Nick Porter is the President of Premier Workforce Solutions and has been serving the post-acute industry for more than ten years. After a decade of effectively leading hospitals and long-term care organizations through successful large-scale transformations in the benefits, compensation, and employee total rewards space, Mr. Porter decided to form Premier Workforce Solutions, LLC. Premier Workforce Solutions is an innovative HR Consulting Firm that delivers customized, affordable, integrated HR solutions specializing in the post-acute industry. In April 2022, Mr. Porter also expanded into a joint venture to form Tribal Edge Insurance which enables communities and Tribal enterprises across Indian Country to access higher quality healthcare solutions and HR services.

Prior to founding Premier Workforce Solutions, Mr. Porter was an experienced Vice President of Human Resources with Signature Healthcare. During his time with Signature, he implemented a range of successful benefits and compensation programs, as well as risk mitigation programs designed around cost containment.  Mr. Porter effectively integrated workforce planning and management, implemented a full reference-based pricing deployment which continues to save the company $15 million annually, and centralized the compensation protocol to include best in class market comparison processes.

Before transforming Signature, Mr. Porter served as the Corporate Director, Benefits and Compensation, for Baptist Health Care in Pensacola Florida, focused on retirement plans, core benefits, compensation, and workers compensation. Prior to joining Baptist, Mr. Porter was the Benefits and Compensation Director for the Lakeview Center in Florida where he specialized in HRIS analytics, market-based fringe benefits, wellness/risk mitigation programs and compensation. Mr. Porter holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of West Florida.