Teresa Sparks
ADVISOR
Teresa is a tenured executive with a combination of public company and private equity ownership experience. She has led complex, multi‐site, multi‐state, large public and private organizations operating in highly regulated industries.
Most recently, she served as CFO and EVP at Envision Healthcare, a privately held company with over $8 billion in revenue. Teresa focused on leading transformational change, including modernization of the company’s infrastructure. During a period of leadership transition, she served in an interim role in the Office of the CEO and as Co‐President of the company’s ambulatory surgery center segment (AMSURG) representing over $2 billion in revenue. She established an enterprise‐wide business intelligence and analytics team partnering to deliver useful information to drive critical business decisions.
Earlier in her career, Teresa served in an interim role at Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), the nation’s largest senior living and retirement community company with revenue exceeding $5 billion. She also served as CFO and EVP at Surgery Partners (NASDAQ: SGRY), leading the company through an IPO in 2015. Prior to the acquisition of Symbion by Surgery Partners, Teresa served as CFO and SVP of Symbion (NASDAQ: SMBI) and helped lead the company through an IPO in 2004 as well as a leveraged buy-out in 2007.
Teresa currently serves on a number of corporate boards, including the Boards of QHR Health (Grant Avenue portfolio company), Harrow Health (NASDAQ: HROW), ATI Physical Therapy, and other PE‐backed corporate boards across multiple sectors, including life sciences, specialty pharmacy, healthcare services, and software solutions. Teresa was also appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commissions’ Roundtable on Implementation of Internal Control Reporting Provisions in 2005.
She has a Bachelor’s degree from Trevecca Nazarene University, graduating with Summa Cum Laude honors and completed the requirements to be a Certified Public Accountant (currently inactive) in the State of Tennessee.