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Cottonwood Tucson has been acquired by Tennessee-based Summit Company

IBG Fox & Fin • Apr 02, 2018
IBG Fox & Fin is pleased to announce that Cottonwood Tucson has been acquired by Summit Company of Franklin, Tennessee. Cottonwood Tucson is an inpatient holistic behavioral health treatment and addiction rehab center that utilizes the latest research on the neurobiology of human development and the neuroscience of addiction and mood disorders to design cutting-edge, patient-responsive treatment programs.
Oksana Komarnyckyj

IBG Fox & Fin acted as the exclusive advisor to Cottonwood Tucson. Managing director Oksana Komarnyckyj (left) led the IBG / Fox & Fin team.


“We are excited to announce the acquisition of Cottonwood Tucson,” stated Trey Carter, Summit CEO and founder. “As a company we are passionate about quality, innovation to improve outcomes and caring for the clients we serve. Cottonwood Tucson has a nationally recognized thirty-year track record of providing innovative and evidence-based behavioral health treatment, with an integrative approach in the treatment of co-occurring disorders which makes it a perfect match. We couldn’t be more proud and excited in welcoming them to Summit.”

Cottonwood Tucson CEO Brian Welch concurred. “We are thrilled to be joining the Summit family. Finding a partner who values clinical excellence and integrity, as well as fostering a healthy professional environment for our employees was critical in our family’s decision-making process. We found that in Summit.

"It has been the Welch family’s mission for over twenty-five years to help people suffering from behavioral health and addiction disorders through the delivery of innovative, compassionate and individualized services. We are excited to partner with Summit and together we will be successful in maintaining our mission while leading Cottonwood successfully into the future.”

About Summit BHC

Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, and founded in June 2013, Summit was established to develop and operate a network of leading addiction treatment and behavioral health centers throughout the country. The company’s sole focus is on the provision and management of specialty chemical dependency and addiction disorder services within a flexible and dynamic continuum of care. The leadership team at Summit is comprised of senior executives with decades of combined experience in the behavioral healthcare industry at the national level. The company currently owns and operates fourteen freestanding addiction treatment centers in eight states across the country.

About Cottonwood Tucson

Located on a scenic 35-acre campus in the Sonoran Desert, Cottonwood Tucson is a holistic behavioral health treatment and addiction rehabilitation center dedicated to providing innovative and evidence-based treatment in an environment of safety and respect for patients, family members and staff. In operation more than thirty years, Cottonwood offers many different therapeutic modalities, full-time psychiatric and medical care, and comfortable amenities. Cottonwood Tucson is licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

About IBG Fox & Fin

IBG Fox & Fin is a middle-market mergers and acquisitions advisory company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Working with the owners of middle-market businesses with annual sales between $2 million and $100 million and their potential acquisition or merger partners, the firm’s professionals work in communities throughout the country, with a focus on the western US.

The recipient of many industry awards, IBG Fox & Fin has also been ranked #1 by Ranking Arizona among business broker/M&A advisory firms every year since 2003. IBG Fox & Fin or its principals and agents are members of the following organizations: International Business Brokers Association, M&A Source, Institute of Business Appraisers, Association for Corporate Growth, M&A Roundtable, Arizona Business Brokers Association, Arizona Business Leadership, Turnaround Management Association, and Arizona Small Business Association.
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