Executive Bios

Jim Booth

President and Chief Executive Officer

Jim Booth joined CK Franchising, Inc. on March 1, 2006. With more than 35 years in health care, Jim has served as president and CEO of two other health-related organizations: Atlanta Medical Clinic, a specialty physician group owned by Caremark, and more recently, Interim Healthcare, Inc., a franchise provider of skilled nursing and staffing services. Prior to joining CKFI he was the COO of support services for Gambro Healthcare, a $2 billion provider of dialysis services.

Jim’s extensive health care background has prepared him to guide Comfort Keepers® to recognition as the leader in the in-home care industry and continued success in the rapidly expanding senior care market.

Tim Purcey

Chief Operating Officer

Before joining CK Franchising, Inc. in May 2002, Tim Purcey owned a very successful Comfort Keepers® franchise in Muskegon, Michigan. Tim holds a dual bachelor of science degree in accounting and computer information systems. His experience includes 13 ½ years in positions of increasing responsibility, ranging from internal auditor to group controller for the Howmet Corporation.

Tim's primary role is development and oversight of operational and financial information and programs for the Comfort Keepers system.

Mary Bowman

Executive Vice President, Marketing & Communications

Mary Bowman joined CK Franchising, Inc. in January of 2005, with 20 years of marketing and advertising experience in the franchise and retail industries. Mary's professional expertise lies in brand positioning, communication strategy development, media planning, and design and implementation of marketing materials. Her responsibilities at CK Franchising, Inc. include building the Comfort Keepers® brand and driving growth of the organization through strategic marketing initiatives.

Mary graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas in San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and advertising.  

David Simic

Vice President, Business Development

David Simic joined CK Franchising, Inc. in May 2008. David has 25 years experience in a variety of health care sales and marketing positions. He has built and mentored sales teams and successfully sold large national account agreements to a variety of health care organizations and Fortune 1000 corporations. Prior to joining CKFI, David served as regional vice president of Byram Healthcare, Inc., a provider of disposable medical supplies. He was previously the general manager of Amoena, a prosthetics manufacturer. David earned an MBA at the University at Buffalo.

Lisa Ripley

Vice President, Strategic Relations

Lisa Ripley joined CK Franchising, Inc. in August of 2003. She holds a bachelor of science in education degree from The Ohio State University and has 14 years of progressive management experience with health care companies, including Medicare-certified, private duty and medical staffing services

At CK Franchising, Inc., Lisa's primary role is to oversee the field support team, which provides in-market assistance and guidance to Comfort Keepers® franchise owners. Lisa provides operations support to franchise owners and assists with policy and procedure development for the franchise system.

Jim Brown

Vice President, Franchise Development

Jim joined Comfort Keepers in June 2006. He has a BBA in Management and Marketing from the University of Oklahoma. Jim entered Franchising in 1989 as a MotoPhoto single unit operator and quickly became a multi-unit operator growing to four locations. He has received numerous awards including Franchisee of the year. In addition to owning and operating franchises, he was an Area Developer responsible for Franchise sales and support, National Sales Manager responsible for franchise transfer sales and most recently Vice President of Franchising. Prior to entering the Franchise industry, Jim was in sales and sales management with Wrangler Jeans.

At CK Franchising, Inc., Jim’s primary role is to manage the growth of the Comfort Keepers’ Franchise within the United States.

Thierry Deleger

Vice President, Finance

Thierry Deleger joined CK Franchising, Inc. in August of 2010 as the VP Finance. Thierry has 14 years of experience in financial operations with Sodexo and has worked with other Sodexo acquisitions to improve their reporting processes and operations. In addition, he has an MS in Accounting and Business Administration from various universities in France.   

In his role Thierry is responsible for Finance, Audit and Insurance for CKFI and providing additional support to franchisees in the areas of finance and insurance matters. He is building the internal reporting process to Sodexo and internal CKFI reporting, formalizing and expanding the CKFI auditing process and providing direct support to franchisees through participating in performance group facilitation and other means to help franchisees increase their knowledge of financial matters and to become more profitable.