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Douglas J. Babb

Director

Douglas J. Babb has been a director since 2018. From 2007 to 2014, he was Chief Executive Officer of Cooper Clinic, P.A. (“Cooper”), one of the largest multi-specialty, physician-owned clinics in the Arkansas region. Additionally, from 2010 to 2014, he served as an Adjunct Instructor for the College of Business at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. From 2015 to present, he serves as Managing Director for Babb Strategic Services, L.L.P. (“Babb Strategic”), a consulting and strategic planning services company that he formed in 2006. Prior to forming Babb Strategic, he served as Executive Vice President - Chief Administrative and Legal Officer, and Secretary of Beverly Enterprises, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare services to the elderly in the United States, from 2000 to 2006. Prior to that he served in various senior executive roles at Burlington Northern, Inc., a diversified transportation company and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, from 1978 to 1999 and as Staff Counsel for the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office from 1977 to 1978. Mr. Babb is Immediate Past Chair of the United States Marshals Museum. During his 5 1/2 years as Chair, the museum experience was fabricated and installed and the museum completed. The 53,000 square foot museum honoring the United States Marshals Service opened to the public on July 1, 2023. Mr. Babb is now a Director on the United States Marshals Museum Foundation Board of Directors. He holds a bachelor's degree from Minnesota State University and a J.D. from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Babb is well-qualified to serve on our Board on account of his extensive experience, in particular the successful turnaround of Beverly Enterprises.