Ron Malone
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Ron Malone oversees Gentiva's strategic direction and growth. He joined Gentiva in 2000 as Executive Vice President of the Nursing Division. In 2001, he was named Executive Vice President and President of Gentiva's Home Health Division, which then consisted of home nursing and the Company's CareCentrix ancillary care benefit management unit. He assumed his current position in 2002 following the sale of Gentiva's Specialty Pharmaceutical Services unit.

Prior to Gentiva, Ron served for more than a decade with Olsten Corporation, a major provider of professional and temporary staffing, home healthcare and information technology services. He held a number of management positions with the company's staffing division and rose to become President of North American Staffing. Previously, he was an executive with Emery Worldwide, an international air freight company, where he held sales, customer service management and operations management positions.

Ron currently serves on the board of the American Association for Homecare and the National Association for Homecare and Hospice. He holds a bachelor's degree from Furman University in Greenville, SC.