Leadership

Cherie Fesperman is BrightView’s Vice President of Operations.  She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of all BrightView’s North Carolina sites.  Cherie has her undergraduate degree from the University of Central Florida in Communicative Disorders. She also has a Master of Science Degree in Speech Language Pathology from Nova Southeastern University.  She also has her Certificate of Competency in Speech and Language Pathology. As a healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience, Cherie has experience pushing for excellent patient outcomes while leading recruitment, training, and mentoring of leaders and teams in multiple sites.  She also managed and optimized financial performances of multiple acute rehab units as well as developing annual budgets by analyzing clinical and operational data, projected growth, and anticipated efficiencies, resulting in better financial planning and cost control. Cherie seeks to leverage expertise in healthcare operations and strong business acumen to drive operational excellence and deliver exceptional patient outcomes at BrightView. She lives in Metro Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and two children. She loves golfing, hiking, exercising, and being outdoors with her family and her two dogs.

Brandon serves as BrightView’s Vice President of Operations for Ohio after previously leading the state’s Outreach team for three years. Prior to BrightView, he spent over a decade in long term care as a Director of Nursing Services. Throughout his career, Brandon has succeeded in clinical, operational and sales industries by utilizing a people-first mentality. He earned his BSN from The College of Mount St. Joseph, while playing football. Outside of BrightView, Brandon enjoys traveling and supporting all of Cincinnati’s sports teams with his wife and three daughters.

 

Joshua Lenavitt is Brightview’s Vice President of Regulatory Affairs with responsibility for the Ohio, Virginia, and North Carolina markets.  He has been with BrightView since March of 2021.  Joshua and the regulatory affairs team work to ensure that BrightView meets all regulatory licensing and accreditation requirements outlined by all applicable state and federal regulations.  Joshua has more than 3 decades of healthcare experience in Operations, Training, Healthcare Compliance and Regulatory Affairs. Joshua served 22 ½ years in the United States Army, retiring in 2011 and has both a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.  Joshua and his wife Tracy have three sons and two grandchildren.  In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, outdoor activities and sports activities as a spectator or participant.

Jane serves as BrightView’s Chief People Officer, focused on enabling BrightView’s growth strategy by unleashing the potential of its talent. Jane began her healthcare career over 20 years ago, initially in infectious disease research and eventually pursuing a career in physical therapy. Prior to BrightView, she spent over a decade with ATI Physical Therapy, where she advanced her career from staff clinician, to operations management, to enterprise transformation and eventually hu

man resources. In HR, she led human capital strategy and business alignment, communication and change management, clinical and leadership development, and talent acquisition and workforce planning. She facilitated the delivery of high-profile enterprise programs and projects to build and align culture in a fast-growing and changing organization.

Jane received her B.A. in Biology from Carleton College, and her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. With 40 other diverse, high-potential leaders, representing multidisciplinary and multinational organizations, Jane was chosen among her peers to participate in Advent International’s Leadership Academy, a selective leadership development program delivered in partnership with Harvard Business School Executive Education.

Jane lives outside of Chicago with her husband, 2 children and pup Harlow. They enjoy traveling, exploring the outdoors, and especially visiting the National Parks.