NASHVILLE PREDATORS 2008-09 MEDIA GUIDE - NHL.com

Management & StaffOwnershipHerbert A.FritchHerbert A. Fritch has servedas the chairman, presidentand chief executive officer ofHealthSpring, Inc., and its predecessor,NewQuest, LLC, sinceit began operation in 2000.He is also the president ofRenaissance Physician Organization, a large groupof independent physician associations that are contractedproviders to HealthSpring’s Texas healthmaintenance organization, or HMO, subsidiary.Beginning his career in 1973 as an actuary, Fritchhas over 30 years of experience in the managedhealthcare business.A graduate of Carleton College, Fritch and his wifeBarbara reside in Nashville. They are membersof United Way’s Tocqueville Society and Barbaraserves on the board of the Nashville Zoo and SeniorCitizens Inc. organizations.John P.G.ThompsonJohn P.G. Thompson hasserved as the marketing directorof Thompson Machinerysince January 2006. He alsoowns and manages ThompsonProperties, LLC, a companythat purchases, manages andsells single-family rental real estate property.Prior to working for Thompson Machinery, heserved as an asset manager for Covenant CapitalGroup, LLC.A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Thompson isactive in the Nashville community. He serves as avolunteer for preschool children with special needs,is a fundraising founder for the Cystic FibrosisFoundation and a member of the Young AlumniBoard of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy.DeWitt C.Thompson VDeWitt (De) C. Thompson Vcurrently serves as the presidentof Thompson Machinery,the Caterpillar dealer forMiddle and West Tennesseeand North Mississippi.Thompson founded PureWorks, Inc. in 1999 andcontinues to serve as the company’s chairmanof the board. He also serves as chairman of theNashville City Paper.A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Thompson, hiswife Jamee, son DeWitt VI and daughters Helen andGrace reside in Nashville.nashvillepredators.com 7