Sam A. Brooks

SAM A. BROOKS is Chairman, President and CEO of Renal Care Group, Inc.
twenty-nine years of experience with publicly held healthcare services
companies gives him an excellent perspective on this dynamic sector. His
career includes previous positions with national providers of healthcare
services. Mr. Brooks served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Hospital Corporation of America for 17 years before
leaving in 1986 and establishing MedCare Investments, a healthcare
investment company. He was a founding Director of Nationwide Health
Properties, a New York Stock Exchange real estate investment trust that
provides financing for long-term care properties and Quorum Health
Group, a NASDAQ listed owner and operator of acute care hospitals.