Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare – 2010

Since 2004, Paul Diaz has served as president and CEO of Kindred Healthcare. Based in Louisville, Ky., Kindred operates 83 long-term-care facilities and 222 nursing and rehabilitation centers across the country, with more than $4 billion in annual revenue. Trained as an attorney and an accountant, Diaz, 48, was previously chief operating officer at Mariner Health Group. Diaz was on Modern Healthcare's list of the 25 Top Minority Executives in Healthcare in 2008, and has also been featured multiple times in the magazine's 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare rankings.