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Mr. Bates spent over 19 years with ATI Physical Therapy, starting in the original clinic as a Physical Therapist and progressing to COO and eventually CEO. Bates’ leadership was instrumental and a driving force as ATI scaled from the original clinic to over 800 locations at the time of his exit from the business.

Most recently, Mr. Bates has served as a board member for several businesses including Southern Vet Partners (a Shore Capital Partners animal hospital platform. Bates joined the board in 2014 when SVP had 2 locations and has scaled to over 300), and Salt Dental Collective, a thriving dental support organization. Bates has recently joined Golden Bear Therapy Partners as Lead Independent Board Director.  Additionally, Bates is the founder of RESET Telluride, a luxury wellness retreat concept (ResetTelluride.com).