Meet our Board
Our experienced advisors helps us move the healthcare industry forward.
Mark Bruning
President & CEO
Mark Bruning is an experienced healthcare CEO with a proven track record, most recently successfully leading Colorado’s largest private equity-owned pediatric home nursing and medical therapy company, to significant growth in 24 months through de novo start-ups, double digit same store increases, introduction of new business lines and a strategic acquisition resulting in a highly successful sale and exit at the end of 2016. Mr. Bruning also led the nation’s largest emergency medical services and ambulance transportation healthcare provider, American Medical Response, with over 14,000 employees serving a diverse customer base in over 2,000 U.S. communities. Mark graduated from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
Arthur Kanowitz, MD, FACEP
Co-founder, Chairman, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Kanowitz is an Emergency Physician who has spent the last 16 years of his 47-year career in emergency medicine, working to improve patient safety during airway management. He is currently the chair of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Airway Safety Workgroup, is the founder of the Airway Safety Movement and is the co-chair of the Society for Airway Management’s Coalition for Unplanned Extubation (UE) Awareness and Prevention. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. He retired from clinical practice in emergency medicine when he was appointed by Governor Hickenlooper to serve as the Emergency Medical and Trauma Services (“EMTS”) Medical Director for the State of Colorado from April 2008 to March 2017. Dr. Kanowitz has served on numerous regional, state and national committees and councils and is diversely published in medical literature.
Elyse Blazevich
Co-founder, Chair of Finance & Audit Committee
Elyse Blazevich is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, responsible for oversight of all daily operations of the business, including product development, manufacturing and supply chain, regulatory compliance, quality control, marketing, and general operations. Backed by a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership with a specialization in Applied Business Management, Elyse has successfully led the company from concept to commercialization and secured more than $10.0 million of private capital plus nearly $2.0 million of federal and state grant funding. Additionally, Elyse was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Colorado Bioscience Association in August 2019 and Chairs the Membership Committee. She also serves as an Editorial Advisory Board Member for Medical Product Outsourcing Magazine, as an alumna of the Colorado Bioscience Executive Leadership Program, and as Strategic Advisor and Past-Chair of the Young Professionals Board for Project C.U.R.E.
Bruno Darré
Independent Manager
Bruno Darré is the Founder of 73 Holdings, a private investment company primarily focused on control, growth equity and early-stage investments in operating businesses in the US with an emphasis on companies in the healthcare, consumer, general business, industrial and infrastructure industries. Mr. Darré has over 20 years of private equity experience most recently as a Co-founder and Partner in Bow River Capital Partners, a Denver, Colorado based alternative asset management company with approximately $2 billion in assets under management making middle market buyout, real estate, energy and growth equity software investments. Mr. Darré is the former Chairman of the Board of Professional Pediatric Home Care, Inc., and Lifecare Innovations, Inc., two healthcare portfolio companies majority owned and successfully exited by Bow River Capital Partners.
Troy Noem
Independent Manager
Troy Noem is a proven healthcare entrepreneur and executive with strong expertise in growing and scaling operations leading to successful M&A transactions at attractive multiples. Mr. Noem has been actively involved with Nuclear Care Partners since its founding in 2011, spending the first 4 years in a consulting relationship around business planning, expansion, and execution. He was brought on full-time in his current role of Chief Financial Officer in 2015, helping to drive strong growth and expansion across the US. Mr. Noem is a 2001 graduate of South Dakota State University, with degrees in Mathematics and Physics.