Hands-On Management Style
Our unique approach to identifying and maximizing the growth potential of companies is complemented by the ability to draw on the expertise of the Nueterra Healthcare and Nueterra Real Estate management teams. Combined, our network of contacts and business relationships provide our Funds with an active deal flow volume and access to a steady stream of attractive investment opportunities.
Leadership Team
Jeremy D. Tasset, Managing Partner
Daniel R. Tasset, Senior Partner
Kevin L. Standefer, Senior Partner
Daniel J. Saale, Senior Partner
John F. Schario, Partner
David C. Ayers, Partner
Denise M. Mayhew, Partner
Jeremy D. Tasset, managing partner (top)
Jeremy Tasset is the managing partner of Nueterra Capital Management. As the managing partner, Jeremy oversees all of the firm wide operations. He also provides leadership and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company. Jeremy's financial career started as a financial consultant for A.G. Edwards and Sons, now Wachovia Securities (NYSE: WB), a national full-service brokerage firm where he focused on wealth building, retirement planning, and estate planning for his clients. This led Jeremy to serve as a consultant providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services and strategic business planning to companies in a variety of different industries, including health care and real estate. Before starting Nueterra Capital Management, Jeremy worked closely with Nueterra Healthcare and Nueterra Real Estate to lead the development or acquisition of seven ambulatory surgical centers and surgical hospitals and six real estate development projects. He also led all of the transactions in NCM's first real estate fund. Jeremy holds the General Securities Representative license (Series 7), the Uniform Securities Agent State Law license (Series 63), is an Accredited Wealth Management Advisor and received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Kansas.
Daniel R. Tasset, senior partner (top)
Dan Tasset is the chairman of Nueterra Holdings, LLC. Nueterra is a recognized industry leader in the development and management of single and multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers, specialty hospitals, and physical therapy centers. Since 1989, Dan has been in the business of developing outpatient medical facilities and has partnered with physicians, hospitals, and clinicians to develop more than 100 facilities across the United States. Prior to Nueterra, Dan was a CPA in private practice where he spent over 17 years providing professional and consulting services to physicians and other business owners.
Kevin L. Standefer, senior partner (top)
Kevin Standefer is the president of Nueterra Healthcare's Physical Therapy Division and senior vice
president of Investment Services. Kevin oversees the development and
management of Nueterra's physical therapy centers and spearheads Nueterra's
financial service activities including mergers, acquisitions, financial
forecasting, due diligence and private equity fund activities. As a registered
securities principal, Kevin directs all of Nueterra's private securities
offerings. Before joining Nueterra in 1999, he had already established a
strong financial background in his roles as Senior Vice President of Business
Development for one firm and a Senior Internal Auditor for one of the largest
publicly-traded health care companies in the country. Kevin received his
MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Daniel J. Saale, senior partner (top)
Dan Saale is the chief financial officer of Nueterra Holdings and executive vice president of Nueterra Healthcare. Dan oversees all of the financial activities of Nueterra. He provides leadership and direction for financial services within each of the company's physician partnership ventures. Dan initiated his career in audit/assurance before moving to governmental finance. His career path then took him into corporate financial reporting for a Fortune 500, publicly traded company in the hospitality industry. Before joining Nueterra in 2000, he served as vice president of finance for Health Midwest, a major Midwestern integrated health system, for 14 years. Dan's broad based experience allows him to provide financial direction in both the development and operational aspects of ambulatory care facilities, and their related real estate activities. This includes arranging for initial financing of partnerships, as well as the ongoing management of existing ventures' revenue cycles. Dan has been a certified public accountant since 1985 and holds an MBA from the University of Missouri. He is also a member of the central states advisory board for M&I Bank (NYSE: MI), a diversified financial services corporation with more than $58 billion in assets.
John F. Schario, partner (top)
John Schario is the chief executive officer of Nueterra Healthcare. John brings together the extensive resources that allow Nueterra to develop, operate and nurture ambulatory care facilities including surgery centers, surgical hospitals as well as any other ambulatory care facilities created through partnerships. Before joining Nueterra in 2001, John worked for 20 years as an executive with Health Midwest, a major Midwestern integrated health system. His managerial background includes the development and operation of surgery centers, imaging facilities, and occupational medicine clinics. John has been instrumental in the development of Nueterra's corporate support services and their successful deployment across diverse business ventures with our physician partners. John has his MBA from Rockhurst University and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
David C. Ayers, partner (top)
David Ayers is the president of Nueterra Healthcare's surgical facilities division. David brings 20 years of experience in developing, building, and managing various types of ambulatory facilities, including surgery, imaging, physical therapy, and urgent care centers. Before joining Nueterra in early 2003, he was vice president of HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS), which specializes in ambulatory care product lines. Like all Nueterra executives, David has extensive experience in working with physicians in partnerships, and enhancing these relationships with value-added service. He has contributed heavily to the company's planning process as it seeks expansion into new business ventures. David is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in physical therapy.
Denise M. Mayhew, partner (top)
Denise Mayhew is the senior vice president of branding and marketing for Nueterra Holdings. Denise devotes her time and creativity to seeking new business development and partnership opportunities for Nueterra's 1,400 physician partners. She draws on her 15 plus years of operational management experience in the ambulatory surgery, surgical hospital and acute hospital industry. Denise has also been involved in the development of several surgery centers, specialty hospitals, and various ancillary programs in the health care field. A valuable Nueterra team member since 1997, she most recently served as vice president of strategic development for Nueterra, with responsibilities for internal audits, business office services, operational policy and procedures, payer contracting, clinical services, risk management, compliance, imaging services, marketing, and equipment and materials management. Denise holds a bachelors degree in business administration.