Avondale Partners - Behavioral Healthcare Conference

Avondale Partners, LLC, a leading, full-service institutional investment bank headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., invites you to our conference on Behavioral Healthcare. We have brought together leaders from nine of the major companies in the public realm of the industry, along with top executives from leading private companies to discuss this important and developing market. There is no cost to attend.

Conference Host
Kevin Campbell is a Senior Research Analyst covering behavioral healthcare.

Kevin Campbell
Vice President, Senior Research Analyst Government Outsourcing & Healthcare

AGENDA
Registration 7:30 am - 8:30 am
8:30 am - 9:10 am	Providence Service Corp.
9:15 am - 9:55 am	Cornell Companies, Inc.
10:00 am - 10:40 am	CRC Health Group, Inc.
10:45 am - 11:25 am	The GEO Group, Inc.
11:30 am - 12:55 pm LUNCH Private company panel discussion Acadia Healthcare Behavioral Centers of America Foundations Associates MHM Services Stars Behavioral Health Group
1:00 pm - 1:40 pm	Pioneer Behavioral Health, Inc.
1:45 pm - 2:25 pm	ResCare, Inc.
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm	National Mentor Holdings, Inc.
3:15 pm - 3:55 pm	Universal Health Services, Inc.
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm	Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.

PUBLIC COMPANY PROFILES
Fletcher J. McCusker Chairman and CEO	PRSC - Providence Service Corporation is a non-facilities based provider of legally mandated human services. The company operates through four primary divisions: Home & Community Based Services, Foster Care Services, Provider Network Management, and the recently acquired LogistiCare Solutions, LLC. Fletcher Jay McCusker has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the company was founded in December 1996. Prior to founding the company, Mr. McCusker served as Executive Vice President of Youth Services International, Inc. (YSII), a Nasdaq-listed company that provided private institutional care for at-risk youth.
Jonathan P. Swatsburg Senior Vice President	CRN - Cornell Companies, Inc. provides corrections, treatment and educational services for adults and juveniles outsourced from federal, state and local government agencies. CRN has 75 facilities in 15 states and the District of Columbia with a total service capacity of 19,009. Mr. Swatsburg is responsible for the development, management and regulatory compliance of all programs serving youth. The programs include secure and open treatment facilities for delinquent and dependent youth, shelter care, and detention and community-based prevention, treatment, and aftercare services.
Barry W. Karlin, Ph.D. Chairman and CEO	CRC Health Group, Inc. - CRC Health Group is the nation’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment services in terms of the number of patients treated. CRC treats more than 50,000 people yearly. The company is based in Cupertino, California and operates residential facilities, and outpatient and opiate treatment clinics throughout the U.S. CRC provides lifelong care to adult and adolescent patients through a continuum of services including detoxification, residential treatment, partial hospitalization, day treatment, intensive outpatient programs, sober living, community education, intervention and aftercare. CRC has extended its presence to the Internet with eGetgoing, an online substance abuse treatment platform. Dr. Karlin serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of CRC Health Group, Inc., the largest provider of treatment in the USA for chemical dependency, troubled youth, and related behavioral healthcare services (such as eating disorders & weight management). In 1995 he co-founded CRC and has since completed twenty-five acquisitions establishing CRC as a market leader in behavioral health, treating over 30,000 patients per day with 145 facilities in 30 states and more than 5,000 employees.
George C. Zoley Chairman, CEO and Founder	GEO - The GEO Group, Inc. is a leading provider of outsourced correctional, detention and mental health services to government entities. Including recently awarded contracts, GEO’s operations include contracts to manage 67 correctional and residential treatment facilities world-wide. GEO currently manages facilities with a design capacity of approximately 60,000 beds. George C. Zoley serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The GEO Group, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Shores Healthcare, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The GEO Group, Inc. He served as the Company’s Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from January 1997 to May of 2002. Mr. Zoley has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since the Company went public in 1994.
Bruce Shear President, CEO and Director	PHC - Pioneer Behavioral Health, Inc. operates companies that provide inpatient and outpatient behavioral healthcare services, clinical research and Internet- and telephonic-based referral services. The company contracts with national insurance companies, government payors, and major transportation and gaming companies, among others, to provide such services. Bruce A. Shear has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the company since 1980 and Treasurer of the company from September 1993 until February 1996. From 1976 to 1980 he served as Vice President, Financial Affairs, of the company. Mr. Shear has served on the Board of Governors of the Federation of American Health Systems for over 20 years.
David W. Miles Chief Financial Officer	RSCR - ResCare, Inc. is a leading national provider of residential, training and support services for individuals with developmental and other disabilities, as well as the elderly. The company provides comprehensive services through a network of more than 3,200 group homes/supported living facilities in 37 states utilizing more than 42,000 teachers, counselors, mental health professionals, and licensed clinicians. David W. Miles is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ResCare. Mr. Miles joined ResCare in March 1998 as Director of Reporting and was Controller from 2001 through 2005. He is a member of ResCare’s corporate executive leadership team.
Bruce Nardella Executive Vice President and COO Denis Holler Executive Vice President and CFO	National Mentor Holdings, Inc. - Founded in 1980, The Mentor Network is a national network of local human services providers offering an array of quality, community-based services to adults and children with developmental disabilities or acquired brain injury; to children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral and medically complex challenges; and to elders in need of home care. As Chief Operating Officer, Bruce Nardella oversees the delivery of high-quality services across The Network, and is responsible for ensuring the company’s leadership talent and organizational structure can effectively sustain continued service expansion. Since joining The Network in 1996, Bruce has served in a number of operational leadership roles. Named President of the Eastern Division in 2003, Bruce led the rapid expansion and diversification of division operations prior to being named COO. As Chief Financial Officer, Denis Holler leads the company’s corporate finance functions and helps direct the company’s overall strategy, policy and growth plans. He joined the organization in 2000 as Vice President of Financial Operations and was named Senior Vice President of Finance in 2002. Prior to joining The Network, Denis served initially as Controller and later as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Fortress Corporation.
Debra K. Osteen President, Behavioral Healthcare Division	UHS - Universal Health Services, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest hospital companies, operating acute care and behavioral health hospitals and ambulatory centers nationwide and in Puerto Rico. It acts as the advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust (NYSE: UHT). Since 1999, Debra K. Osteen has served as Senior Vice President and President of the Behavioral Health Division of Universal Health Services, Inc. In 2007 Ms. Osteen was named one of the “Top 25 Women in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine. She was selected as an executive who is making a difference in the national healthcare field. As President of the UHS Behavioral Health Division, Ms. Osteen has expanded the division from 23 to 108 facilities in 31 states, and increased net revenue from $234 million to $1.146 billion, making UHS one of the largest providers of mental health services in the nation.
Joey A. Jacobs Chairman, President and CEO	PSYS - Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. owns and operates free standing psychiatric hospitals in 31 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Currently, the company operates approximately 95 inpatient behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately 10,800 beds, in addition to managing inpatient behavioral healthcare units for third parties. Joey Jacobs co-founded PSI and has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since April 1997. Prior to founding PSI, Mr. Jacobs served for 21 years in various capacities with Hospital Corporation of America.

LUNCHEON SPEAKERS
Trey Carter President and CEO Acadia Healthcare	Acadia Healthcare - www.acadiahealthcare.com Acadia Healthcare was established in January 2006 to develop and operate a network of behavioral health centers across the country. Acadia provides premier psychiatric and chemical dependency services to its patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics and therapeutic school based programs. Trey Carter is a seasoned executive with years of experience in the psychiatric and behavioral healthcare industry. Prior to joining Acadia, Mr. Carter served as Regional Vice President, Behavioral Health Division, for Universal Health Services. Mr. Carter also served as CEO of Anchor Hospital located in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to his tenure with Universal Health Services Mr. Carter was Director of Behavioral Health Services at Tanner Behavioral Health in Carrollton, Georgia. He has a solid background in facility operations and has a strong commitment to excellence not only in the company’s clinical programs but in its customer and employee relations programs as well.
Edward A. Stack President and CEO Behavioral Centers of America	Behavioral Centers of America - www.bca-corp.com BCA is a growing healthcare company that is committed to the single specialty of psychiatric healthcare. BCA owns and operates free-standing psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, psychiatric specialty units within medical-surgical hospitals, outpatient diagnostic and treatment clinics, and home-based programs in multiple states and locations. Edward A. Stack, President and Chief Executive Officer of BCA, has over 30 years of healthcare management experience. Prior to joining BCA he was founder of the private Behavioral Healthcare Corporation in 1993 and served as President and CEO from 1993 to 2001. During that time, BHC grew from six psychiatric hospitals to 48 hospitals with net revenue of over $350 million.
Michael Cartwright Founder Foundations Associates	Foundations Associates - www.dualdiagnosis.org Foundations Associates treatment programs have emerged as specialists in integrated treatment, expanding to include three comprehensive alcohol and drug treatment centers. Its treatment programs are designed to address treatment needs of both middle income/private insurance clients and high-end executive clients. Combined, they offer approximately 120 residential beds that distinguish them nationally as a premier integrated treatment provider of co-occurring, integrated addiction treatment. Today a successful entrepreneur in behavioral healthcare, Michael Cartwright founded, owns and operates three comprehensive treatment facilities for the dual diagnosed, located in Tennessee and California. Michael is an inspiration because of his unwavering mission to use his own adversity to change a system of care. At age 18 Michael struggled with co-morbid addictions and psychosis. On his search to find relief, he instead found mental health workers telling him to get sober before they could help and addictions agencies telling him he was too mentally ill to benefit.
Michael S. Pinkert Chairman and CEO MHM Services	MHM Services, Inc. - www.mhm-services.com MHM Services, Inc. is a leading provider of specialized mental health services to healthcare and human services agencies, as well as to correctional systems. Today MHM provides mental health services in nine states with seven statewide contracts and four municipal jails. Michael S. Pinkert founded the Company in 1981, and in 1997, he established the concept of direct mental health contracting with correctional agencies. Mr. Pinkert directs MHM’s strategic planning, and is involved in finance, marketing, recruiting, shareholder and board of director matters, client relations, quality assurance, and corporate integrity. He chairs MHM’s board of directors, confers daily with MHM’s executive team, and is actively engaged in MHM’s weekly operations team meetings. Through Mr. Pinkert’s leadership, MHM has enjoyed solid financial stability in addition to maintaining its position as a national leader in mental health staffing and management for correctional agencies.
Mary Jane Gross, R.N., M.N. CEO and Founder Stars Behavioral Health Group	Stars Behavioral Health Group, Inc. - www.starsinc.com Founded in 1988, Stars now operates a wide continuum of behavioral health programs for children, adolescents, adults and families in California. Its programs include community-based programs provided in homes, at school campuses, and in community-based centers and facility-based programs which include intensive day treatment, special education schools, and acute and subacute inpatient and outpatient treatment. Mary Jane Gross, R.N., M.N., is the President, CEO, and founder of Stars Behavioral Health Group, Inc., a provider of youth and adolescent behavioral healthcare services in California. Prior to founding Stars Behavioral Health Group, Ms. Gross served as the Director of the Mental Health Division of Sun Healthcare, Inc. and its subsidiary, Regency Health Services, Inc. Prior to that, she was the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Telecare Corporation. Additionally, Ms. Gross has held various hospital management positions at Peralta Hospital, Herrick Hospital, and Merritt Hospital School of Nursing.

ROOM RESERVATIONS

Please call the Millennium Broadway (212-768-4400 or 800-622-5569) to reserve your room in the Avondale Room Block at the rate of $379.00 per night. The room block will be available until May 28, 2008.