Jesse O. Weatherly III (Jay) was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. Jay attended the University of Alabama and graduated with a B.S. Degree in Health Care Management. He received a M.S. degree in Hospital Administration from UAB in 1980. Jay has worked for two health care organizations; Regional Health Corporation (Anniston, AL) and the Baptist Health System (Birmingham, AL). Immediately prior to co-founding Salient Health Ventures in 2004, Jay served for 13 years as the CEO of Cullman Regional Medical Center. Jay is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

Steve was born in Los Angeles (CA), lived for several years in Atlanta (GA), and spent his teen years in Europe as an MK (missions kid). Returning to the United States for college, Steve graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville (TN) with a B.A. in Political Science. He began his business career as a Sales Representative with the Proctor & Gamble Dist. Company in Greensboro (NC). He moved to Chicago (IL) to earn a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1990, followed by five years of pastoring and teaching in Cullman, Alabama. Prior to co-founding Salient Health Ventures in 2004, Steve worked for CashRetriever Systems, Inc. (CSI), a national Revenue Cycle software development and services healthcare company. He left CSI as Vice President of Business Development. He has been married for 25 years (Kristi) and has four children; James (20), John (19), Cooper (16) and Katherine (15).