Operations

DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS, a Des Moines-based senior living provider, has hired Jim Pusateri as its new chief sales officer (CSO). Pusateri brings over 30 years of senior living sales and operations leadership. He led Brookdale’s ascension to a 91.5 percent occupancy rate and launched the company’s pioneering School of Sales, fortifying sales acumen for the company. He has also implemented comprehensive sales training systems across multiple companies, integrating coaching and leadership development and improving overall performance.  Pusateri has invested in the senior living industry as an executive board …

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Grace Management Inc., a Maple Grove-based owner-operator, has hired Madelyn Hill, a recent graduate of Cornell University’s prestigious Nolan School of Hotel Administration, as operations analyst.  Hill graduated with a bachelor’s degree in hotel administration and a minor in healthy futures. During her time at Cornell, she distinguished herself through her commitment to seniors housing and her involvement with the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF). Hill’s previous roles include a summer analyst position at RSF Partners in Dallas, where she developed financial models for senior …