Sam Lee was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Prospect Medical Holdings,
Inc., in March 2008, and he was named Chairman of the board of directors in May
2008. Previously he served as the President of Alta Hospitals System from
January 2002 until Alta’s acquisition by Prospect in August 2007. Mr. Lee was
subsequently appointed Chairman of the board of directors of Brotman Medical
Center, Inc., in April 2008. Mr. Lee’s background is in health care- and
technology-related private equity investment management, operational leadership,
entrepreneurship, mergers and acquisitions, and leveraged financing for various
corporations. Prior to Alta, Mr. Lee was a General Partner with Kline Hawkes &
Co., a $500 million private equity firm that focuses on health care, technology
and business services. Mr. Lee has been the lead/principal investor and director
of several private and public companies. Additionally, he has worked in health
care reimbursement, business office and operations, and in consulting and
systems engineering for industry leaders such as Andersen Consulting, IBM and
Verizon. Mr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems
engineering from Georgia Tech, and a master’s degree in business administration
from Harvard Business School. He is an active member of the Young President’s
Organization of Los Angeles, and he is involved with several civic and community
organizations.
Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. - Sam Lee (pzz)
September 21, 2009