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Jonathan Phillips joined the Board of Directors in May 2005 and served as Chairman from 2009 – 2019.

Mr. Phillips is Managing Director and Head of Private Equity at First Trust Portfolios L.P., a diversified asset management firm headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois. Mr. Phillips is also the founder and Managing Partner of First Health Capital Partners, LLC, a healthcare technology and services investment firm founded in January 2016. In 2005, Mr. Phillips founded Healthcare Growth Partners, a provider of strategic and financial advisory services to healthcare technology companies, and served as its Managing Director until November 2016.

Prior to founding Healthcare Growth Partners, Mr. Phillips was a member of the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at William Blair and Company, LLC, an investment banking firm. Prior to William Blair, he served in various roles in the healthcare practice of Deloitte Consulting.

Mr. Phillips earned his MBA in Finance, Marketing, and Health Services Management from the J. L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and his BA in Economics and Management from DePauw University.