On the September 12th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show, our guests were:

Mark Smith – President, Merritt Hawkins

Drew Clancy – President & CEO Publishing Concepts

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Mark Smith, President, Merritt Hawkins

Mark Smith is President of Merritt, Hawkins, the nation’s largest and most recognized physician search and consulting firm. Merritt Hawkins is a company of AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AHS), the largest healthcare staffing organization in the United States and the innovator of healthcare staffing solutions.

Mark has over 25 years of experience with Merritt, Hawkins and served as Vice President of the firm’s Eastern Regional office in Atlanta prior to relocating to its corporate office in Dallas. He’s responsible for strategic planning and operations for Merritt Hawkins, providing both overall strategic direction and daily management of recruiting, personnel, financial and related functions.

Mark is a leading national expert in the areas of medical staff planning, physician recruiting strategies, physician compensation, physician retention and physician practice patterns. He has consulted with hundreds of hospitals, medical groups and other health care organizations nationwide on issues ranging from provider needs assessment to clinical search strategies, compensation formulas, and retention strategies.

MerrittHawkins.com

Phone: (469) 524-1400

Drew Clancy, President & CEO Publishing Concepts

Drew Clancy is President and CEO of Publishing Concepts, the nation’s leading publisher of printed alumni directories and online alumni communities.

PCI is a third generation family business and dates back to the Rockwell F. Clancy Company, which was the nation’s first alumni directory publisher in 1921.  Today PCI works with many of the nation’s top universities, including Harvard, Georgetown, SMU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.

Drew graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and earned his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

PublishingConcepts.com

Phone: (800) 395-4724

Mark Smith, Host Steve A Klein, Drew Clancy

On the September 5th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show, our guests were:

Jeff Kilpatrick – President & CEO, Whitmore

Albert L. Reyes – President & CEO, Buckner International

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Jeff Kilpatrick, President & CEO, Whitmore

Jeff Kilpatrick joined Capital Southwest Holdings Whitmore in 2012, which is a 121-year old manufacturer of high performance industrial lubricants and lubrication management equipment that provide continual reliability and uptime for critical equipment.

Headquartered in Rockwall, Whitmore’s 225,000 square foot facility includes a fully integrated manufacturing plant, state-of-the-art research center, training facility and corporate offices.

After completing his Bachelor of Science in mathematics degree from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, Jeff started his career as a management consultant for Arthur Andersen. After leaving the consulting business, Jeff worked in various sales and marketing management roles for high growth businesses in the educational publishing, software and telecommunications industries.

Prior to joining Whitmore, Jeff served as General Manager of ShockWatch, another Capital Southwest holding.

Whitmores.com

Phone: (800) 699-6318

Albert L. Reyes, President & CEO, Buckner International

Albert L. Reyes is the sixth President and CEO of Buckner International and has worked for Buckner since 2007. He previously served as President of Buckner International and President of Buckner Children and Family Services.

Buckner International is a global, faith-based ministry dedicated to transforming the lives of orphans, vulnerable children, families and elders in the United States and around the world.

Founded in 1879 in Dallas, today Buckner serves people worldwide through a variety of programs designed to protect children and build strong families. These programs include foster care and adoption, family transition programs, community-based family preservation programs and retirement services for the elderly.

Prior to his service at Buckner, Albert was President of Baptist University of the Américas in San Antonio, where he led the school through dramatic changes in its accreditation, name and structure.

Buckner.org

BeAFamily.org

Phone: (214) 758-8000

Jeff Kilpatrick, Host Steve A Klein, Albert Reyes