Arcadia Resources, Inc. Announces Rebecca R. Irish As New Chief Financial Officer
January 10 2005 - 9:06AM
PR Newswire (US)
Arcadia Resources, Inc. Announces Rebecca R. Irish As New Chief
Financial Officer SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Arcadia Resources, Inc. (OTC:ACDI) (BULLETIN BOARD: ACDI)
announced today that Rebecca R. Irish has joined its leadership
team as the company's new chief financial officer effective January
4, 2005. Irish has more than 21 years of experience as a financial
and operations executive and entrepreneur in the health care
industry. She most recently co- founded and served as president of
Beacon Respiratory Services Inc., a provider of respiratory
equipment and related pharmaceuticals to patients in their homes.
Beacon, which has operations in Alabama, Colorado, Florida and
Georgia, was acquired in 2004 by Arcadia Resources. Irish has built
and consulted with several businesses since serving as the CFO of
RoTech Medical Corporation for seven years. There she played a
leading role in the firm's growth from 48 locations in seven states
to 630 facilities in 36 states upon her departure. Prior to RoTech,
she spent eight years with Ernst & Young providing auditing
services along with financial and systems consulting. "Rebecca has
a proven track record in evaluating, acquiring, managing and
growing businesses, and she understands this market extremely
well," said John E. Elliott II, chairman and CEO of Arcadia
Resources, Inc. "This experience, plus her skills in public
financings and investor relations, will be valuable as we continue
to develop a strong national presence in the staffing and home
health care markets." In the past six months, Arcadia has acquired
successful staffing and home health care businesses in Alabama,
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts and North
Carolina. Arcadia Resources, Inc., helps organizations operate more
effectively and with greater flexibility, and enables individuals
to manage illness and injury in the comfort of their own homes.
Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, the company's core
businesses are comprehensive home care services, medical and
non-medical staffing, mail order pharmacy and medical equipment.
For more information about Arcadia, please visit the company's Web
site at http://www.arcadiaresourcesinc.com/ . DATASOURCE: Arcadia
Resources, Inc. CONTACT: David Bassett or Eric Younan of Marx Layne
& Company, +1-248-855-6777, for Arcadia Resources, Inc. Web
site: http://www.arcadiaresourcesinc.com/
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