Chestnut Health Systems CEO and leadership

Dave Sharar is CEO of Chestnut Health Systems - a community-based not-for-profit health and human service system based in Bloomington, IL with seven service lines. Chestnut has approximately 700 employees in nine Illinois locations. Dave has been with Chestnut for over 30 years. About 25 years of Dave’s career at Chestnut was spent developing and managing Chestnut Global Partners, an international workplace behavioral health and well-being entity. Dave also focused on workplace behavioral health research and program evaluation. He published over 90 articles and 3 book chapters. Dave holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Karen Rettick is a Chief Financial Officer at Chestnut Health Systems and is based in Bloomington, Indiana.

Puneet Leekha is a Fundraiser at Muscular Dystrophy Association, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Chestnut Health Systems, and Board Member at McLean County Chamber of Commerce and is based in Bloomington, Indiana. He has worked as General Counsel and Director of Operations at Chestnut Global Partners; Senior Associate at Popovits & Robinson, P.C.; and Pro Bono Legal Advisor at Network of Indian Professionals Inc. Puneet studied at WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY between 1999 and 2003 and Chicago-Kent College of Law between 2003 and 2006.