Gail B. Marcus

President and CEO

In June 2006, Gail Marcus joined Caris Diagnostics as President and CEO. Ms. Marcus has been in healthcare business development and executive management for over 20 years.

Gail comes from a very diverse background, beginning with her most recent position with United HealthGroup where she has served as CEO, UnitedHealth Europe since April 2004. At UnitedHealth, Gail was responsible for building a European healthcare company to deliver services to public sector health service organizations.

Other professional experiences include various executive positions within CIGNA Corporation as well as Senior Vice President, Client Value and Chief Compliance Officer for AdvancePCS, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. She received her M.B.A. and M.S.E. from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Margaret E. Bedgood

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Bedgood joined Caris Diagnostics in June of 2006. Her background and experiences include planning and analysis, cash forecasting, valuation, accounting, financial control, financial reporting, and project management. Ms. Bedgood has held various positions throughout her career including Vice President, Finance at Caremark in Irving, Texas and at AdvancePCS in Scottsdale, AZ. Her previous experience also includes attestation work at Ernst & Young's San Francisco office and consulting work with A.T. Kearney's Financial Institutions Group. She earned her MBA from the University of Chicago and her BBA (Accounting) from the University of Wisconsin, where she held high academic honors at both institutions. Ms. Bedgood is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Leslie Brille

Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Ms. Brille is SVP Corporate Affairs at Caris Diagnostics, where she is responsible for corporate communications and mergers and acquisition activities. Ms. Brille has been involved with Caris Diagnostics since its purchase by Caris, Ltd. and J.H. Whitney & Co in May, 2005, as she was a managing director of Caris, Ltd. at the time of the transaction. Since 2004, Ms. Brille has worked in healthcare private equity, both at Caris, Ltd. as well as through her own company, Isis Advisors. Prior to that, Ms. Brille was SVP Corporate Communications and Chief of Staff to the CEO of AdvancePCS. Previously she spent seven years in investment banking at Banc of America Securities (formerly Montgomery Securities) and JP Morgan & Co.

Russell O. Farr

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Mr. Farr joined Caris Diagnostics in June of 2006. He is responsible for overseeing and managing all of the company's legal and compliance concerns. Prior to joining our team, Mr. Farr was Vice President Legal Services and Managing Counsel for CareMark in Scottsdale, AZ. He was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for AdvancePCS from 1999-2004. Early in his career, Mr. Farr held various Associate positions, with experience in real estate, corporate, financial, and bankruptcy law. Mr. Farr earned his BS (Accounting) and JD from Brigham Young University. While working towards his JD, Russell was also the Lead Articles Editor for the BYU Law Review.

Michael J. Guidotti

Senior Vice President of Strategic Development

Mr. Guidotti joined Caris Diagnostics in 2005. As a member of the senior management team, Mike is responsible for shaping the strategic direction of the organization and its short and long term success. Mike brings to the table a strong background in the healthcare industry, as well as valuable experience in consulting, marketing, and business development. Prior to joining the team at Caris Diagnostics, Mike was a Private Healthcare Consultant offering strategy development, implementation, and training with manufacturers, payers, retailers and consulting firms. Mr. Guidotti has previously worked as Senior Vice President, Manufacturer Contracting and Client Support at Caremark Rx, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. Mike has also held executive positions at Advance PCS, Inc. as Vice President, Strategic Contracting and Alliances and Advance Paradigm, Inc. as Vice President, Manufacturer Contracting and Alliances. Mr. Guidotti attended Providence College in Providence RI where he earned his BS in Biology/Pre-med.

Richard H. Lash, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President

Dr. Lash joined the company in August of 2006 and has over 25 years of experience in GI and surgical pathology. Prior to his employment with Caris Diagnostics, Dr. Lash served as Co-Director of the AmeriPath Institute of Gastrointestinal Pathology and Digestive Disease in Cleveland, Ohio, and he was Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Lash has an impressive list of academic appointments, honors and awards, and continues to pursue academic interests, including research and training of residents and fellows. Dr. Lash graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan, where he was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. He also graduated from the University of Michigan Medical school, where he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society in his junior year. Dr. Lash completed his residency at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was chief resident and then continued his GI and surgical pathology training as a Clinical Associate (fellow) at the Cleveland Clinic.

Stephen J. McMindes

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Mr. McMindes is responsible for Business Development at Caris Diagnostics, Inc. This includes the external sales force, New Business Development related to new lines of business, and Strategic Business Alliances with our business partners. Steve joined the company in 2005 and has been in the healthcare industry for over 25 years, both hospital and corporate environments. Prior to joining Caris Diagnostics, Mr. McMindes was Vice President of Pharmaceutical Services for Caremark Rx, Inc. where he was instrumental in integration efforts to combine Product Offerings during the merger of two of the largest PBM's in the United States. Before Caremark, Mr. McMindes was the Senior Director, Healthcare Resources Management for Premier, Inc., the largest group purchasing organization in the United States. He established and led the healthcare resource management sales group with primary accountability in Account Management, Contracts Implementation, Revenue Capture, and Strategic Relationships. Mr. McMindes earned his BS, Nursing and Biology, from West Texas State University. He is a Registered Nurse and served as Captain in the United States Army Nurse Corps, where he was awarded Army Commendation and Meritorious Service medals.

Marilyn Owens, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President of Operations

Dr. Owens is Senior Vice President of Operations, where she is responsible for laboratory development and operations.  Throughout her 30 year career in the lab industry, she has established and managed 13 laboratories over a broad range of scientific specialties and integrated four acquisitions. Dr. Owens has previously served as Senior Vice President of Laboratory and Operations at IMPATH and Vice President of Technology and Development after IMPATH was acquired by Genzyme Genetics.  Dr. Owens also served in various leadership roles at Chiron Vaccines and Therapeutics (Novartis), Cytometry Associates (Esoterix, LabCorp) and Nichols Institute (Quest Diagnostics).  Dr. Owens earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Microbiology from California State University, Long Beach, a Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology and Immunology (with emphasis in tumor immunology) from U.C.L.A., and an M.B.A. in strategy and management from Pepperdine University.

Alan Wright, M.D., M.P.H.

Senior Vice President of Strategy

Dr. Wright is the Senior Vice President of Strategy for Caris Diagnostics. Previously, he served as the Vice President for Product Strategy and Business Development for Resolution Health, a privately held analytics and intervention company serving the managed care market place. Until 2005, Dr. Wright has served as chairman and CEO of Star Pharmaceuticals, a generic pharmaceutical company he founded in 2002, serving the needs of the urological community. Previously, Dr. Wright was also Senior Vice President and Chief Science Officer of Caremark and prior to that, Dr. Wright was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for AdvancePCS.  Following his bachelor of science, magna cum laude graduation at Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Wright received his medical doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in internal medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia.  While at Temple he served as Chief Medical Resident from 1985 to 1986 and then went on to complete his master of public health degree at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr. Wright serves as the chairman of the URAC clinical guideline committee for PBMs and is a member of several journal editorial boards.  He is a member of the American Medical Association and American College of Physicians. He is also certified as a diplomat to the American Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Susan Bailey

Vice President of Oncology Product Development and Management

Ms. Bailey joined Caris Diagnostics in March of 2008 as Vice President of Oncology Product Development and Management.  Her background includes over 18 years in marketing of esoteric tests and oncology services, as well as sales and sales management.  In 2003 she was named Vice President of Marketing for Genoptix, Inc, where she served until her arrival at Caris Diagnostics.  Previously, she was Vice President of Marketing for IMPATH, Inc. a national provider of anatomic pathology services.  In addition to positions with Nichols Institute, where she began her career, she has also held roles with successive levels of responsibility with Focus Technologies, Inc. and Specialty Laboratories, Inc.  Ms. Bailey received a B.A. with honors in Broadcast Journalism from Arizona State University.

Joe Ellison

Vice President of Human Resources

Mr. Ellison joined Caris Diagnostics in April 2007 to serve as the Vice President of Human Resources. He brings over fifteen years of broad based Human Resources leadership experience to our company from various progressive and industry-leading public companies. In particular, he brings an expertise in talent planning and acquisition, people, culture and organizational development, and employee communications. Joe brings a solid reputation of partnering with leaders and employees to align and execute talent optimization strategies and systems to meet evolving and unique business demands. He has led large, nationwide teams of HR professionals in a variety of business settings, and has done so most recently in health care at Caremark Rx, Inc. In addition to his MBA in Management, Joe is SPHR certified in the field of Human Resource Management and received his undergraduate degree in Business with specialized study in Human Resources from the University of North Texas.

Doug Olson

Vice President of Information Systems

Mr. Olson brings over 20 years of experience to his role as the Vice President of Information Systems. Doug started his career at Electronic Data Systems working in leadership and technical positions in various industries. He has spent the last 9 years in the lab industry at both small start-ups and large organizations. Most recently he was at AmeriPath working on the conversion of their new LIS system. Previously he was the Strategic Director of IT for LabCorp where he developed the direction for the EDI division to successfully deliver patient orders and results. He also served as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of InformDX, a pathology management company. In this role, Doug led the information technology organization including all systems at the corporate office and the 12 pathology laboratories. Doug received his Management Information Systems degree from Bradley University in Peoria, IL.