Company Overview
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., is the nation's largest provider of comprehensive healthcare staffing and workforce solutions. As the leading provider of travel nurse, per diem (local) nurse, allied and locum tenens (temporary physician) staffing and physician permanent placement services, AMN Healthcare recruits and places healthcare professionals on assignments of variable lengths and in permanent positions with clients throughout the United States. AMN Healthcare is also the nation’s largest provider of healthcare managed services programs and recruitment process outsourcing solutions. Settings staffed include acute-care hospitals, government facilities, community health centers and clinics, physician practice groups, and a host of other healthcare settings. AMN Healthcare also provides home healthcare services in select regions.
The U.S. temporary healthcare staffing industry revenues are expected to grow by 4% in 2011 to $7.9 billion, according to growth estimates provided by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) in September 2010. Industry revenue estimates for the markets in which we provide temporary healthcare staffing services were estimated to be $1.0 billion for travel nursing, $1.8 billion for locum tenens and $2.5 billion for allied healthcare. SIA is estimating 3% growth in 2011 for total U.S. per diem nursing revenue of $2.5 billion.
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Susan R. Salka
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS)
2010 Revenue: $689 Million
Ms. Susan R. Salka (47) is Chief Executive Officer, President, and a Director of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the largest healthcare staffing company in the United States and the leading nationwide provider of physicians, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals. In 2007, AMN reached a milestone when it became the first company in the healthcare staffing industry to exceed $1.2 billion in revenue. AMN is currently ranked as one of the top ten largest public companies in San Diego.
Ms. Salka is an active industry and company spokesperson with the financial analyst and investment community, and has been one of the driving forces behind the company's major strategic and operational initiatives since joining the company in 1990. Before becoming Chief Executive Officer and President, Ms. Salka served in several other executive management positions at AMN Healthcare, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Vice President of Business Development. Ms. Salka also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Beckman Coulter (NYSE: BEC), the University of California San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center and San Diego State University College of Business Administration.
Ms. Salka takes an active role in promoting the value of women in leadership positions and in 2003 was recognized as one of the top "Women Who Mean Business" by the San Diego Business Journal. Prior to joining AMN Healthcare, Ms. Salka held various finance positions at a subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co. and at BioVest Partners, a venture capital firm. Ms. Salka holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Accounting and a Master's degree in Business Administration.
