Mark L. First has served as an Addus HomeCare director since 2006 and as Lead Director since October 2022. He is a Managing Director of Eos Management, L.P. and its affiliates, where he has been employed since 1994, and was previously an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. from 1991 to 1994. He held the (unpaid) title of President of the Company from 2006 to 2009 and has served as a director of numerous public and privately owned companies. He earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.