Don Clayback

Don Clayback is Vice President of Government Relations for The MED Group, a national association of home medical and rehab equipment providers. He has responsibility for monitoring, analyzing, reporting, and influencing legislative and regulatory activities on behalf of MED and its members. Don was the lead on MED's efforts and programs relating to Medicare's National Competitive Bidding initiative.

Don has over 22 years of experience in the HME and Rehab industry. He is actively involved in industry issues and serves on the American Association for Homecare's Legislative Committee, Regulatory Committee, and Rehab Council. He also serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART). Don is a frequent speaker at national and regional meetings. Prior to joining MED in 2002, he served as an industry consultant for 7 years and previous to that held the position of Vice President at two HME companies. His pre-industry career was as a CPA with the accounting and consulting firm of Price Waterhouse.

Don Davis

Don Davis is a senior finance executive with 30 years experience in all areas of operations, including strategic leadership, business startups, organizational development, capital raising, acquisition analysis and working in highly leveraged situations. During his career, Don has helped manage a $1 billion dollar company (Koppers, Inc); led the financing, due diligence and integration teams for acquisitions totaling $350 million; prepared a company for an initial public offering (IPO); and served as strategic advisor to numerous businesses. He has a BS degree in accounting and is a certified public accountant.

Richard Glass

Richard Glass is President of Steven Richards & Associates, Inc. and has negotiated the sale of over 125 HME / Respiratory businesses since 1994. He has extensive experience in developing strategic growth plans and implementing systems and controls to increase operating profits. Previously, Mr. Glass served as a Senior Manager with Arthur Andersen for seven years, providing financial services to a wide variety of businesses. He has a comprehensive knowledge of business acquisitions and divestitures and their tax consequences. Mr. Glass holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and is also a Certified Public Accountant and member of AICPA and FICPA.

Douglas E. Hough, Ph.D.

Douglas Hough directs the Hopkins Business and Business of Nursing programs, teaches courses in healthcare management and publishes research in the field. His areas of interest include healthcare reform, behavioral economics and the use of incentives in decision-making. He is co-editor of the "The Business of Healthcare." The three-volume work features commentary and insights from healthcare leaders on the challenges that confront consumers, providers and employers. He also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

As CFO of Landauer Metropolitan Inc., Joe Luceri is responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting, as well as for the company's information systems. Joe also has led the company's acquisition and integration efforts, which have tripled Landauer's size over the past four years. Joe also plays a leading role in Landauer's ongoing efficiency and profit improvement efforts. Prior to joining Landauer, Joe was with Clairvest Group, Inc., Landauer's equity partner and majority shareholder. Joe has spent much of his career in North America and in Europe in the healthcare and in the chemical industries. He has a BA and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada.

Mike Mallaro is the Chief Financial Officer of VGM Group. His responsibilities include the leadership of all financial, tax, information technology and employee benefit matters for VGM as well as executive responsibility for five VGM operational divisions of VGM: VGM-Forbin, VGM-Technologies, VGM-Creative, Strategic Media and Strategic Imaging.

Previously, Mallaro was CFO for Gordmans, a retail chain, where he was part of a turnaround executive team. Mallaro spent the first twelve years of his career as a CPA with Deloitte & Touche. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he holds the CPA and CMA designations.

Karen Moore is the vice president of AnCor Healthcare Consulting, Inc., a management-consulting leader in the HME and home infusion industries. Karen is recognized as an expert in revenue cycle and operations management and business software optimization. Over the 20-plus years she has served the industry, Karen has helped hundreds of companies with interim management, training, process improvement, compliance and A/R consulting services. She has helped HME and home infusion providers throughout the United States achieve improved cash collections, increased operating efficiency, reduced bad debt and lower DSOs. She's also helped them to establish goals and benchmarking tools to insure that progress continues after the initial project objectives have been achieved. Prior to founding AnCor Healthcare Consulting, Inc. Karen was the executive vice president of MCS Management Services, a division of MCS/MestaMed. She also served as vice president and co-founder of Health Team Management Services.

Rector is a founder and former chairman of the Small Enterprise Growth Fund, the venture capital fund of the State of Maine. He's also a founder and former executive director of the POP!TECH conference, an annual conference exploring the impact of technology on people and society. He sits on the board of Taction, a Maine-based customer contact center.

Gary Sheehan

Gary Sheehan is president/CEO of Cape Medical Supply, Inc. a Sandwich, Mass., based provider of home medical equipment and respiratory care, with additional locations in Falmouth and Plymouth, Mass. Gary oversees all operations, strategic initiatives, partnerships and many other aspects of this fast growing, service-intensive company. Cape Medical Supply is a second-generation family business, founded by Gary's parents, Mark and Nancy, in 1977. Gary holds an undergraduate degree from Boston College and an MBA from Suffolk University. He lives in West Yarmouth, Mass., with his wife, Kristina, and son, Sean.