HOUSTON — Brazos Presbyterian Homes Holding Inc. has promoted Deidre Kinsey to CEO.
A 30-year veteran of the senior living industry, Kinsey most recently served two years as the company’s chief operating officer. She will lead the Houston-based nonprofit organization’s three continuing care retirement communities: Brazos Towers at Bayou Manor and The Hallmark in Houston and Longhorn Village in Austin.
In her new CEO role, Kinsey aims to unite Brazos Presbyterian Homes Holding into a cohesive, multisite organization by leveraging each senior living community’s strengths, a broader talent pool, shared resources, collective knowledge and unified policies.
Through her leadership and innovative approach, Kinsey has led financial turnarounds, streamlined operations and boosted resident satisfaction, including raising independent living occupancy to nearly 100 percent, improving care quality and leading multimillion-dollar renovation projects.
During her 12 years as CEO and executive director of Longhorn Village, Kinsey and her team exceeded bond covenants, enabling early repayment of short-term debt; increased independent living occupancy from 85 to 99 percent; and transitioned the community to a self-managed model. Kinsey also developed a corporate risk and compliance program, achieved a Medicare 5-Star rating, boosted the skilled nursing care census, implemented clinical and health programs, and successfully guided the community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kinsey also established the Inquiring Minds program at Longhorn Village with lifelong learning opportunities for residents and other individuals.
While pursuing her master’s in senior living hospitality at the University of Southern California’s Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and earning a hospitality certificate from Cornell University, she researched using robots to support staffing needs in senior living. This led Longhorn Village to become one of the first senior living communities to purchase and implement a robot for food delivery in the dining room.