Legacy Senior Living names Doug Veazey COO

Doug Veazey has been named chief operating officer of Legacy Senior Living and Dominion Senior Living. He will assume responsibility for Legacy’s 17 independent living, assisted living and Alzheimer’s care communities.   

Veazey has 21 years of experience in the senior living industry, beginning in 2002 as division vice president of operations for Century Park Associates, a division of Life Care Centers of America, where he was responsible for operational oversight of 32 independent living and assisted living communities and opening five new communities across the country.

In 2016, Veazey transitioned to Enlivant Senior Living, acting as senior vice president of operations. Under his leadership, Veazey helped Enlivant grow from 18 communities to 64 communities across 10 states while helping to build regional leadership teams.

In June 2019, he joined Dominion Senior Living as senior vice president of operations-Everlan and focused on launching and developing four Everlan communities, across three states. In 2020, Veazey was promoted to senior vice president of operations for the entire 17 community portfolio of Dominion Senior Living.   

Benchmark Therapies names Edward Luberski CEO, Jennifer Mulraney COO

Edward Luberski has been appointed CEO at Benchmark Therapies, a Presbyterian Senior Living company. Additionally, Jennifer Mulraney has been appointed chief operating officer. 

Luberski is a physical therapist with more than 20 years of management experience in the senior living and skilled nursing sectors. He has a Master of Science degree in science and physical therapy from Arcadia University and a Bachelor of Science in biology and exercise and sports science from Ursinus College.  

Mulraney has more than 20 years of experience in managing rehabilitation programs within the acute and post-acute healthcare industries. She has served Benchmark Therapies in several positions since 2011, including vice president of therapy operations, director of compliance, therapy program manager and, most recently, interim CEO.

Charter Senior Living names Patrick Mathews SVP of finance and investments

Patrick Mathews has been named senior vice president of finance and investments at Charter Senior Living. 

Mathews joins Charter Senior Living with more than 15 years of experience in investment and operational analysis, having spent much of the past decade focused on the senior living industry. Mathews most recently was with Aviva Senior Living as executive vice president of finance and business development. Before that, he was the director of portfolio management at The RMR Group. 

Mathews graduated from Brandeis University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in economics.

The Chateau Girardeau names Jimmy Wilferth CEO

Jimmy Wilferth has been named CEO at The Chateau Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, MO. 

Wilferth most recently worked for St. Francis Healthcare System as vice president of support services. Before joining Saint Francis, Wilferth served as president of US operations for Heart for Africa; vice president of national operations, financial director and chief of staff for Men at the Cross; vice president of operations for Schaefer Electrical Enclosures; and president of United Oil Co.

Centerline Healthcare Partners names Gary Guidry CEO 

Gary Guidry has been appointed CEO at Houston-based Centerline Healthcare Partners, which provides medical practice management services, including programs, technologies and administrative support, to independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing providers.

Guidry joins Centerline with more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience. Before joining Centerline, he was executive vice president of hospital medicine operations and value based care at SCP Health. He also previously held executive leadership positions with several nationwide corporate healthcare companies focused on outsourced clinical services to hospitals and health systems. He began his career as a registered nurse.

Claiborne names Jeff Hanover executive director, Leslie Reed community relations director at Avaline at River Oaks

Jeff Hanover has been named executive director, and Leslie Reed has been named community relations director, at The Avaline at River Oaks, a Claiborne Senior Living community in Memphis, TN. 

Hanover has worked in assisted living and memory care for the past 12 years, serving first as an executive director then as regional business development before becoming a regional director of operations in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.

Reed has more than 30 years of experience in the senior living industry. 

Juniper hires Rikki Goldenberg as catalyst innovation and implementation specialist

Rikki Goldenberg has been named a catalyst innovation and implementation specialist at Bloomfield, NJ-based Juniper Communities. 

In this newly created position, Goldenberg will play a role in advancing Juniper’s Catalyst program by spearheading innovation and overseeing its effective implementation. Catalyst is a signature program of Juniper designed to integrate all resident services under one platform.

Traditions Management names Wendy Briggs director of cognitive services

Wendy Briggs has been named director of cognitive services at Traditions Management, part of Meadowbrook Senior Living.

Briggs most recently was the hospital CEO at Brightwell Behavioral Health. She earned a master’s certificate in dementia from Eastern Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Phoenix.

Lenbrook names Krista Cosgrove to board of directors

Krista Cosgrove has been named to the board of directors of Lenbrook in Atlanta. 

Cosgrove is principal at ZWJ Investment Counsel, an investment advisory firm. She has provided investment counsel and guidance to companies and individuals for more than 30 years. She is a chartered financial analyst charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Atlanta.

Cosgrove holds a Master of Arts degree in economics with a concentration in finance from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, with minors in business administration and mathematics, from Elon University. She is a member of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council.

Siena Lakes promotes Varun Kakar associate executive director

Varun Kakar has been promoted to associate executive director at Siena Lakes, an Erickson Senior Living-managed community in Naples, FL. 

Kakar joined Erickson in 2009 as a student server and has worked in dining leadership at several Erickson communities, including Highland Springs in Dallas, Fox Run in Novi, MI, and Maris Grove in Glen Mills, PA.  He most recently was director of dining at Siena Lakes. 

In 2023, Kakar was named Siena Lakes’ Leader of the Year. He has an MBA and an undergraduate degree in business administration from Southern New Hampshire University.

Roland Park Place president and CEO Sam Guedouar elected to LeadingAge Maryland board

Sam Guedouar, president and CEO of Baltimore life plan community Roland Park Place, has been elected to LeadingAge Maryland’s board of directors. 

Guedouar holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Utica College and an undergraduate degree in community and health services from the State University of New York. He also has a degree in hospitality and tourism from the University of Paris, Sorbonne, as well as a graduate certificate in executive leadership from Cornell University.  

Four Integral executive directors receive CDAL credentials

Four Integral Senior Living executive directors have received certified director of assisted living (CDAL) credentials from Argentum.

They are Danielle Tsevas, Heartis Orland Park senior executive director; Roland Gandy,  executive director; Kristie Laine, Brunswick Village executive director; and Andrea Katz,  senior executive director.

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LCS promotes Jason Victor, Ross Kelderman

Jason Victor has been promoted to the position of senior vice president / treasurer and corporate finance at Des Moines, IA-based Life Care Services, an LCS company, and Ross Kelderman has been promoted to the position of controller of LCS.

In addition to his current responsibilities, Victor now will lead LCS risk management, including the LCS Advantage insurance program and Hexagon, a captive insurance company.

Having joined LCS in 2007 as controller, Victor was promoted to vice president / controller in 2013 and senior vice president / controller in 2019. He provides leadership to the corporate accounting, corporate payroll and community payroll functions as well as the treasury and tax departments. He also guides audits, internal controls, technical accounting and tax and financial management systems.  

Hexagon was founded in 1999 to support the LCS Advantage insurance program, which markets insurance products to LCS-managed communities, including workers’ compensation, auto, crime, property and boiler, and liability. Victor has served on the Hexagon board of directors since 2017.

Victor holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Northern Iowa. He is a certified public accountant with an active license in the state of Iowa. 

Kelderman, in his new role as controller, will oversee and provide leadership to LCS’ corporate accounting, financial reporting, audits and finance technology. He joined the company in 2015 as director, accounting and financial reporting, and was promoted to senior director of accounting and reporting in 2020.

Kelderman holds both an undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in accounting from Iowa State University. He also is a certified public accountant with an active license in the state of Iowa.

Erickson promotes Jennifer Tam, MD, to VP and regional medical director

Jennifer Tam, MD, has been named vice president and regional medical director of the Erickson Health Medical Group.

She will oversee the medical centers at Erickson Senior Living-managed communities in Colorado (Wind Crest), Kansas (Tallgrass Creek), Maryland (Riderwood) and Massachusetts (Brooksby Village and Linden Ponds) while also providing strategic direction for EHMG’s health and well-being initiatives.

Tam joined the medical team of Linden Ponds continuing care retirement community in 2005 after completing a fellowship in geriatrics at Harvard Medical School and serving patients as a primary care provider at the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly in Boston. In 2015, she was promoted to the leadership position of medical director at Linden Ponds, and in 2021, she began supporting the medical centers of Brooksby Village and Riderwood.

Tam earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, and completed a residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Health System in New York before her fellowship.

Anthem Memory Care promotes Michael Zywicki to VP of programs and engagement

Michael Zywicki has been promoted to the position of vice president of programs and engagement at Oregon-based Anthem Memory Care. He will oversee Anthem Memory Care’s culture.

Previously, Zywicki was operations specialist for Anthem Memory Care. He also served as area director of operations at Cedarhurst Senior Living of Michigan.

Zywicki brings more than 18 years of operations experience to this position. He holds an undergraduate degree in healthcare administration from Alma College in Alma, MI.

Selectis Health names Jim Creamer interim CFO, adds Clifford Neuman to board

Jim Creamer has been named interim chief financial officer, and Clifford Neuman has been added to the board of directors at Greenwood Village, CO-based Selectis Health, which owns or operates independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement communities, as well as skilled nursing facilities and other offerings, in Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio and Oklahoma.

Creamer brings almost 20 years of experience in public company leadership roles to the role. He also is the principal of Corporate Solutions Advisors, which offers outsourced, fractional CFO services to small, growth-oriented companies across several industries. His career also includes service as the CFO and a director of both Virtual Interactive Technologies Corp., a publicly traded video game development company, and WestMountain Gold, a publicly traded mining company.

Before his role at WestMountain Gold, Creamer was the CFO of NexCore Healthcare Capital Corp. following the company’s acquisition of CapTerra Financial Group, where he previously was CFO and later CEO. Creamer holds an undergraduate degree in finance from Arizona State University.

Neuman will serve on the Selectis Health board’s audit, nomination and governance, and compensation committees. For more than 50 years, he has been engaged as a principal in his own law firms, with an emphasis on corporate and securities law in the representation of companies across matters of corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and public and private offerings.

Neuman previously served on the Selectis Health board from 2014 to 2022, and he continues to serve as the company’s primary legal counsel. He earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

Kendal at Oberlin CEO Barbara Thonas to retire

Barbara Thomas, CEO of Kendal at Oberlin, Oberlin, OH, will retire in February after 32 years of leading the organization. She began her career with the Kendal affiliate in 1992, one year before the nonprofit continuing care retirement community opened to residents.

Thomas’ career in aging services will span 50 years as of 2024. It began just after college, when she accepted a position working in activities programming at Judson Senior Living in Cleveland. She worked her way up at Judson, obtaining her license in nursing home administration. She worked there until she accepted the opportunity to grow as the administrator of Kendal at Oberlin.

Thomas has been a CARF accreditation peer surveyor for 33 years. She also has served on the boards of LeadingAge, Leading Age Ohio and Friends Services for Aging, among other service. In August, LeadingAge Ohio recognized her with an award for visionary leadership.

Esteam Health names Lane Davy as first president

Lane Davy has been named the first president of Albuquerque, NM-based Esteam Health, a new company aiming to support the development of evidence-based arts and health programs for retirement communities.

Davy will support the company’s strategic initiatives by building and leading the core team across key functions for launch. He brings with him decades of executive experience, having led enterprises and teams in manufacturing, sales, marketing and administration.

Davy joins Esteam Health after it recently completed its first pilot of a new training program, the Art of High-Performance Caregiving, in partnership with Creating Futures that Work.

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Kendal chooses Vassar Byrd as next CEO

Vassar Byrd has been selected by The Kendal Corp. Board of Directors to be the organization’s next chief executive officer. She will join the Newark, DE-based company Jan. 9.

Byrd formerly was the CEO of Rose Villa Senior Living, a nonprofit life plan community in Portland, OR, since 2006. In July, Rose Villa announced that she would be leaving the organization at an unspecified time “to explore new growth and development opportunities” after having led the process of developing a 10-year master plan and campus redevelopment plan for Rose Villa.

Bryd, a 2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor inductee and McKnight’s Senior Living contributor, also recently was president of the LeadingAge Oregon Board of Directors.

The CEO position became open with the departure of Sean Kelly, who had headed the organization since 2006 and left about a year ago to become CEO of Front Porch Communities. Amy Harrison, who has served as interim CEO of Kendal since the beginning of the year, will resume her former role as chief financial officer upon Byrd’s start with Kendal.

The not-for-profit Kendal has 11 operating affiliates across nine states: California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Covenant Living CEO Terri Cunliffe announces retirement

Terri Cunliffe has announced that she will retire as president and CEO of Skokie, IL-based Covenant Living Communities and Services in the spring.

Cunliffe, a 2021 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor inductee, has been with the nonprofit Covenant Living for 34 years. Cunliffe started her career in 1987 as an administrator in training at Covenant Living of Golden Valley in the Minneapolis metropolitan area. While working to obtain her healthcare administrator license, she was asked to move to Florida to help open a new assisted living community at Covenant Living of Florida. She eventually became the healthcare administrator of both assisted living and skilled nursing at the Florida community. In 1996, Cunliffe was promoted to executive director at the senior living community.

Cunliffe subsequently held positions as vice president of health and wellness, and executive vice president of operations/chief operating officer. She became president and CEO in 2015.

Today, the company serves 5,700 residents at 19 retirement communities in 10 states and offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation. Covenant Living has hired a search firm and identified a search committee from the board of directors to seek candidates and ultimately select a successor.

­Erickson Senior Living names Cheryl Jones regional VP of HR

Cheryl Jones has been named the new regional vice president of human resources at Erickson Senior Living. 

For the past 15 years, Jones held senior leadership roles in human resources at CRISP Shared Services in Columbia, MD, and most recently, as vice president of employee experience and operations at CommunicateHealth in Rockville, MD.

She holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from Spelman College and dual master’s degrees in health administration and business administration from the University of Florida.

White Horse Village names Michael Shaw president and CEO

Michael Shaw has been named the president and CEO of White Horse Village, a nonprofit senior living community in Newtown Square, PA. The appointment was effective Dec. 1. 

Shaw has worked in senior living management for 25 years and has held leadership roles in senior living in multiple locations, managing nonprofit life plan communities within the large networks of Erickson, Westminster Communities of Florida and Pinnacle Living communities in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas, Kansas and Florida.

He has certifications in Lean Six Sigma, Action Pact Choreography of Culture Change, the Eden Alternative and as a Pennsylvania personal care home administrator. Additionally, he is a licensed nursing home administrator in Virginia and Florida.  

Anthem Memory Care names Iva Prinsen executive director at Chelsea Place

Iva Prinsen has been named executive director at Chelsea Place, an Anthem Memory Care community in Aurora, CO. 

Prinsen previously was executive director for Springbrooke Senior Living in Denver. She also was the licensed nursing home administrator for Azria Health in Blue Hill, NE.

Prinsen brings more than 35 years of senior living experience to the position. She earned her undergraduate degree from Stevens-Henager College.

The Springs Living names Elizabeth Sourbeer director of sales 

Elizabeth Sourbeer has been named director of sales at The Springs Living. 

Sourbeer brings 30 years of real estate sales experience to her new role. Most recently, she spent six years in sales and marketing for Trilogy by Shea Homes. She has an undergraduate degree in marketing from the University of Washington, Bothell.

Charter Senior Living of Charlotte names Carson Smith lifestyles director

Carson Smith has been named lifestyles director at Charter Senior Living of Charlotte.

Smith joins the Charter Senior Living team after serving as a teacher at Wolf Meadow Elementary in Concord, NC. She graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education.

JLL names Anthony Marten principal, healthcare division sales lead

Anthony Marten has been named a principal and healthcare division sales lead for JLL’s solutions development team. 

Marten’s career spans 25 years and two continents. He began his commercial real estate career with JLL in 1998 and served in various roles until 2007, gaining experience in sectors including healthcare, life sciences, financial services and manufacturing. He re-joins JLL from Cushman & Wakefield, where he formerly was an executive vice president with its Enterprise Solutions team.

Marten retired as captain in the Honourable Artillery Co., Territorial Army, London. He graduated from the London South Bank University with a Bachelor of Science degree, has a professional accreditation as chartered surveyor from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in London and has two CoreNet Global Master of Corporate Real Estate designations with a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt from Global CoreNet.

Morning Pointe recognizes Exceeding Expectations award winners

Dec. 6, Morning Pointe Senior Living recognized eight Exceeding Expectations Award winners during its annual holiday awards banquet, honoring dedication to residents and fellow employees. 

This year, Morning Pointe expanded the Exceeding Expectations Awards from four region-based categories to eight role-based categories. The goal was to provide a greater level of recognition for those who go beyond their job descriptions.

The winners:

• Home Office: Josh Rhodes, director of IT.
• Resident Care: Loretta Cameron, certified nursing assistant at Morning Pointe of Richmond, KY.
• Nursing: Kahlalishia Williams, director of nursing at Morning Pointe of Tuscaloosa, AL.
• Life Enrichment and Alzheimer’s Programming: Beverly Smith, life enrichment director at Morning Pointe of Powell, TN.
• Sales and Marketing: Megan Dunaway, community relations director at Morning Pointe of Hardin Valley, TN.
• Business Office: James Ford, business office director at Morning Pointe of Lenoir City, TN. 
• Food Service: Cindy Morris, food service director at Morning Pointe of Russell, KY.
• Maintenance and Housekeeping: John Hempel, maintenance director at Morning Pointe of Collegedale at Greenbriar Cove, TN.

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Sonida Senior Living names Tabitha Obenour chief clinical officer

Tabitha Obenour has been named chief clinical officer of Sonida Senior Living. 

Obenour joins Sonida from senior living provider Enlivant, where she was the company’s vice president of clinical quality and compliance. Prior to Enlivant, Obenour spent nine years at Genesis Healthcare. 

Obenour earned her undergraduate degree in nursing from Chamberlain University and her associate degree in nursing from Marion Technical College.

Retirement Unlimited Inc. promotes Angela Whitlock to senior executive director

Angela Whitlock has been promoted to senior executive director at Retirement Unlimited Inc.

Whitlock joined RUI in 2022 with more than years of experience in the senior living and medical care industries. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Radford University and her Master of Arts in gerontology from the University of Southern California.

The Ridge Senior Living names Micki Cianciosi executive director of The Ridge Foothill

Micki Cianciosi has been named executive director of The Ridge Foothill. 

Cianciosi has more than 30 years of experience in the senior living industry. Previously, she was an executive director at an assisted living and memory support community in Walnut Creek, CA. Prior to that, she took on several traveling executive director roles.

Cianciosi has an undergraduate degree in organizational development and her master’s work is in health services administration.

The Watermark at Bellevue appoints Shawn Jervis executive director

Shawn Jervis has been appointed campus executive director at The Watermark at Bellvue, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Bellevue, WA.

Jervis brings years of experience in senior living and luxury hospitality to the community, where he is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, upholding service standards, and furthering the community’s lifestyle. He also will guide the community’s new independent living tower, which will open in 2024 adjacent to the existing assisted living and memory care building. The new building will bring 155 independent living apartments.

Jervis joins The Watermark at Bellevue from Aegis Living in Mercer Island, WA, and previously Aegis Living Bellevue Overlake. Before working in senior living, Jervis spent 25 years in hospitality, leading renowned hotels across the country, including the Embassy Row Hotel in Washington DC, and Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. Recently, he oversaw the rebranding of YOTEL in Washington DC, which included a $40 million renovation.

Jervis also served in the US Marine Corps and is a Gulf War Veteran. He also served in the Hawaii Army National Guard.

The Watermark at West Palm Beach names Kevin Mitzner executive director

Kevin Mitzner has been appointed executive director at The Watermark at West Palm Beach, a community that opened in the spring in downtown West Palm Beach, FL.

Mitzner brings almost two decades of experience in senior living to The Watermark at West Palm Beach. He will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of the community and ensuring that its members thrive. 

He joins The Watermark at West Palm Beach from Sunrise Senior Living’s Stratford Court at Boca Pointe. He most recently was the community’s associate executive director, a role he held for five years, directly overseeing the 155-bed assisted living neighborhood and supporting independent living and skilled nursing during transitions. 

The Watermark at West Palm Beach opened in March 2023 as part of Watermark’s Élan collection of senior living communities with a luxury wellness resort mindset.

Woodleigh Chase names Tyler Kypers associate executive director

Tyler Kypers has been named associate executive director of Woodleigh Chase, an Erickson Senior Living-managed community in Fairfax, VA. 

Kypers began his career with the company 15 years ago as a student server at the Cedar Crest retirement community in New Jersey. Most recently, he was director of finance at Siena Lakes in Florida. Before this role, he was a business office manager and a community financial analyst at Lantern Hill in New Jersey.

Kypers holds an MBA from William Paterson University and an undergraduate degree in history from Montclair State University.

Silverstone Senior Living names Toni McCarthy senior living sales counselor at The Seneca

Toni McCarthy has been named a senior living sales counselor at The Seneca, a Silverstone Senior Living community in Rockville, MD. 

Before joining The Seneca, McCarthy served in roles such as sales counselor and social worker in assisted living communities, nursing homes and rehab facilities. She brings almost two decades of experience in admissions and sales to her new position.

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Erickson Senior Living promotes Gregg Colon to COO

Gregg Colon has been promoted to chief operating officer at Erickson Senior Living. He succeeds Debra Doyle, who is retiring after a 22-year career with Erickson.

Colon joined Erickson in 2012 as the vice president of continuing care. In 2014, he became part of Erickson’s corporate executive team as senior vice president of health services. 

Colon is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Georgetown University.

United Methodist Communities names Travis Gleinig VP of innovation

Travis Gleinig has been named vice president of innovation for United Methodist Communities. 

Gleinig was hired in 2012 as the senior IT support technician and later held positions including information security analyst (2016), manager of information technology (2017), corporate director of IT (2019) and, most recently, corporate director of IT and chief information officer.

Gleinig served with distinction in the US Army National Guard, managing teams and ensuring operational readiness for Blackhawk UH-60 helicopters. In 2022, he was honored as the LeadingAge NJ Innovator of the Year.

Claiborne Senior Living names Susan Lingo VP of clinical services

Susan Lingo has been named vice president of clinical services at Claiborne Senior Living. 

Lingo has more than 25 years of experience serving older adults. Her former roles include vice president of wellness for Pathway to Living, vice president at Enlivant and senior regional director of care services at Emeritus Senior Living.

Buckner names Amy Shields executive director of Parkway Place

Amy Shields has been named executive director of Parkway Place by Buckner Retirement Services. 

Shields has spent the entirety of her 25-year career in senior living serving in the Houston area. Most recently, she held the position of CEO at St. Dominic Village. Before that, she was a licensed facility administrator for Sava Senior Care for 14 years.

Shields holds an undergraduate degree in social work from Texas State University and is a licensed nursing facility administrator and licensed baccalaureate social worker.

Heron’s Key names Angela Winks wellness program manager

Angela Winks has been named wellness program manager of Heron’s Key, a member of Emerald Communities in Gig Harbor, WA. 

Winks comes to the life plan community with more than 13 years of experience in the health and wellness industry. She spent much of her career working as a personal trainer, fitness director, holistic health coach and Next STEP program director at various locations throughout Washington state. 

Winks earned an undergraduate degree in exercise science and kinesiology from Concordia University.

Brandon Wilde names Cheryl Stevens director of sales and marketing

Cheryl Stevens has been named the director of sales and marketing at Brandon Wilde. 

Previously, she held various positions, including sales counselor, vice president of sales and marketing and director of marketing at companies such as Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Berkshire Hathawa, and a large boutique life plan community in Virginia.

Morning Pointe at Happy Valley hires several directors

Morning Pointe at Happy Valley, opening soon in Rossville, GA, has hired Teresa Whited as life enrichment director to oversee activities in assisted living, Hannah Dahany as Lantern program director to oversee activities in memory care, Ellen Vitorino as food services director and Eli Gaines as maintenance director.

The new campus will offer 58 assisted living apartments and 24 memory care apartments.

Silver Birch Executive Director Jill Stott joins INALA board

Jill Stott, executive director of Silver Birch Living of Terre Haute in Indiana, has been selected to join the Indiana Assisted Living Association Board of Directors. 

Stott previously served on the Indiana Board of Healthcare Administrators, the Indiana Health Care Association, the American College of Health Care Administrators and LeadingAge. Her career spans almost 40 years. 

Perkins Eastman adds four to executive committee

Perkins Eastman has named Stephanie Kingsnorth and Jeff Young to the executive committee as executive directors and Paul Grillo and Salema Gumbs as ex officio members.

Kingsnorth is an architect based in Los Angeles and a leader of the firm’s colleges and universities practice. She brings more than 25 years of experience devoted to the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings for civic and higher education clients, including the owners of libraries, student unions and student residences

Young, co-managing principal of the Pittsburgh studio, joined Perkins Eastman in 2014. The Pittsburgh Business Times names him among the “Top 20 Professionals to Know in Construction and Architecture.”

Serving as principal and chief financial officer, Grillo’s career in managing professional service businesses spans 43 years.

Gumbs, principal and director of human resources, has spent 23 years of her career at Perkins Eastman in New York City.

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Mather names Mary Schoeggl CFO

Mary Schoeggl has been named chief financial officer of Mather, Chicago. 

Schoeggl joins Mather with more than 30 years of experience from her time with senior living provider Pacific Retirement Services, where she served in various roles, including vice president of finance, vice president of development, vice president of operations and chief financial officer.

Sunrise Senior Living names Marco Trecroce CTO

Marco Trecroce has been named the chief technology officer at McLean, VA-based Sunrise Senior Living. 

Trecroce has more than 25 years of global executive leadership experience. Most recently he served as global chief information officer at The Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. 

Priority Life Care names three to leadership roles

Priority Life Care has appointed Dave Kloster executive vice president of operations and promoted both Matt Lanzi and Johanna Ruble to regional vice president of operations roles. 

Heritage Communities adds Lacy Jungman as VP

Lacy Jungman has been named vice president of growth and business development at Heritage Communities. 

Jungman has 17 years of experience in senior living, a majority of that time with Heritage Communities. She specializes in crafting strategies in sales, marketing and customer experience.

Ahepa names Rory Neubrander VP of development

Rory Neubrander has been named vice president of development at Ahepa Senior Living. 

Neubrander has more than 20 years of experience in affordable housing development. He started his affordable housing career with the Miller-Valentine Group, where he held multiple positions during his 13-year tenure, including financial analyst, developer roles and a managerial position.

Retirement Unlimited Inc. promotes Tony Johnson to VP of HR

Tony Johnson has been promoted to vice president of human resources at Retirement Unlimited Inc. 

Johnson has been with RUI since August 2022 in the role of regional director of HR. He was promoted to corporate director of talent acquisition in November.

Consonus Pharmacy promotes Jessica Androff to president

Jessica Androff has been named president of Consonus Pharmacy. 

Androff most recently was the senior vice president of operations for the west region at Consonus. In her new role, she will oversee a network of 10 pharmacy locations across eight states. She has more than 18 years of experience in the long-term care pharmacy industry.

Androff holds a doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy and undergraduate degrees in biology and biochemistry.

Lathrop Community names Patrick Arguin CEO 

Patrick Arguin has been named chief executive officer for Lathrop Community, a Kendal Corp. affiliate in Easthampton MA. 

Arguin brings almost 20 years of professional experience, starting his career as a physical therapist and then for many years working as a nursing home administrator. His most recent position was administrator for Mary’s Meadow at Providence Place.

Arguin has an undergraduate degree in physical therapy and an MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Anthem promotes Trisha Thomas, Nick Katinos to regional director of operations

Trisha Thomas and Nick Katinos have promoted to regional directors of operations at Anthem Memory Care. 

She brings more than 20 years of senior living experience to her role, having formerly been executive director of Anthem Memory Care’s Chelsea Place in Aurora, CO, and executive director at Brookdale Westland Meridian in Lakewood, CO.

Katinos brings more than eight years of senior living experience and more than 20 years in hospitality management to his new role. He most recently was executive director for Anthem’s Grace Point Place in Oak Lawn, IL. Prior to that, he was executive director of multiple communities in Illinois, including Sunrise Senior Living Naperville North, Brighton Gardens of Wheaton and Brighton Gardens of St. Charles.

LCB adds 3 to leadership positions

Lea Goddard has been hired as executive director of The Residence at Penniman Hill, Arzu LeBlanc has been named executive director at The Residence ar Bedford, Bedford, MA; ad Maureen Cunningham has been named sales and marketing director at The Residence at Ferry Park, LCB Senior Living announced. 

Goddard has more than 20 years of experience in senior living.  She also is EssentiAlz certified by the Alzheimer’s Association. Previously, she was the executive director for a Sunrise Senior Living community in Cohasset, MA.

Goddard holds an undergraduate degree in environmental management from Binghamton University and a Master of Science degree in elementary and early childhood education from Long Island University.

Cunningham has worked in the senior living industry for 15 years. Previously, she was a lifestyle adviser for the sales and marketing team at Evergreen Woods in North Branford, CT. 

Cunningham has an undergraduate degree in social work from Southern Connecticut State University.

LeBlanc has almost a decade’s worth of experience in the senior living industry, having previously served as an executive director for Epoch Senior Living and Benchmark Senior Living, where she was named the company’s Executive Director of the Year in 2017. Prior to entering the senior living industry, she worked for more than 10 years in the hospitality industry.

Tidepointe names Michael Friedel executive director

Michael Friedel has been named executive director of Tidepointe, a Vi Living community. 

Most recently, Friedel was the associate executive director for Erickson Senior Living-managed  Eagle’s Trace Retirement in Houston, where he was the director of continuing care. He previously held leadership roles in an Erickson-managed community in Parkville, MD, and at two Sunrise Senior Living-branded communities in the mid-Atlantic. Friedel began his career with Marriott Hotels and Resorts in Philadelphia as executive chef and food and beverage director.

Moravian Manor Communities promotes Cynthia Meier to executive director

Cynthia Meier has been promoted to executive director at Moravian Manor Communities, Lititz, PA. She formerly was vice president of finance.

Meier joined the organization in 1997 as a staff accountant.

Moravian Manor Communities operates two continuing care retirement communities in Lititz, PA. The organization and MorningStar Living are looking to combine their resources under one umbrella in response to funding cuts and other challenges, the companies announced in November. Morningstar operates two CCRCs in the Nazareth, PA, area. The communities already are sister organizations.

Ashby Ponds names Branden Williams associate executive director

Branden Williams has been named associate executive director of Ashby Ponds, an Erickson Senior Living-managed  community. 

Williams joined Erickson in 2021 as the director of dining at Highland Springs in Dallas. He has an undergraduate degree in culinary arts and food service management and a master’s degree in hospitality management from Johnson & Wales University.

Buckingham names Cory Thompson healthcare administrator

Cory Thompson has been named healthcare administrator at The Buckingham. 

Thompson began his career as a healthcare administrator in 2011, leading a small skilled nursing facility in Belville, TX. Since then, he has led multiple SNFs for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, such HMG Healthcare and Buckner Retirement Services.

Thompson earned his MBA from the University of Houston and his undergraduate degree in business administration from DeVry University. He holds a long-term care administration certification and also is a certified assisted living manager.

Broadview at Purchase names Brittaney Jones-Alleyne health services director

Brittaney Jones-Alleyne was named health services director at Broadview at Purchase. 

Jones-Alleyne has 13 years of experience working in senior living. Prior to coming to Broadview, she worked at The Osborn Senior Living, most recently as its resident relations manager for assisted living and memory care. 

Jones-Alleyne has a bachelor of science degree in healthcare administration from Monroe College and a master of business administration with a focus in healthcare administration from Cappella University. She is also an alum of the Leading Age Larry Minnix Leadership Academy.

Charter Senior Living of Charlotte names April Hampton memory care director

April Hampton has been named memory care director of Charter Senior Living of Charlotte.

Hampton has worked in healthcare for more than 20 years, with experience in long-term care, dementia care, community health, psychiatric nursing, home care and staff education. 

Cura Hospitality names John Cramutola corporate culinary director, Jason Clark corporate executive chef

John Cramutola was named corporate culinary director and Jason Clark was promoted to corporate executive chef at Cura Hospitality.

Cramutola has worked within the healthcare industry for over 11 years and the culinary industry for 14 years. Clark joined Cura in 2019 as an executive chef/director of dining service managing upscale senior dining restaurants, banquets, and catering events.

TRSA Board adds two new directors

Theresa Garcia of Division Laundry and Josh Wildman of Wildman Uniform & Linen were named first-term directors when TRSA, the association for linen, uniform and facility services, hosted an election and swearing in during the business meeting at its 110th annual conference in Naples, FL.

Both new directors serve on the TRSA Strategic Planning Committee.

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Matthew Narrett, MD, Erickson Senior Living’s chief medical officer, said that the company is “proud” of the accomplishment.

“It speaks to the confidence that residents enjoy when they choose one of our health plan options,” Narrett said. Residents in the plan, he added, “benefit from an integrative health and well-being model supported by a team of experts who help them make the most of the vibrant lifestyle Erickson Senior Living communities offer.”

Erickson Advantage, offered through UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co, was created exclusively for residents of the continuing care retirement / life plan communities developed and managed by Erickson Senior Living for National Senior Communities.

According to Erickson, only 31 of the 545 Medicare Advantage health plans have achieved CMS 5-star standards for quality, member satisfaction and customer service for the 2024 plan year.

Erickson Advantage offerings have grown over the years. The plan added a fitness benefit “that focuses on both the physical and mental health and well-being” in 2021. For 2022, the company added a new telehealth benefit as well as a Part B premium rebate and a $0 specialist copay benefit to select plans.

CMS says that its rating system helps Medicare beneficiaries compare the quality of Medicare health and drug plans so they can make the best healthcare decisions for themselves. An important component of this effort, according to the agency, is to provide Medicare consumers and their caregivers meaningful information about quality alongside information about benefits and costs.

Medicare Advantage has gained more than 2 million enrollees in the past year, reaching more than 47% of the Medicare-eligible population, ATI Advisory previously reported.  Special needs plans also grew, with more than 1,300 plans serving more than 5 million beneficiaries this year.

CMS data show, however, that the average star ratings for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans decreased by 51% year over year from last year. Average ratings declined  to 4.04 and 3.11 stars, respectively, for the second consecutive year, according to an Oct. 13 fact sheet from the agency.

National Senior Communities in Washington, DC, retained its top spot for the eighth consecutive year on the 2023 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list of largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care organizations, based on number of units. The 20th anniversary report was released Thursday.

NSC, formerly National Senior Campuses, is the supporting organization to the continuing care retirement communities developed and managed by Erickson Senior Living.

The LZ 200 list counts total units, including independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. In the past 10 years, the average annual growth rate in total units was 2.2%, with independent living and assisted living growth each year but declines in the number of nursing care beds, according to LeadingAge and Ziegler. Memory care also is becoming increasingly important, with 60% of organizations on the list now offering specialized memory care units, the report noted.

The 2023 LZ 200 saw some movement among the top 10 overall providers. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (No. 2), Ascension Living (No. 5), Trinity Health Senior Communities (No. 9) and Benedictine (No. 10) all retained their spots from the 2022 list.

Acts Retirement–Life Communities (No. 4), swapped places with Presbyterian Homes & Services (No. 3) this year. Lifespace Communities jumped from No. 8 last year to No. 6 this year, and HumanGood dropped to No. 7 this year compared with its No. 6 spot last year.

The 200 organizations represented a total of 300,000 market-rate units and almost 1,600 market-rate communities, based on data as of Dec. 31. Almont 30% of the total number of units for all long-term care systems in the LZ 200 are represented by the 10 largest providers. They are:

1. National Senior Communities, Springfield, VA
2. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, SD
3. Presbyterian Homes & Services, Roseville, MN
4. Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Fort Washington, PA
5. Ascension Living, St. Louis
6. Lifespace Communities Inc., Iowa
7. HumanGood, Pleasanton, CA
8. Covenant Living Communities & Services, Skokie, IL
9. Trinity Health Senior Communities, Livonia, MI
10. Benedictine, Duluth, MN

Companies with the overall biggest changes in the number of units from 2022 to 2023 were BHI Senior Living in Indiana, which gained 1,103 units since last year, and Retirement Housing Foundation in California, which shed 1,563 units. 

The organization offering the greatest number of independent living units was National Senior Communities, with 19,140. Presbyterian Homes & Services was the provider with the greatest number of assisted living units, at 2,867, and Good Samaritan was named the largest provider of skilled nursing, with 8,423 units.

Organizations provide market-rate senior living in 48 states, with Pennsylvania hosting the highest number of system headquarters, at 26, and Minnesota claiming the largest total number of communities, with 212.

An additional list of the country’s largest not-for-profit single-campus organizations was led by Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers, FL, with 1,869 units. National Church Residences led the list of largest multi-site providers with total market-rate and affordable senior living units combined, with 25,063 units. Riderwood Village, a National Senior Communities campus in Silver Spring, MD, led the list of largest individual campuses, with 2,153 market-rate units.

Trends highlighted

This year’s report also includes insights into trends in future growth plans, joint ventures, third-party management, rental life plan communities, technology adoption and home- and community-based services.

Similar to the past several years, today’s not-for-profit providers primarily are growing through unit expansion and affiliation or acquisition activity, according to Ziegler President and CEO Dan Hermann. Approximately 71% of organizations said they intend to expand or reposition an existing campus in 2023 or 2024, about 16% said they intend to grow through construction of new communities, and 12% reported their intent to become bigger through affiliations.

Technology use continues to increase in the sector, with 72% of communities adopting electronic point of care/point of service documentation systems and electronic health/medical records. Other technology categories climbing in use among senior living and care providers included social connectedness/resident engagement (used by 60% of organizations), analytical tools (42%), staff and resident screening (55%), infection control technologies (55%), robotic process automation (30%) and physical robotics (70%). 

Thirty-two percent of the 2023 LZ 200 organizations provide affordable senior housing, up from 31% last year.

The offering of HCBS also is growing through home health, home care, adult care, continuing care at home or Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly programs: 45% of providers on the list offer HCBS services to non-residents, with continuing care at home now offered by more than 10% of LZ 200 organizations.

More than 75% of the LZ 200 organizations have a religious affiliation — predominantly Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic — or a fraternal (2.5%) or military (0.5%) affiliation. Lutheran organizations represent the largest presence by number of units, with more than 50,000, followed by Presbyterian affiliations, with more than 41,500 units.

The complete LZ 200 report is available for download on the websites of LeadingAge and Ziegler.

In a post-COVID world, the senior living industry is “cautiously optimistic” about its future as it experiences significant market changes driven by a combination of demographic shifts, evolving consumer preferences and advances in technology, according to Argentum, which released its 2023 list of the 150 largest senior living providers in the nation on Friday.

The report revealed a shuffling of the top 10 largest providers, but all remained at or near their 2022 positions. 

Brookdale Senior Living maintained its top spot on the list, with Five Star Senior Living — the senior living division of AlerisLife — dropping two spots to No. 6 this year, from the No. 4 spot last year. Discovery Senior Living (No. 7 this year) and Senior Lifestyle (No. 8) swapped places from last year, as did Watermark Retirement Communities (No. 9 this year) and Integral / Solstice Senior Living (No. 10).

Other top 10 providers are Atria Senior Living (remaining at No. 2), LCS (maintaining at No. 3), Erickson Senior Living (No. 4) and Sunrise Senior Living (No. 5).

Top 10 largest providers by total units:

1. Brookdale Senior Living: 55,430 total units
2. Atria Senior Living: 42,501 units
3. LCS: 31,523 units
4. Erickson Senior Living, 23,800 units
5. Sunrise Senior Living, 23,176 units
6. Five Star Senior Living: 19,554 units
7. Discovery Senior Living, 14,660 units
8. Senior Lifestyle, 14,129 units
9. Watermark Retirement Communities, 11,336 units
10. Integral Senior Living: 10,451 units

Eleven providers moved up on the list by 10 or more places, according to the association, which ranks providers in size by number of units, number of employees, types of care and services offered and more.

Topping the list of the 30 largest assisted living providers are Brookdale (30,570 assisted living units), Sunrise (13,944 units) and Atria (9,895 units). Five Star fell from the No. 3 spot last year to No. 5 this year, while Atria, which was not on last year’s list, landed at the No. 3 spot.

The three largest independent living providers changed this year. Atria (30,692 units), which wasn’t on last year’s list, claimed the No. 1 spot, followed by No. 2. LCS (22,658 units), which dropped from No. 1 on last year’s list. Erickson SEnior Living (21,765 units) landed at No. 3.

Brookdale continued to lead the list of largest memory care providers, with 8,996 memory care units. Sunrise maintained its No. 2 spot with 6,233 units, followed by Frontier Management LLC with 3,126 units.

The largest continuing care retirement / life plan community providers also changed this year. Trilogy Health Services, which didn’t make the top 15 last year, landed at No. 1, with 115 CCRCs, followed by LCS, which dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 this year, with 86 CCRCs, followed by Century Park Associates, which maintained its No. 3 spot with 31 CCRCs.

The full lists can be accessed via the Argentum website. The report, based on company-provided data via survey, also includes information on the potential effects of artificial intelligence on the senior living industry, growth in the home care market based on a preference to age in place, and information on inflationary pressures and workforce projections.

The report was prepared in partnership with Lument and sponsored by Accushield.