SunCrest Healthcare, Inc. was formed in November 2005 for the purpose of developing Medicare/Medicaid-certified home health agencies in the Southern US.  The Company is based in Nashville, TN.  SunCrest’s operating philosophy focuses on developing effective partnerships with the local healthcare communities especially the local hospital systems in order to ensure that the local communities’  home health care needs are met in a caring, high quality, safe, efficient and cost effective manner.

While SunCrest is a young company, its management team consists of experienced home health care veterans with outstanding reputations for providing high quality, comprehensive and efficient services. 

Principals:

John W. (Wally) Dant, III
President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Dant brings an extensive home care and hospital management background to SunCrest.  Most recently, he was a Director with Navigant Consulting, a leading healthcare consulting firm.  Prior to Navigant, Mr. Dant served as Senior Vice President-Operations for HCA’s home care operations at the time when HCA had over 400 home care locations generating over $1 billion in revenue.  Mr. Dant also has an extensive background with hospital operations and managed care contracting, having worked for both hospital management and insurance companies.  Mr. Dant holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and a MBA from the University of Louisville.

Barbara Rasmussen
SVP, Operations, FL & GA

Ms. Rasmussen has over 20 years of experience in home health operations and development.  Prior to SunCrest, she served in senior management positions with a number of private and public companies, including Central Health Services (COO), HCA (VP of Georgia Home Health Operations), Amedisys (SVP of Mergers and Acquisitions as well as SVP of Georgia Home Health Operations), AccuMed Home Health (General Manager and SVP of Mergers and Acquisitions) and VNHS of Atlanta (COO).  Ms. Rasmussen has significant experience in operational management, sales and marketing, acquisition due diligence and post-closing integration.  Ms. Rasmussen holds a BBA and a MBA from Kennesaw State University.

Gary Rasmussen
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Rasmussen brings 30 years of financial management experience to SunCrest.  He was formerly an audit partner with Ernst & Young before leaving in 1992 to pursue opportunities in the private sector.  Since 1992, he has served as chief financial officer of several successful healthcare companies, including Surgical Health Corp., Central Health Services, Physicians Surgical Care and AccuMed Home Health.  Mr. Rasmussen has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions as well as equity and debt financings, both public and private.  Mr. Rasmussen holds a BBA from the University of Georgia.

Brenda Dunn
Senior Vice President Operations – MS & TN
President – Private Duty Services

Ms. Dunn joined SunCrest in April 2007 as President of the Company’s private duty business and Senior Vice President of Clinical Services.  She was most recently President of CareAll, Inc., a home health and private duty company headquartered in Nashville.  Ms. Dunn was with CareAll for over 16 years and oversaw its growth from $20 million to over $75 million in revenue.  She was especially instrumental in the start up and successful growth of its private duty home care business. Prior to CareAll, Ms. Dunn was a senior executive with a regional-based nurse staffing company.  Ms. Dunn is a RN and a graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Nursing