Kerri Pendley

Chief Growth Officer

Kerri Pendley is Chief Growth Officer for FirstLight Home Care. In this role, she helps drive business growth by opening up new paths to revenue and building the mechanisms to get there. This includes aligning teams around shared goals, improving the processes that generate revenue, and planning for the future. She joined the company in January 2018 as Director of Healthcare Strategy and National Alliances and was promoted to Vice President of Strategy in 2020. Kerri has more than 21 years of experience in healthcare operations, business development, mergers & acquisitions and start-ups. Her career started in long-term care facilities as a social service/admissions director and then as a licensed nursing home administrator. From there, her career path led to multi-state executive management experience with medical adult day programs, home care and clinical programs. Kerri has served as a board member for Illinois and Tennessee state Home Care Associations, as well as the National Adult Day Services Association. She is currently part of the Home Care Association of America’s board of directors.