Paul Diaz

Since 2002, Paul Diaz has worked as CEO of post-acute-care giant Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, Ky., gaining the president’s title in 2004. Diaz, 50, appears on Modern Healthcare’s list of the Top 25 Minority Executives for the third time. He also has been named to Modern Healthcare’s rankings of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for the past four years. Before joining Kindred, Diaz served from 1996 to 1998 as chief operating officer at Mariner Health Group, a post-acute company based in Atlanta.