- 1. Career
HARRIS
Jeffrey
Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee at AMN Healthcare Services
Organization: AMN Healthcare Services
Profession: Chairman
Biography
Jeffrey Harris is Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee at AMN Healthcare Services.
Career
Board has concluded that Mr. Harris is qualified to serve on the Board because he brings considerable mergers and acquisitions experience, which is a key component of AMN’s strategy. Additionally, Mr. Harris has experience serving as a director on public company compensation and corporate governance committees, which is essential to designing and maintaining our executive compensation programs and guiding our corporate governance strategies. Mr. Harris served as Of Counsel at Apogent Technologies, Inc. from December 2000 through 2003, and as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from 1988 to 2000, when the company was named Sybron International.
Since 2002, Mr. Harris has been involved as an investor in, and a director of, early stage companies. Mr. Harris served on the Board of Sybron Dental Specialties from April 2005 until it was acquired by Danaher Corporation in 2006. Mr. Harris served on the Board of Playtex Products, Inc. from 2001 until Energizer Holdings acquired it in October 2007.
Mr. Harris was director of Prodesse, Inc., an early stage biotechnology company, from 2002 until 2009, when Gen-Probe Incorporated acquired it. Mr. Harris also served as director of Apogent Technologies, Inc. from 2000 to 2004, when it was acquired by Fisher Scientific International, Inc. From 2008 until 2018, he served as a director of Guy & O’Neill, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Brookfield Academy, a non-profit entity, and is Chairman of the Board and a co-founder of BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., a non-profit economic development corporation. Additionally, Mr. Harris is a director of Okanjo Partners, Inc., an early-stage technology company.