Steve Chenoweth is one of the co-founders of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM (TPS) and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer for TPS.

With over 25 years of clinical and operational experience and over 20 years of experience as a private practice owner, Mr. Chenoweth brings a diverse background of healthcare and rehabilitation industry experience to the TPS family of companies.  As CEO, Mr. Chenoweth oversees all aspects of the company including strategic relationships, long term planning, mergers & acquisitions and operational direction.

As a graduate from the Physical Therapy Program at Georgia State University in 1992, Mr. Chenoweth’s extensive clinical experience includes practice in the areas of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Manual Therapy approaches to the treatment of the spine, and Industrial Medicine.  This clinical background crosses a variety of settings including – Private Practice, Hospital based programs, Home Health Agencies, Assisted Living Communities and Skilled Nursing Facilities.

In the Healthcare Industry and specific to the area of Rehabilitation, Mr. Chenoweth has expanded expertise in the areas of Reimbursement, Billing & Collections, Business Analytics, Corporate Compliance, Mergers, Acquisitions, Strategic Partnering as well as Healthcare Finance and Operational Management.

Mr. Chenoweth currently serves as a Governor’s appointment on the Florida State Board of Physical Therapy, is an active member of the Federation of State Physical Therapy Boards (FSBPT), is a member of the Florida Physical Therapy Association (FPTA) & the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) including its Private Practice, Orthopedic & Sports, Home Health Sections and currently sits on the Reimbursement & Payment Policy Committee for the Private Practice Section of the APTA.  Mr. Chenoweth is also an active member of The 1st Presbyterian Church of Fernandina Beach and currently serves as an Elder and member of the Session.

Sam Echols is one of the co-founders of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM (TPS). He currently serves as the Chief Clinic Officer of TPS, in addition to his role as President of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM Private Practice Solutions, the outpatient division of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM.

With over 20 years of experience in the therapy industry as a clinician, business owner, and team leader, Sam brings a variety of experience to our TPS partner clinics. With a foundation firmly based on clinical excellence, customer service, and best client outcomes, Sam understands the importance and relationship between Best Clinical Practices and Best Business Practices. Sam currently oversees the TPS programs for Clinical Quality & Compliance, Talent Development, Leadership Training, Operational Excellence, and Strategic Partnership Development

As a graduate from the Medical College of Georgia in 1995 with a degree in physical therapy, Mr. Echols worked extensively in outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine. With advanced training in many approaches to manual therapy and orthopedics, he was over clinical competency for the licensed staff at Advance Rehabilitation, a regional therapy company he helped to found. Sam also has an educational background teaching and facilitating monthly clinical forums and CEU courses.

In the healthcare industry and specific to the area of rehabilitation, Mr. Echols is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) with expertise in Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, business development, developing a strong clinical team and reputation, leadership development, clinical program/protocol development and marketing/relationship development.

Since 2007, Mr. Echols has been a Board Certified Orthopedic Physical Therapist, and for 22 years has been a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) presently including the Private Practice, Orthopedic and Sports section of APTA, Private Practice Section of the APTA and the Physical Therapy Association of Georgia (PTAG). He served as the physical therapist for Berry College Sports Medicine Program for 12 years. Sam is on the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Open Door Home and Cumberland Wilderness Boards as well as the Race Committee for the Local Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation and Committee for Destination Graduation for Every Child. He is active at his church and serves as a mentor for the Berry College Integrity in Leadership class.

Chad Whitefield is a co-founder of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM (TPS). He serves as the President of Advance Rehabilitation Management Group (ARMG), a therapy management and consulting company within TPS.

Since 1996 Mr. Whitefield has owned and operated therapy clinics and has been involved in all aspects of clinic operations to including management, marketing, compliance, human resources, development, and clinical programs. With over 20 years of therapy experience, Chad brings a vast background and knowledge base to the TPS family of companies.

Mr. Whitefield graduated from the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) in 1994 and worked in acute care, industrial medicine, and wound care settings before opening his first outpatient clinic in 1996. His clinical concentration is in orthopedics with a particular interest in knee and shoulder dysfunction.

Outside of clinical responsibilities, Chad has expertise in marketing and development as well as building high performance teams that excel in clinical and operational outcomes.

Chad was recently reappointed for a 3rd term to the Georgia Board of Physical Therapy by Governor Nathan Deal and serves as the Boards cognizant member. He is actively involved in the APTA to include its Georgia Chapter as well as membership in several sections including, Home Health, Private Practice, and Orthopedics. Chad is involved with professional healthcare associations around the country and is a sought-after speaker on therapy related topics. Chad and his wife Lauren live in Rome, Georgia with their 2 children where they are actively involved in their church and civic clubs. Chad is a former two term County Commissioner and is actively involved in State and Federal legislative efforts related to Healthcare.

Kristy Krueger is the Vice President of Human Resources for Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM.  With over 20 years of executive level HR experience, Kristy has a proven record as a specialist in the field of Human Resources with additional expertise in the areas of leadership development, training, professional coaching, and personal performance enhancement all of which continues to contribute to the individual success of our associates and the overall success of our organization.

As the executive in charge of Human Resources, Kristy and her team manage all things related to staff recruitment & retention, benefits and compensation management, employee relations, and professional development.  Kristy has been influential in the development our company culture, our award winning employee satisfaction and retention rates (Press Gainey – Employer Choice Awards) as well as building an environment that is employee focused and patient centered.

Kristy earned her BS in ED at Jacksonville State University and is a long standing member of the local and national Society of Professional Human Resources organization, having served on the local chapter board in various positions.

Rachel Grubb is the Talent Director at Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM (TPS). Rachel brings her vast experience and unique insight to focus efforts on building talent pipelines for current and future TPS career opportunities, including managing external partnerships with career-focused organizations such as colleges and job boards, and overseeing all stages of the TPS candidate experience, from application through onboarding. Rachel also develops programs to promote the professional development of all TPS employees as their careers progress.

Rachel received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in 2010, becoming a credentialed Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists in 2015. Rachel has maintained contemporary practice in outpatient orthopedics part-time in the Chattanooga, TN area. She also serves as a clinical lab assistant for the University of Tennessee Chattanooga DPT program. As a provider of post-graduate education in manual therapy, dry needling, and clinical practice to national and international rehabilitation professionals, Rachel serves as an instructor for the Institute of Manual & Integrative Therapy.

Rachel has also volunteered extensively to promote the physical therapy profession by serving in various leadership roles. She has been highly active in the Tennessee and South Carolina Chapters of the American Physical Therapy Association. As a member of the Tennessee dry needling task force, Rachel helped pass legislation to legally allow dry needing to be included within the scope of practice for physical therapists.

When not involved in professional pursuits, Rachel enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband Matt and children Emma and James.

John Dimas has a background that includes over 20 years of accounting experience in the services and healthcare industries. His hands-on approach and ability to create exceptional customer service, operational integrity and sound accounting practices are responsible for his past success.

John joined Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM as its Chief Financial Officer in July 2019. He is responsible for functions related to the financial operations of the Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM Holdings portfolio of businesses, clinics and partnerships.

Prior to joining Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM, John was a Controller for Enterprise Holdings, one of the largest private companies in the United States, and parent company of the Enterprise, National & Alamo rental car brands. Most recently, John served in an executive capacity at U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc., the largest publicly-traded operator of physical and occupational therapy clinics in the U.S.

John is recognized for his strengths in full-cycle accounting, operational analysis, internal controls, reporting and planning strategies. He has extensive experience in growing de-novo physical therapy clinics and partnering with strategic acquisitions. Known for building rapport and adding value, John is respected by practice owners and founders alike.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Utah. John is a native Texan and the son of a retired Army Staff Sergeant. He competed at the collegiate level in the pole vault, decathlon and the mile and was responsible for helping bring his alma mater their first ever South Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship in 1998. John and his family enjoy working out, traveling and cooking.

Janet Shelley is the Chief Disruption Officer at Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM (TPS), focusing on marketplace disruption across TPS business lines.

Prior to joining Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM, Dr. Shelley was a partner in an independent physical therapy practice, then subsequently founded Medical Billing Center (MBC), a therapy-specific billing and collections company. She served as MBC’s CEO from its inception, until she transitioned out of MBC and into the TPS leadership team in January 2021.

Janet’s success as a business leader is due, in part, to her willingness to dig deep in the healthcare space, and to her innate ability to recognize, and adapt, to new market trends.  Following graduation from physical therapy school Janet snagged a job at an orthopedic specialty hospital and immediately experienced healthcare disruption firsthand as a major shift in payment by Medicare when diagnostic-related groups (DRGS’s) became the payment methodology for inpatient hospitalizations. Consequently, her hours were reduced, while her first home mortgage and student loan payments were due.  Thus, disruption, and the ability to react accordingly, became fundamental themes of her professional career.

While DRG’s may have been the first disruption in Janet’s professional life, many others followed.  Dr. Shelley became the first female partner in the oldest private practice in South Carolina. Her involvement in the therapy marketplace quickly expanded to include free standing physical therapy offices, hospital joint ventures and home health contracting. While in practice, disruptions to market share and healthcare regulatory challenges (i.e.  Balanced Budget Act, Therapy Caps, One-on -one inclusion in CPT coding language, Physician Ownership, Resource Based Relative Value Unit Payment) bore opportunities for growth out of seemingly detrimental policies.

The theme of disruption hasn’t been limited to Janet’s professional career.  Personal disruption along the way added a physical therapist husband, a certified nurse anesthetist (CRNA) son who likewise married a CRNA, and a physician daughter who married a mechanical engineer, finally lending some non-healthcare interest to her nuclear family! Janet is actively involved serving her community with her church family, enjoys a legislative appointment to a regional healthcare board and gives abused and neglected children a voice in court as a Guardian ad Litem.

Dr. Shelley will be the first to admit that the new, disruptive ideas are not usually her own.  Instead, she finds insight from a network of professional colleagues and through industry trade associations, many of which she serves on at both state and national levels.  She dedicates her time to influence, interpret and educate colleagues on regulatory changes that will disrupt healthcare. Thoughtfully, Janet aspires to “Be like a flower. Survive the rain but, use it to grow.” Y Tiwari

Bob Leonard is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for Advance Rehabilitation Management Group, focusing on new partnership opportunities and organic growth initiatives for the organization.

Bob is a 25-year healthcare executive, Physical Therapist and entrepreneur. He co-founded Spark Health, an integrative-medicine practice based in Solana Beach, CA. He is also the co-founder of Expression Health Analytics, a healthcare analytics company acquired in 2017 by Brentwood, TN-based, Trilliant Health. Bob’s analytics startup company is considered a disruptive innovator for business development in the PT industry and is now utilized by many of the largest U.S. based physical therapy practices today.

Prior to his analytics startup, Bob was a partner of Proaxis Therapy, a multi-state Physical Therapy practice headquartered in Greenville, SC. He led the strategic plan for expanding both same store market share and external growth. Upon the acquisition of Proaxis by ATI Physical Therapy, Bob drove ATI’s aggressive and unprecedented market expansion in Alabama.

Bob’s additional skillsets include management, startups, strategy, marketing, and business development having worked for both startups and fortune 100 companies. He credits his career success with having worked alongside some of the most talented and driven individuals in their respective industries.

Bob served in the U.S. Navy from 1987 to 1992 and is a veteran of Desert Storm. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. Bob currently serves as Chairman for Operation Song, a non-profit that empowers veterans to tell their stories through the process of songwriting. He is a proud husband and dad and currently resides in Nashville with his wife, Erika, and their six children.

Andrea Hines is the Vice President of Sales for Therapy Partner Private Practice Solutions, the outpatient division of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM.  In this role Andrea drives the physician and patient acquisition strategy for the family of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM clinics, building a program to drive consistent growth in new patient volume.

Andrea’s leadership role is focused on driving the clinical sales team with the intent of evolving and refining the sales approach as the industry continues to change. She also owns the physician and patient acquisition strategy for the family of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM clinics, building a program to drive consistent growth in new patient volume across the Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM clinic footprint. Andrea has a passion for building strong teams of successful marketing representatives, as well as assisting therapists in identifying their marketable assets/capabilities and promoting them within their communities and the medical platform.

Andrea previously worked for the founders of Therapy Partner Solutions ^TM for 8 years when she served as the Regional Sales Director for their earlier physical therapy clinic platform, Advance Rehabilitation. She’s thrilled to be back on team. Andrea brings with her 30-years of healthcare experience as a treating clinical physical therapist assistant, nursing home administrator, community residential care facility administrator, clinical/regional marketing and sales director for outpatient PT clinics, and a regional director of rehabilitation services.

Andrea is graduate of both Medical University of South Carolina where she earned a Bachelor of Health Science, and Trident Technical College where she earned an Associate of Health Science, Physical Therapy Assistant. She lives in Woodruff, South Carolina with her husband Jeff and her daughter Samantha. Andrea is an active member of Joy Lutheran Church. Her love for helping people has also led her to become involved with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Greenville Area Parkinson’s Society where she has served as an ambassador and support group facilitator.

Nicole is the CEO of Medical Billing Center, an outpatient therapy-specific billing and collections company founded by physical therapists in 2001.

Nicole has 25 years of clinical and operational experience with close to 20 years spent in operations and administrative roles across a broad range of healthcare settings. She has led operations for large clinics and multi-site regions, and driven teams managing back-end processes including billing, revenue cycle oversight, quality, education, credentialing, leadership development implementation and led the oversight of several managed service arrangements nationally, including joint venture relationships. These varied experiences lend to an innate understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing therapy facilities and private practices today.

Nicole has been an active member of the APTA since 2006 and she serves as the Chair of the Payment Policy Committee for the South Carolina Physical Therapy Association (SCAPTA).
Nicole received a BS in Physical Therapy from the University of New England in 1996 and obtained her DPT from Regis University in 2009. Nicole is also Certified in Healthcare Compliance and a Certified Athletic Trainer.

For over two decades, Mary Daulong, PT, CHC, CHP has skillfully guided private practitioners, rehab agencies and therapy specific billing companies through the maze of healthcare challenges due to its constant regulatory change. Her national reputation, resourcefulness and comprehensive knowledge supported by compliance credentials are what make her solutions-based approach so valuable.

Mary has specialized in healthcare operations, regulatory compliance, payment and healthcare policy and legislation throughout a career that includes self-employment as a private practitioner and senior and mid-management employment in diverse settings. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, SAHS, has masters-level business management education and has well over thirteen hundred (1300) hours of postgraduate education in healthcare and health care-related matters. She is the first physical therapist to become certified in healthcare compliance and is an active member of the Healthcare Compliance Association. She also is credentialed, by the HIPAA Academy as a HIPAA Privacy Professional.

Ms. Daulong founded Business & Clinical Management Services, Inc. in 1985. Its initial function was to provide management services for private physical therapy practices. Following the sale of her practice in 1996, she focused exclusively on healthcare consultation for small to medium-large sized private practices and billing companies. Over the last twenty years, Mary has honed her expertise in healthcare regulation with specific concentration on OIG Guidances, Medicare payment and coverage regulations, OSHA, ADA, Department of Labor, HIPAA/HITECH and professional practice regulatory compliance and operational integration.

Mary has been recognized by her profession and community and has regularly been billed as the ‘featured’ speaker in both national and state venues. She has been honored by academic institutions, state agencies, professional, community and civic associations as well as by her peers. Mary has and continues to be an active volunteer in her professional associations.