Coker Expands Performance Transformation Capabilities with Addition of Industry Veterans Dan DeBehnke, MD, MBA, and Paul Weintraub, MBA

Coker, a national healthcare advisory firm and a portfolio company of Trinity Hunt Partners, is proud to announce the strategic addition of two seasoned healthcare leaders: Dan DeBehnke, MD, MBA, who joins as Senior Vice President, Chief Physician Executive, Integrated Solutions; and Paul Weintraub, MBA, who joins as Senior Vice President, Integrated Solutions.

As healthcare organizations continue to face mounting financial and operational pressures—including funding constraints, rising costs, stagnant reimbursement, regulatory complexity, and broader economic shifts—the demand for innovative, value-driven performance transformation has never been greater. The addition of Dr. DeBehnke and Mr. Weintraub significantly enhances Coker’s ability to deliver integrated, results-oriented solutions tailored to these evolving challenges.

“This expansion reflects our ongoing commitment to align with our clients’ most pressing needs,” said Justin Chamblee, President of Coker. “By bringing in high-caliber talent like Dan and Paul, we’re deepening our bench and strengthening our capacity to drive meaningful results for our client partners.”

Coker CEO Josh Nazarian added, “Dan and Paul bring decades of leadership experience and a proven track record of impact in the healthcare space. Their expertise aligns seamlessly with Coker’s mission to deliver high-value, transformative solutions that create sustainable results for our clients.”

Dr. DeBehnke shared, “I’m thrilled to join the outstanding team at Coker and contribute to the firm’s continued growth. I look forward to collaborating with clients to drive performance improvement and deliver lasting value. Throughout my career, I've believed that success comes not only from working with talented professionals, but also from surrounding yourself with truly good people. Coker embodies both—and I’m thrilled to be part of it.”

“Coker has long been a trusted advisor to healthcare organizations,” said Mr. Weintraub. “I’m excited to be part of the firm’s next phase of growth and to help expand its footprint in delivering innovative solutions at such a pivotal time in the industry.”

With this strategic expansion, Coker reinforces its commitment to helping healthcare organizations thrive in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing environment.

More About Dr. DeBehnke

Dr. DeBehnke brings over three decades of distinguished experience in healthcare leadership and advisory roles. With a clinical background in Emergency Medicine, Dr. DeBehnke has held pivotal executive roles across both academic and non-academic health systems including roles as Chief Clinical Integration officer and CEO of a 1,500-member multispecialty practice. He previously served as CEO for a $1.5B academic health system with over 8,000 employees, where he led a 5-year strategic planning process, financial and operational turn-around and launched the organization on a journey to high-reliability. Prior to joining Coker, Dr. DeBehnke served as Vice President and Chief Physician Executive at Premier Inc., where he co-led a 120-member advisory services practice focused on organizational transformation initiatives. Dr. DeBehnke is widely recognized for his ability to drive clinical, operational, and financial transformation through trusted physician leadership and enterprise strategy. His work spans strategic planning, clinical integration, change management, and academic medicine, with a deep focus on aligning physicians and health systems to achieve measurable performance improvement.  Read more about Dr. DeBehnke here.

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More About Mr. Weintraub

Paul Weintraub brings over 25 years of experience leading and delivering transformational change to healthcare organizations across the country. He will co-lead Coker’s integrated solutions practice using his strong strategic and operational consulting background partnering with some of the largest health systems in the country to lead and implement performance improvement programs that deliver significant financial gains, driven through technology, processes and infrastructure that sustain positive change over time. Prior to joining Coker, Mr. Weintraub served as Vice President at Premier, Inc., where he co-led their Healthcare Performance Improvement practice with a focus on delivering clinically-focused transformational change. Mr. Weintraub is widely respected for his ability to develop high-performing consulting teams that deliver unmatched results across the healthcare landscape. His work spans all aspects of non-labor cost reduction with a deep focus on delivering clinical outcomes and operational improvement through the reduction of unnecessary variation of care.  Read more about Mr. Weintraub here.

ABOUT COKER

Coker is a leading healthcare advisory firm providing performance transformation, transaction advisory and regulatory compliance services to hospitals and physician enterprises nationwide. For more than 35 years, Coker has served as a trusted partner, enabling its clients to overcome challenges and deliver high-quality care. For more information, visit www.cokergroup.com.

ABOUT TRINITY HUNT PARTNERS

Trinity Hunt Partners is a growth-oriented private equity firm with over $2 billion of assets under management focused on building leading business, healthcare, and consumer services companies. Trinity Hunt’s mission is to provide the talent and strategic, operational, and financial capabilities needed to build entrepreneurial services companies into market leaders. Trinity Hunt was ranked second amongst all firms in North America on HEC-Dow Jones’ most recent Top Small-Cap Buyout Firms List (2022), which ranks firms based on their performance for investors across funds raised over a 10-year period. For more information, visit www.trinityhunt.com.