Mr. Blair is the Chairman of the InMotion Board of Directors, and he serves as a board chair and/or executive for a number of local and national orthopaedics foundations and industry organizations, including as Chair of the Campbell Foundation.
Recently, Mr. Blair was named as Non-Executive Chairman of Active Implants Corporation. As well, he serves as a Director for Pegasus Biologics, Inc., Buckman Laboratories, Inc., and NuVasive, Inc.
Mr. Blair previously served as Non-Executive Chairman of SCB Computer Technology, Inc., of Memphis, Tennessee (divested in 2004), as a member of the board of the National Bank of Commerce (also of Memphis), as a Trustee for Regions Morgan Keegan Select Funds of Memphis, Tennessee, and as a Director for dj Orthopaedics.
He presently consults for Affinergy, Inc. and textile manufacturing company, Jones Products, Inc.
Mr. Blair has worked in health care for over 30 years. He joined Richards Medical Company in September 1980 as President of Richards International. In March 1982, he was named President of Richards Medical Company, which was acquired by Smith & Nephew, PLC, in 1986. Mr. Blair was named to the Board of Smith & Nephew, PLC, in 1989, and he served in an executive position at Smith & Nephew until his retirement on December 31, 1998.
Mr. Blair received his B.A. degree in political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and his M.B.A. in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.