Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2002

J.stephen Eaton – Centennial Healthcare Corporation

J. STEPHEN EATON, Founder of Centennial HealthCare Corporation, has served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since founding the company in 1989. From 1982 to 1988, Mr. Eaton served in various executive positions at Consolidated Resources Corporation of American ('CRCA') and its successors. When Centennial HealthCare acquired CRCA in 1990, it served as the general partner of private and public limited partnerships that owned in excess of 31 long-term care and assisted living facilities. Mr. Eaton also serves as a director of St. Joseph's Hospital and St. Joseph's Mercy Care Corporation, a non-profit corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia, which provides mobile health services to the homeless and other underserved populations. Profile
TWST: Could we start with a brief overview of the history and evolution

of Centennial HealthCare Corporation?

Mr. Eaton: The company operates 92 post-acute and long-term care

facilities,