WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) has announced the Senior Living Hall of Fame’s 2020 class of inductees, who will be inaugurated during the association’s 2020 annual meeting in Palm Desert, California, on Jan. 23.
The inductees will be Lynn Katzmann of Juniper Communities; Emmett and Alice Koelsch, Koelsch Communities; and Margaret Wylde of ProMatura Group.
Katzmann founded New Jersey-based investor, developer and operator Juniper Communities on the concept that a woman could and should lead this business where the customers — staff, residents and family caregivers alike — were predominantly women. The company, now 31 years old, totals 22 properties in three states.
Emmett and Alice Koelsch opened one of the first assisted living communities in the nation in 1971, Delaware Plaza in Longview, Washington. They laid the groundwork for three family-owned and –operated companies — Koelsch Communities, Jerry Erwin Associates and Weatherly Inns — that now total over 100 communities in 21 states.
Margaret Wylde founded ProMatura Group in 1984, specializing in research, planning and programming focused on the senior population. She is the author of numerous research studies examining customer attributes and preferences. ProMatura has collected data since 2003 for use by investors and developers of age-qualified, service-enriched housing and provides this to the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC), which uses the data to track key market trends quarterly.