Patrick Russell
Chief Accounting Officer
Patrick Russell serves as chief accounting officer for Jackson Healthcare. In this role, he leads accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury and payroll initiatives and programs that support controllers working across the enterprise. Patrick also collaborates on technology implementations and consults on investments and acquisitions to ensure alignment with the organization’s financial and operational objectives.
Since joining the organization, Patrick has enhanced the structure and leadership framework of the accounting department and continues to leverage new technology to improve processes and performance within his team. He and his team played a pivotal role in the implementation of an enterprise resource planning solution across the Jackson Healthcare family of companies.
Patrick brings more than 15 years of staffing industry experience to his position having served as senior vice president at Impellam Group and Randstad USA, among other companies. Prior to that, he worked in accounting and financial roles in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, food distribution and retail, starting his career in public accounting at Price Waterhouse.
He is actively involved in the community through several faith-based boy’s and men’s ministries and enjoys serving through Habitat for Humanity and providing meals for the homeless. Patrick is a CPA and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Illinois.
