The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD) is an organization that provides a range of services based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children and adults on the autism spectrum.
The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, acquired CARD in 2018.
Granpeesheh and the management at CARD invested in the company alongside Blackstone,[1][2] and Granpeesheh remained the CEO until December 2019, when she was replaced by Anthony Kilgore and moved into the role of executive director.
[3] In February 2022, Kilgore resigned for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Jennifer Webster.
[5] The following month, an agreement was reached to sell the company back to a consortium headed by Granpeesheh for $48.5m.