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BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc. names Brian Schnell COO

(Updated: December 12, 2011)

BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc. announces the addition of Brian Schnell as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer and Kevin Pignone as Vice President of Field Support.

Schnell and Pignone join BrightStar as the company progresses toward becoming a multi-brand franchisor. BrightStar’s flagship, BrightStar Care®, a full-service healthcare staffing agency that provides medical and non-medical homecare to private clients within their homes, has 250 locations nationwide and is on target to have more than 300 locations open by the end of 2012. In the next few years, the company plans to add at least five brands that complement BrightStar Care’s mission of making more possible.

Read the full announcement.

Fox Business features BrightStar Care CEO Shelly Sun and Connecticut owners Peter and Maureen Moore
(November 25, 2011)

Local BrightStar News

Whether it’s an adult child seeking quality homecare for their aging parent, a working family needing childcare or a busy staffing coordinator needing a solid medical staffing solution at the drop of a dime, our clients’ stories are many. And so are ours. Each BrightStar location is working day in and day out to provide quality care and unmatched service. Here’s what we’ve been up to.

  Family Experience Inspires New Business (270.1 KiB, 630 hits)

  BrightStar opens (FL - Venice) (363.5 KiB, 326 hits)

  Business Profile: BrightStar Kansas City North (816.2 KiB, 343 hits)

  Executive Snapshot: Barnett Lloyd (MD - Rockville) (787.0 KiB, 332 hits)

  Health care staffing agency receives Pioneer Award (IL - Wheaton) (377.7 KiB, 290 hits)

  A career change (CA - Los Altos) (494.4 KiB, 261 hits)

  Snydersville office brings health care home (PA - Stroudsburg) (681.1 KiB, 258 hits)

  New local franchise serves those in need (IN - Lake County) (590.5 KiB, 307 hits)

  BrightStar hiring health-care workers (RI - East Providence) (539.2 KiB, 269 hits)

  BrightStar expands caregiving network to Abington (MA - Plymouth County) (989.2 KiB, 286 hits)

  At Your Service (MO - Florissant) (1.2 MiB, 226 hits)

  Success Comes Out of the Woods (928.7 KiB, 242 hits)

  Husband and wife team up for health care business (NJ - Skylands) (824.8 KiB, 259 hits)

  Local Care-Giving Market Growing Quickly (TN - Nashville) (1.1 MiB, 247 hits)

  BrightStar Hopes to Shine (MA - Plymouth County) (1.6 MiB, 274 hits)

  New BrightStar Opens (MA - Plymouth County) (669.0 KiB, 257 hits)

  Couple Begins In-Home Health Care Business (AR - Fayetteville) (629.7 KiB, 254 hits)

  Aging population creates new jobs (KS - Overland Park) (770.3 KiB, 266 hits)

  Double Duty: Winter visitors find help coordinating home caregiving (AZ - Glendale) (746.9 KiB, 214 hits)

  Boom times in Reno homecare (NV - Reno) (881.1 KiB, 193 hits)

  Helping hands at home (CO - West Denver) (693.0 KiB, 196 hits)

  New owner eyes adding medical to home care (CA - Riverside) (481.7 KiB, 182 hits)

  Start Me Up (OK - Tulsa) (567.2 KiB, 161 hits)

  BrightStar franchise opens here (IN - Evansville) (44.0 KiB, 96 hits)

  Mooresville couple brings another caregiver option to the community (NC - Salisbury) (812.7 KiB, 112 hits)

  A new start in the franchise market (PA - West Chester) (26.0 KiB, 136 hits)

  Starting over, as the boss (PA - West Chester) (1.5 MiB, 134 hits)

  Franchising a new start (PA - West Chester) (783.3 KiB, 113 hits)

  Husband-wife team launch BrightStar franchise (NC - Salisbury) (605.8 KiB, 147 hits)

  Climbing to the Top of Mount Rainier (CA - Marin and San Francisco)) (1.5 MiB, 140 hits)

National BrightStar News

BrightStar is rapidly becoming the homecare, childcare and medical staffing company of choice for clients nationwide because they know, with us, they are taken care of. What makes BrightStar different is what makes us the best - 24/7 availability, Guaranteed Compatibility, RN oversight. Just a few of the many ways we’re making more possible each and every day in cities across the country.

  Franchisor BrightStar Tackles Quality Assurance, Growth (187.7 KiB, 462 hits)

  What a year: A look back on some 2009 predictions (695.2 KiB, 330 hits)

  What do franchisees really want? Franchisor support, frequent communication, ongoing collaboration and - oh yes, healthy profits (1.1 MiB, 362 hits)