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Beach House Center for Recovery Appoints Jay Somera to its Board of Directors

Juno Beach, Florida – October 22, 2026 – Beach House Center for Recovery ("Beach House" or the "Company"), a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC ("BelHealth"), a Florida-based healthcare private equity firm, today announced the appointment of Jay Somera to its Board of Directors. Somera recently joined BelHealth as a Partner.

Somera is a proven healthcare entrepreneur and a key architect of BelHealth's successful 2021 exit of American Health Staffing Group ("AHSG"). He is best known as the founder of Thaxton Interim Leadership, LLC (“Thaxton”) a premier provider of interim healthcare leadership that grew into part of a nationwide top-10 healthcare staffing platform under the AHSG umbrella. Before founding Thaxton in 2013, Somera led high-level talent acquisition strategy for Kaiser Permanente across the Pacific Northwest. He is the owner of Healthcare Executive Placements and Azad, Inc.

"Beach House has built a strong reputation for clinical quality and outcomes, and that starts with its people," said Somera. "With in-network access to major payers and a growing program for veterans, Beach House is positioned to reach more patients and families than ever. Recruiting, developing and retaining great clinicians and leaders will drive that growth, and I am excited to work with Tim and Dr. Mark Pundt, CEO, and my fellow board members to build on the company's success."

"We are delighted to have Jay join our board," said Tim Hanold, Executive Chairman of Beach House.

"Jay has spent his career building healthcare organizations and placing the leaders who run them. His experience in talent and growth will be a tremendous asset to our team of approximately 150 as we expand access to care through our in-network payer relationships, including UnitedHealthcare."

About Beach House Center for Recovery

Treating patients since 2016, Beach House Center for Recovery is a substance use and mental health treatment provider, offering a full continuum of medically and clinically integrated care to people with substance use, co-occurring and mental health disorders. The treatment facility is located on a beautiful, self-contained, five-acre campus in the coastal town of Juno Beach, FL. Beach House is Joint Commission accredited and known as a trusted provider of evidence-based, outcome-informed addiction and mental health treatment.

About BelHealth Investment Partners

BelHealth Investment Partners, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a healthcare private equity firm focused on lower middle market companies. BelHealth acquires majority positions in entrepreneur-owned companies that it believes will benefit from its extensive investing, executive management and entrepreneurial experience.

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