Five of six top execs exit Enhabit after $1.1B Kinderhook buyout

What's the deal? Five of Enhabit Home Health & HospiceDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →'s six top executives are leaving, after private equity firm Kinderhook IndustriesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → closed its roughly $1.1 billion acquisition of the Dallas-based home health and hospice provider in mid-2026. Newly appointed chief executive officer Dale Clift will stay.

Who's leaving? Chief financial officer Ryan Solomon, executive vice president of home health Julie Jolley, executive vice president of hospice Jeanna Kalvaitis, chief human resources officer Tanya Marion, and general counsel Dylan Black are all set to depart in the following weeks.

Why now? Ahead of the deal, Enhabit's board created a change-in-control benefits plan for its executive team. Each of the five has "chosen to exercise their rights under that plan," the company told Home Health Care News.

What's the endgame? Kinderhook brought Clift out of retirement to run Enhabit, succeeding former chief executive officer Barb JacobsmeyerDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Clift, who has led two other Kinderhook portfolio companies, told Home Health Care News his top priority is double-digit growth.

What changes? Kinderhook's plan for Enhabit as a privately held company includes strengthening clinical quality, improving data and analytics, and enabling market expansion. Enhabit runs 249 home health and 117 hospice locations across 34 states.

The signal: The exits underline how private equity ownership can reshape a company's leadership fast. Middle-market firm Kinderhook, which invests across healthcare, industrial services, and automotive, now installs its own executives to chase growth at a newly private Enhabit.

Read more: Home Health Care News