Edward L Kuntz

Bio

Edward Kuntz is an operating partner of Sentinel Capital Partners. He has worked closely with Sentinel since 2003, and in 2010 joined the firm as an Operating Partner. Mr. Kuntz currently serves as chairman of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE), one of the largest providers of long-term health care services in the United States. He joined Kindred in 1998 and served as CEO from 1999 to 2003. In 2004, he retired as CEO and became Executive Chairman. Mr. Kuntz also serves as a director of Rotech Healthcare, a publicly held provider of oxygen and related healthcare products. Previously, Mr. Kuntz was Chairman and CEO of Living Centers of America (NYSE), a long-term health care company operating more than 250 nursing centers and a pharmaceutical distribution and contract rehabilitation therapy business. Mr. Kuntz has been active in numerous professional and trade associations. He is a director of the Alliance for Quality Healthcare, a multi-facility long-term care organization. He is a past member of the Board of Governors of the American Health Care Association and a former director of the Federation of American Hospitals. Mr. Kuntz began his career in the private practice of law. He then served as Associate General Counsel of ARA Services (now Aramark) from 1978-1985 when he became Executive Vice President of ARA Living Centers. He held that position from 1985 until the formation of Living Centers of America in 1992. Mr. Kuntz currently is a director of Sentinel portfolio company including Interim Healthcare. He also served as a director of Castle Dental Centers, Metro Dentalcare, and ReachOut Healthcare America prior to the sale of these businesses. Mr. Kuntz received a BA degree, magna cum laude, and JD and Master of Law degrees from Temple University, where he was an editor of the law review and a Barenkopf Scholar.