Avondale Partners Adds Local Healthcare Company Leaders to Advisory Board

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Avondale Partners, a Nashville-based boutique investment banking and wealth management partnership, announced two additions to its advisory board, both from the healthcare industry.

William F. "Bill" Carpenter III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals, and Brent Turner, President of Acadia Healthcare, joined the advisory board, effective this month.

"As we continue to expand our coverage in the healthcare business sector, Bill and Brent will provide valuable guidance to the firm," said Pat Shepherd, Avondale CEO. "We are honored to have them join us and look forward to their input and participation."

Carpenter has served as CEO of LifePoint since 2006 and assumed the additional position of chairman of the board in 2010.  LifePoint Hospitals is a leading hospital company focused on providing quality healthcare services close to home. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates more than 65 hospital campuses in 21 states and is the sole community hospital provider in the majority of the communities it serves. 

Carpenter is a member of the board of directors and past board chair for the Federation of American Hospitals, the national representative of investor-owned or managed hospitals and health systems.  He is also chairman of the Nashville Health Care Council Board of Directors for 2014-2015. Carpenter has been recognized by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare" numerous times. 

Turner joined Acadia in February 2011 and served as a co-president of the company from that time until April 2012, when he was named president. Previously, Turner served as the executive vice president, finance and administration, of Psychiatric Solution Inc. (PSI).  Acadia operates a network of 75 behavioral healthcare facilities with more than 5,600 licensed beds in 24 states, the United Kingdom and Puerto Rico.

Turner currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) and served as its Chairman in 2009.  He was also recently named to the board of directors for LHC Group.

Carpenter and Turner join standing board members James Cheek, III, Thomas Frist, Jr., Joel Gordon, James Mahoney, Jr., Edward Mathias, Ken Melkus, Raymond Pirtle and Timothy Weglicki.

In addition to Nashville, Avondale has offices in Baltimore, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Kansas City and St. Louis. Founded in 2001, the firm is entirely employee-owned. More information is available at www.avondalepartnersllc.com.

SOURCE Avondale Partners

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