DaVita Inc. announced that its Board of Directors appointed a new independent director, Adam H. Schechter, to join the Board, effective September 20, 2022. Mr. Schechter is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp). Mr. Schechter has served as President and CEO of LabCorp since November 2019, as a director since April 2013 and as Chair of the Board since May 2020.

Mr. Schechter brings to the Board decades of leadership and experience in the public company and health care sectors, having served as an independent director of LabCorp since 2013 prior to taking the position as chief executive, and having worked for more than 30 years at Merck & Co. Inc., a multinational pharmaceutical company. During his time at Merck, Mr. Schechter served as Executive Vice President from 2010 to 2018, where he was a member of Merck's executive committee and pharmaceutical and vaccines operating committee, and President of Merck's Global Human Health Division, which includes the company's worldwide pharmaceutical and vaccine businesses.

Prior to becoming President, Global Human Health, Mr. Schechter served as President, Global Pharmaceutical Business of Merck from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Schechter's extensive experience at Merck included global and U.S.-focused leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, and managed markets, as well as business and product development. He is a Board Member for Water.org, a global nonprofit organization working to bring water and sanitation to the world, and an executive board member for the National Alliance for Hispanic Health.

In 2022, Mr. Schechter earned the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight. Mr. Schechter will serve on the Audit Committee and Compliance & Quality Committee of DaVita's Board, each effective September 20, 2022.