Mr. R. Carter Pate, CPA, FCPA, CFE, CGFM has been Interim Chief Executive Officer at The Providence Service Corporation since November 15, 2017. Mr. Pate is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Effect, LLC. He serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Carter Pate, LLC. Mr. Pate served as the Chief Executive Officer and Strategic Advisor to the Board of Directors of MV Transportation, Inc. from 2011 to 2014. Mr. Pate joined MV Transportation with more than 34 years of consulting, management and executive leadership experience spanning the full spectrum of business operations and finance in both the public and private sectors. He has worked extensively with Federal, State and Local governments, including the Department of Defense, Department of Veteran Affairs, Department of Transportation and NASA. He served as Chairman of the Board of Sun Television and Appliances, Inc. since February 1997 and interim President and Chief Executive Officer since May 1997. He held multiple leadership positions and advised Fortune 500 companies and G-20 governments. He was Principal of Business Regeneration Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Price Waterhouse (BRS), since March 1996. Prior to joining MV in August 2011, he served as the Global and U.S. Managing Partner for the Capital Projects, Infrastructure and Government practice/Global and US Leader of CP&I, Managing Partner of Federal Practice and Managing Partner of Advisory Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, headquartered in New York City. As Managing Partner, he directed more than $300 million in global transportation, infrastructure and capital improvement public and private sector projects for PwC in the areas of: high speed rail, toll roads, light rail, airports and seaports. In this role, he worked extensively throughout Europe, notably Russia and the UK, as well as the Middle East, Brazil, China, Singapore and Australia. He is an acknowledged leader in transformational change, financial and operational controls, balance sheet restructuring, asset and cost realignment, workforce optimization, systems integration and primary and secondary financing. Prior to joining PwC, he was the Founding Partner of Pate, Winters & Stone, Inc. (PWS) providing management and consulting services in the areas of: crisis management, turnarounds, balance sheet restructurings, workouts and bankruptcies of public companies. He served as an Interim President, President and Chief Executive Officer at Sun Coast Industries, Inc., where he led it from the NASDAQ exchange to the NYSE in less than one year. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Greensboro College, Inc. He has been a Trustee of Greensboro College, Inc. since 1994. He served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Sun Coast Industries, Inc. He served as Director of MV Transportation, Inc. He has been featured in countless news articles for publications such as, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Fortune Magazine, USA Today, Newsweek, Dallas Morning News, Dallas Business Journal and D Magazine. He has also been regularly featured on CNN, CNN-FN, CNBC, AT&T Broadband, Daily Deal, Money Talks and other news programs. He has been Chairman of the Board of BioScrip, Inc. since June 16, 2016. He has been a Director of Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. since June 22, 2016. He has been a Director of BioScrip, Inc. since May 11, 2015. He served as Director at Sun Television And Appliances Inc. He served as a Board Governance Fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors. He is an Author of The Phoenix Effect: Nine Revitalizing Strategies No Company Can Do Without, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., was released in March 2002. He holds the following certifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York, Virginia, District of Columbia and Texas, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Forensic Public Accountant (FCPA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Certified Insolvency Reorganization Accountant (CIRA), Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) and Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Forensic Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Insolvency and Reorganization Accountant. Mr. Pate earned a BS in Accounting from Greensboro College in 1978 and a Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas.