Healthcare CEO · PE Operating Advisor
Mark Lashley
Twenty-five years in healthcare services, the last ten leading private equity-backed companies through growth, turnarounds and exits.
About
Mark Lashley is a healthcare CEO with more than 25 years of experience, including a decade running private equity-backed companies. He has led specialty pharmacy, home and community-based care, emergency medical services and hospital support businesses, and has taken three of them through successful sales.
Most recently he was CEO of Tarrytown Expocare Pharmacy, a national specialty long-term care pharmacy serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavioral health needs in more than 37 states. From 2023 to 2025 the company grew revenue 63% and EBITDA 86%, raised customer retention from 90% to over 95%, and completed a transaction in November 2025.
Through Lashley Advisory, Mark works with private equity firms on healthcare services diligence, operating strategy and portfolio company leadership.
Advisory work
Diligence support
Operator's view of healthcare services targets: reimbursement exposure, payer and PBM dynamics, management depth and the real drivers of margin.
Value creation plans
Organic growth, margin expansion and exit readiness, including the first 100 days for a new portfolio company CEO.
Turnarounds
Stabilizing underperforming operations, retaining customers and rebuilding the plan when results fall behind the model.
Leadership
Interim or board-level leadership, and building or upgrading executive teams in specialty and LTC pharmacy, IDD and behavioral health services.
Track record
Experience
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Tarrytown Expocare PharmacyChief Executive Officer
National specialty long-term care pharmacy for IDD and behavioral health populations. Revenue up 63% and EBITDA up 86% from 2023 to 2025; customer retention from 90% to over 95%.
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Caregiver, Inc.Chief Executive Officer
Built the executive team, doubled revenue, expanded into four new states and led a PE-to-PE sale in 2020.
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Rural/MetroDivision President
Led a $300M division of a highly leveraged PE-owned company, improving division EBITDA 150% ahead of a 2015 sale at 13x EBITDA.
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Aramark HealthcareRegional Vice President
Turned around a $240M hospital services region, with revenue growth above 11% a year and client retention up from 89% to 98%.
Education
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Missouri State University