Board of Directors

Carlos A. de Solo, has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director, since June 8, 2021. Mr. de Solo was a co-founder and the President and Chief Executive Officer of CareMax Medical Group, L.L.C. (“CMG”), and served in those capacities from May 2011 until June 8, 2021. Mr. de Solo has more than 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to co-founding CareMax, Mr. de Solo served as Chief Operating Officer and partner of Solera Health Systems, LLC a startup managed healthcare company. Mr. de Solo received a B.B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Florida International University.

Beatriz Assapimonwait, has served as an independent director on the Board since September 14, 2021. She has over 39 years of experience in the managed health care industry. Ms. Assapimonwait was, until August 2021, Regional President for the South Florida region at Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM), one of the largest private insurance health insurers in the U.S. with a focus on administering Medicare Advantage plans. In her role at Humana Inc., Ms. Assapimonwait was responsible for developing market strategies and leading all market operations for all Medicare lines of business, including HMOs and PPOs for the South Florida region. Prior to her role at Humana, she served as CEO of Family Physicians of Winter Park, Inc., until its acquisition by Humana Inc., where from December 2016 to July 2019, she led the strategic and operational efforts of a global risk MSO with 22 primary clinics in the Central Florida Region. Additionally, she served as the Vice President of Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans at Aetna, Inc. from November 2014 to November 2016; Chief Operations Officer at Innovacare Health, from January 2014 to October 2014; Founder and President of Seven Stars Quality Healthcare, from July 2013 to December 2013; and Regional President for the North Florida region at Humana Inc., from January 2009 to June 2013. Ms. Assapimonwait earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida International University in 1983, and is certified in Healthcare Compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association and in HIPAA Compliance from Kennesaw State University. She has won several awards and commendations, including being a Stevie Award Finalist of the American Business Awards for Best Customer Service Organization in 2004 and appointed Preceptor and Clinical Adjunct Faculty for the Healthcare Administration Program in 1997 at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Kevin Berg, has served as a Senior Advisor on the Healthcare Services team at Deerfield Management, an investment firm dedicated to advancing healthcare through information, investment and philanthropy, since January 2020. He was previously a partner with Deerfield Management from February 2005 to December 2019. Mr. Berg provides Deerfield extensive research and analysis on individual companies operating in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Deerfield in 2005, Mr. Berg was a Director in the Equity Research Department at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he covered companies in the healthcare services sector. Mr. Berg also served as a Managing Director in the Equity Research Department at First Albany, where he focused on healthcare services stocks. Mr. Berg began his career in healthcare research at Oscar Gruss. Mr. Berg holds a B.A. in Economics from Washington University, a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, he is a member of State of New York Bar (retired) and is a CFA charterholder.

Bryan Cho, has served as an independent director of the Board since July 13, 2021. He is Executive Vice President of The Related Companies, L.P. (“Related”) and a senior partner of the firm’s New York and California development divisions, as well as president of Related’s Senior Living business which currently has close to $2.5 billion in properties under development. Since joining Related in 2000, Bryan has led over $10.0 billion of development ventures creating close to 6,000 new multi-family residences (including over 1,000 units of new construction affordable housing) and over 6.0 million square feet of commercial and institutional non-profit space across the New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco metropolitan areas. He is a member of the board of trustees of The Buckley School in New York City, The Stony Brook School, in Stony Brook, New York, as well as a member of the board of directors of homeless services non-profit The Bowery Mission in New York City where he serves as Chair of the Mission’s Real Estate Committee.

Ralph de la Torre is the Chairman and CEO of Steward Health Care Systems LLC. Prior to founding Steward, Dr. de la Torre was CEO of Caritas Christi Health Care, where he led the transformation of a six-hospital system and developed the business model for Steward, which was subsequently invested in by Cerberus Capital Management. Previously, Dr. de la Torre was founder and CEO of the Cardiovascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and of Cardiovascular Management Associates, one of the nation's first totally integrated systems for treating cardiac patients. At the same time, Dr. de la Torre was Chief of Cardiac Surgery at BIDMC and a Harvard Medical Faculty Physician at BIDMC ‒ he was widely recognized as one of the top cardiac surgeons in the nation. He has founded several health care-related businesses and has numerous issued or pending patents. Dr. de la Torre graduated from Duke University in 1988 (B.S.E.), where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and from a joint program between Harvard Medical School (M.D.) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.) in 1992.

Dr. Vincent Omachonu, has served as an independent director on the Board since June 8, 2021. Dr. Omachonu is the Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Miami College of Engineering. Dr. Omachonu is an award-winning expert and author in the field of healthcare quality management and patient experience. His most recent book is titled, Healthcare Value Proposition. He has published several peer-reviewed papers in Technical and professional journals, including Health Services Research, Journal of Population Health, and European Journal of Operational Research. Dr. Omachonu has written extensively about technology and innovation in the services sector. He is a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma Quality Methodology. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Miami, a master’s degree in operations research from Columbia University, and his PhD in industrial engineering from New York University Tandon School of Engineering.

Ryan O’Quinn, has served as the President, Chief Legal Officer and Director of Loyal Source Worldwide, Inc., an organization that provides government healthcare, technical and support services, engineering, and travel healthcare services to both private enterprises and government agencies since July 2022. Mr. O’Quinn is an experienced trial attorney who previously investigated and defended allegations of corporate misconduct, including inadequate corporate disclosure, securities sales and marketing violations, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud-related claims. From August 2016 to July 2022, Mr. O’Quinn was a partner of DLA Piper LLP (US), and from April 2011 to August 2016 he was a partner of O’Quinn, Stumphauzer & Sloman, a full-service litigation firm. Prior to working in private practice, Mr. O’Quinn served as Senior Counsel to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in the Enforcement Division and as Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in the Economic and Environmental Crimes Section. Prior to government service, Mr. O’Quinn advised public issuers and institutional buyers engaged in merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. O’Quinn received his A.B. from Princeton University, and his J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.

Jose R. Rodriguez, has served as an independent director on the Board since June 8, 2021. Prior to his retirement from KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), effective March 31, 2021, Mr. Rodriguez was a senior audit partner (admitted to the partnership July 1995). During his career at KPMG he held various leadership positions, which included serving on its board of directors and as lead director; chief operating officer of KPMG International’s global audit practice; office managing partner; leader of its Audit Committee Institute; east region professional practice partner and most recently ombudsman. As an audit partner, Mr. Rodriguez had extensive experience with large multinational companies and mid-sized private and publicly held companies, with primary emphasis on industrial manufacturing; consumer markets (retail, automotive, and distribution concerns); pharmaceuticals; healthcare; agribusiness; oil and gas and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Mr. Rodriguez is a National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”) Fellow and has been included in the NACD’s D-100 list, which recognizes the most influential people in and around the boardroom. Mr. Rodriguez serves on the board of trustees of Marymount University; board of directors of Latin Corporate Directors Association (treasurer), SECU Family House (Chair-elect), the North Carolina Association of CPAs, the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of Miami Herbert School of Business (Chair) and the Business School Advisory Board at Wake Forest University. He is a certified public accountant (licensed in FL, NC and NY). Mr. Rodriguez is currently on the board of directors of Primoris Services Corporation (NASDAQ: PRIM) and Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP). Mr. Rodriguez received a B.B.A. with a major in accounting from the University of Miami.

Hon. David J. Shulkin, M.D., has served as an independent director on the Board since July 16, 2020. Since 2018, Dr. Shulkin has served as the President of Shulkin Solutions, LLC, which works with healthcare organizations and companies to foster innovation and improve well-being for patients. Previously, Dr. Shulkin served as the ninth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from February 2017 to April 2018 and the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health from July 2015 to February 2017. Prior to coming to such appointments, Dr. Shulkin was a healthcare executive, having served as chief executive of leading hospitals and health systems including Beth Israel in New York City and Morristown Medical Center in Northern New Jersey. Dr. Shulkin has also held numerous physician leadership roles including the Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Shulkin has held academic positions including the Chairman of Medicine and Vice Dean at Drexel University School of Medicine. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Shulkin founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, one of the first consumer-orientated sources of information for quality and safety in healthcare. Dr. Shulkin serves on the boards of Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (NASDAQ: CCTS) and Orasure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR). He has also previously served on boards of managed care companies, technology companies, and health care organizations. Dr. Shulkin was the 2018 University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute Distinguished Health Policy Fellow. He is board-certified internist. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, his internship at Yale University School of Medicine, and a residency and Fellowship in General Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center. He received advanced training in outcomes research and economics as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.