Board Members
Robert Graham
Chairman
Robert Graham previously served as CEO and founder of Pillar Health Group. During Robert’s tenure as CEO, Pillar Health Group grew annual revenue from $6M to $60M in a little over four years and today employs over 1,500 team members. Before acquiring the companies that make up Pillar, Robert was a Vice President at The Sterling Group, an investment firm that focuses on acquisitions. While there, he helped build one of the largest specialty construction distributors in the US and also served on the board of Specified Air Solutions, a $150M diversified manufacturer of HVAC equipment. Prior to Sterling, Robert worked for Eaton Corporation where he worked in various management, engineering, and project management roles. During his time at Eaton, he led two separate $50M business units. Robert has also worked in investment banking for Morgan Stanley and in strategy for Lockheed Martin. Robert has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a BS in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University and was an Eagle Scout. Robert is married to Yohanny. They have a young son named Bruce and an extremely energetic border collie named Peppy.
Aaron Blick
Board Member
Aaron Blick leads the operational and clinical functions of Pillar Health Group. He has over 10 years of professional management experience and a business development background in multiple healthcare industry spaces. As a partner, principle, developer and entrepreneur, Aaron has successfully started, acquired, expanded and sold over 12 companies in the healthcare industry. Aaron currently owns and operates a chain of physical therapy clinics spread across major metropolitan areas in Texas and Louisiana. Aaron’s breadth of experience includes primary care, healthcare insurance, physician network development, physical therapy, pharmacy, clinical laboratories, outpatient imaging, and ambulatory surgery centers. His track record and knowledge in the field make him an invaluable resource for purposes of management, investment, and compliance. Aaron has a BA from Texas A&M and a MA from Fuller. Aaron is married to Megan and has two kids, Norah and Greg.
Tom Allsworth
Board Member
Prior to joining Pillar, Tom worked as an engineering manager for T-Solutions. In that role, he was responsible for planning and executing maintenance, repair, and modernization plans for an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer (DDG) in Yokosuka, Japan. Before T-Solutions, Tom worked at the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) as a project manager at client facilities throughout the world, most notably General Dynamics and Samsung Heavy Industries. Tom is a Marine Corps veteran, earned his BS in Marine Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. When Tom isn’t working, he enjoys cooking, surfing, snowboarding, skydiving, or just getting outside.
Ike Ukawuba
Board Member
Before joining Pillar, Ike was an investor and operator for several companies in the healthcare space, particularly medical billing and marketing, medical spa/weight loss, durable medical equipment and diagnostics, and physician management services organizations. Prior to his healthcare experiences, Ike was also a manager at Accenture, a global consulting firm, where he specialized in business process management and worked with Fortune 100 clients in the healthcare, financial services, and retail industries to optimize their business operations. During his time at Accenture, Ike ran large projects where he managed teams of 40 - 50 people at a time and had accountability for their day-to-day tasks, career development and cost impact to the overall budget. Ike has a BS in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He enjoys being involved in track and field with his four kids.
Justin Major
Board Member
Justin is a strategy professional who has helped some of the world’s top companies thrive in a growing economy. Prior to Pillar Health Group, Justin spent the bulk of his career as a management consultant at Bain & Company, where he advised clients in the Private Equity, Technology, Financial Services, Aerospace & Defense, and Oil & Gas spaces, both domestically and internationally. Additionally, at Georgia-Pacific, he managed Strategic Analytics and Customer / Channel Analytics (in various sales and finance roles), before spending time on Nike's Global Business Planning team. He resides in Atlanta and earned a BA in Economics from Morehouse College before moving to Boston, MA and earning an MBA from Harvard Business School. In his spare time, Justin enjoys traveling and has visited more than 40 countries.