Peter R. Baronoff, Chairman and CEO

Peter R. Baronoff serves as Chairman and CEO of Promise Healthcare, Inc. He is also Chairman and CEO of Sun Capital Healthcare, Inc. and Sun Capital, Inc.  Sun Capital Healthcare, Inc. is a leading financial services organization that provides working capital for healthcare providers nationwide. Baronoff brings more than 25 years of senior-level leadership to Promise Healthcare. Prior to co-founding these three companies, he was a successful business owner and executive for several international private and public companies. Baronoff has taken a leadership position in the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital industry and was recently elected president of the Acute Long-Term Hospital Association (ALTHA), a membership of more than 270 long-term acute care hospitals in 29 states. He also serves his community as a publicly elected member of the Boca Raton City Council.

Howard B. Koslow, President and Chief Operating Officer

Howard Koslow has extensive experience in senior-level management at several prominent national certified public accounting, financial services, and real estate firms. Mr.Koslow has earned a national reputation as a skilled financial and operations manager and business re-structuring consultant. In addition to being a co-founder, president, and Chief Operating Officer of Sun Capital HealthCare, Inc. and Sun Capital, Inc., Mr. Koslow is a director of the Commercial Finance Association (CFA) and has been an active board member of several successful NASDAQ-listed companies.

Lawrence Leder, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer of Promise Healthcare, Inc. Mr. Lawrence Leder draws upon more than three decades of experience serving the financial needs of the healthcare industry. As a supervisory auditor for the U.S. General Accounting Office, Leder was in charge of the nationwide audit of the newly created Medicare program. He also provided testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee regarding Medicare and to several state rate-setting commissions on Medicaid. Mr. Leder left the GAO to start his own healthcare consulting practice. As consulting accountant for the Archdiocese of the City of New York, Mr. Leder worked with Cardinal Cook Health Center, St. Claire's Hospital, Cabrini Hospital, St. Vincent 's Hospital, and Our Lady of Mercy Hospital. Mr. Leder served as Healthcare Manager and Reimbursement Specialist for Coopers & Lybrand's New York office, where he focused on the valuation and collectability of medical receivables and provided counsel to banks and other asset-based lending institutions. He is also currently the Executive Vice President and CFO of Sun Capital HealthCare, Inc.

Mark H. Dawson, MD, Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Dawson brings more than two decades of medical and teaching expertise combined with seasoned healthcare industry-related business experience to Promise Healthcare. He received his medical degree in 1976 and an M.B.A. in 1995 from Louisiana State University. Dr. Dawson was recently appointed by Louisiana State Governer Kathleen Babineaux as a member of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.  Additionally, Dr. Dawson was honored with the prestigious 2002-2003 Preceptor of the Year Award presented by the Tulane University School of Medicine's Department of Family & Community Medicine. In addition to his oversight of medical operations at Promise Healthcare facilities, Dr. Dawson is a co-founder and an active partner in the private practice of Acadiana Family Medical Associates, LLC and maintains active hospital privileges at many hospitals throughout the State of Louisiana. Dr. Dawson has been widely honored by his peers for his medical expertise, professional ethics, and best practices management. In addition to his nationwide medical and industry memberships, Dr. Dawson is board certified by both the American Board of Family Medicine and American Board of Pediatrics, and is a clinical assistant professor of family practice at Louisiana State University, as well as Tulane University. In addition, Dr. Dawson has been elected to five consecutive terms as Coroner of Acadia Parish.

Larry Kanterman, Board Member  

Larry Kanterman brings more than three decades of healthcare law experience, expertise and industry relationships to Promise Healthcare. He is the founder and partner of the law firm Kanterman & Taub, P.C. in New York, the firm he established in 1981. The firm specializes in the areas of medical malpractice, dental malpractice, health and hospital, products liability, professional liability and personal injury law, litigation, insurance law, commercial law, general liability, environmental law, hospitality and hotel law, premises liability (including security issues), and appeals. He authored the “Medical Malpractice Handbook” in 1983, and has been a member of the Westchester County, New York State and American Bar Association and the American Society of Health Care Risk Management. He was recently honored by the American Heart Association in New York for his service to his community as well as “his commitment to ensuring the best healthcare for all who need it.”