planning, and team building.
Ms. Rubio began her career in the neonatal intensive care unit of Tampa General Hospital before moving into the homecare services environment as Director of Nursing and later as a Branch Director with Interim Healthcare.

Patrick Cunningham
Chief Compliance Officer
Patrick Cunningham brings more than 40 years’ experience in patient care and healthcare management to his position as Chief Compliance Officer for Aveanna. For the past 10 years, he has focused his efforts in the area of healthcare compliance.
Prior to joining Aveanna Healthcare, Mr. Cunningham served as vice president of the Hospice Division of Gentiva Health Services where he led the hospice care team and oversaw key aspects of the company’s hospice care efforts. Before that, he led a behavioral health homecare program in Connecticut that provided therapeutic and preventive healthcare services.

Ed Reisz
Chief Administrative Officer
Ed Reisz has enjoyed a successful career in and around the Home Care industry for over 30 years. He currently serves as the Chief Administrative Officer of Aveanna Healthcare.
Prior to the formation of Aveanna Healthcare, Mr. Reisz held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer for PSA Healthcare. Before joining PSA, Mr. Reisz was Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer for Gentiva Health Services, the largest publicly traded Home Health and Hospice company in America. Along with members of the senior leadership team, Mr. Reisz led the $500 million integration of Harden Healthcare into Gentiva, allowing the company to reach the $2 billion mark prior to its merger with Kindred Healthcare.

Shannon Drake
Chief Legal Officer
As Chief Legal Officer for Aveanna Healthcare, Shannon Drake oversees all aspects of the company’s legal dealings. His activities include general litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance, among others.
Prior to joining Aveanna, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel at Kindred At Home, a $2.5 billion home health, hospice, and community care provider, and Assistant General Counsel at Pruitt Healthcare, a Southeast regional operator of nursing facilities and home health and hospice locations.

Derik Reynecke
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Integration
Derik Reynecke brings more than 20 years of consulting and investment banking experience and operational experience with high-growth, middle-market, and publicly traded companies to Aveanna Healthcare. Mr. Reynecke joined the Aveanna management team in January 2017 and is responsible for acquisition evaluation, due diligence, and integration activities. Since 2012, he has led over $2 billion of merger, acquisition, and integration activities in the home health and hospice, private duty nursing, and medical solutions industries.
Prior to joining Aveanna, Mr. Reynecke served as the Chief Financial Officer of CentricsIT, a multi-national, end-to-end IT lifecycle management services company. He also served as the M&A integrations leader at Gentiva Health Services and as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and division CFO for a publicly traded enterprise software and IT services company. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Reynecke was a co-owner of Walker Capital Partners, a FINRA- registered boutique investment bank focused on consulting for lower middle-market buy- and sell-side engagements, private placements, restructuring, and growth strategy.

Jason Owen
President of Private Duty Services
Jason Owen brings a unique combination of financial and operating experience to post-acute healthcare and has more than 22 years of service in key leadership positions. He has served as the president of Aveanna’s largest and most significant business line since its formation in March 2017. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company’s national private duty nursing and pediatric therapy businesses.
Mr. Owen began his healthcare business career in 1998 with Hanger Orthopedic Group. During his nine years with Hanger Orthopedic, Mr. Owen served in a variety of significant financial and operational roles.

Korey Hinz
President of Medical Solutions
Korey Hinz serves as the president of Aveanna’s Medical Solutions division. She has over 30 years of operational expertise and has been in the healthcare industry for more than 20 years.
Ms. Hinz began her healthcare career with Cigna Healthcare as the vice president of the Member Service and Claim Centers in Phoenix, Arizona. Her experience over two decades includes strategic planning, organizational and team development, technology innovation, quality improvement, customer satisfaction, and growth within dynamic organizations.

Rob Radics
President of Home Health and Hospice
Rob Radics has worked in home health for over two decades and currently serves as the president of Aveanna’s Home Health and Hospice division.
Mr. Radics began his career in the home health industry in 1996 and later served as the executive director of a multi-location home health company. He spent nine years with Healthfield, Inc., a regional home health and hospice company. Healthfield was acquired by Gentiva Health Services during his tenure, and while with Gentiva, Mr. Radics had responsibility for their operations in the Southeast.