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Harrow Health Appoints Teresa Sparks to its Board of Directors
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harrow Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: HROW) today announced the appointment of Teresa Sparks to its Board of
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[{"type":"text","content":"NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harrow Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: HROW) today announced the appointment of Teresa Sparks to its Board of Directors.\n Mark L. Baum, CEO of Harrow Health, commented, “I am honored to welcome Teresa to the Harrow Health Board of Directors. Her extensive leadership and financial background in the healthcare services industry make her a natural fit for our board. As Harrow continues to drive shareholder value by founding, developing, and deconsolidating companies like Eton, Surface, and Melt, I anticipate Teresa’s impressive experience as a healthcare leader of both private and publicly traded companies will be an invaluable asset. And I am also happy that Teresa is a fellow Nashvillian.” “I would like to thank Mark and the entire Harrow Health Board of Directors for their warm welcome,” said Teresa Sparks. “As someone who closely monitors the Nashville healthcare community, I was thrilled to see Harrow move to town and I am enthusiastically looking forward to contributing to this visionary company that is doing so much for healthcare innovation in the pharmaceutical space. Harrow is a young and exciting company and I look forward to collaborating with the entire team to continue innovating and generating shareholder value.” As of March 15, 2020, Stephen G. Austin, who has served as the Harrow Health Audit Committee Chairman since 2012, is resigning and Teresa Sparks will assume the role of Audit Committee Chairwoman. Commenting on Mr. Austin’s board tenure, Harrow Health Chairman Robert J. Kammer stated, “We are grateful for Steve’s exemplary and committed board service over the past eight years. In particular, Steve provided tremendous leadership as our audit chair as Harrow grew from a business plan to one of the largest ophthalmology pharmaceutical companies in the United States.” About Ms. Sparks Ms. Sparks is a healthcare senior executive with extensive public corporate leadership in addition to private equity experience, having led two initial public offerings, a leveraged buy-out, and multiple mergers and acquisitions. She is the CFO and Executive Vice President of Envision Healthcare, a leading provider of physician-led services and post-acute care services in addition to ambulatory surgery services. Before joining Envision Healthcare, she was the interim CFO at Brookdale Seni...