DALLAS — OneDay, a Dallas-based technology company that provides video storytelling within senior living communities, has appointed Rachel Nader to the position of assistant vice president of client success operations and enablement. Nader has over 10 years of experience in…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Ronnie Brown as vice president of operations for the Mountain Region. Brown will have principal responsibility over operations of the Cadence Living managed communities in Colorado. She brings over 22 years of senior…
BALTIMORE — Capital Funding Group (CFG), a Baltimore-based lender, has announced an expansion from long-term care into the multifamily and seniors housing sectors. To help run the new divisions, CFG has promoted Erik Howard to executive managing director of business…
AURORA, Colo. — Anthem Memory Care has named Jennifer Davidson as executive director for Chelsea, a memory care community in Aurora. In this capacity, she will oversee all daily care, programming and operations. Davidson was senior general manager for the…
Senior living communities grapple with a severe worker shortage, responding with innovative approaches and programs. By Jane Adler “Help Wanted!” “Now Hiring!” The urgent signs posted everywhere from grocery stores to job boards reveal the depth of the labor shortage…
General contractors continue to innovate and complete projects despite COVID-caused headwinds. By Jeff Shaw We’re all familiar with the headlines by now: construction materials prices are at record highs, and nearly every industry has a shortage of workers, dealing a…
Is your labor and staffing situation better, worse or the same as it was earlier in 2021, and why? Focus on engagement By Monica Friedman Chief HR Officer LCS We are continuing to experience staffing challenges to a greater degree…
NEW YORK CITY — McAlpine Contracting, a general contracting and construction management firm active in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Puerto Rico, has promoted Mark Montalvo to director of construction. Montalvo previously served as senior project manager. The firm…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) has promoted Kevin Bowman to executive vice president of community operations. Bowman joined Nashville-based owner-operator Brookdale in 2016 as regional vice president. Soon after, he was promoted to senior regional vice…
NEW YORK CITY — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC, the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment Inc., has hired Kim Huffstutler as senior vice president of seniors housing and care. Huffstutler will be responsible for…
FORT WORTH and ARLINGTON, Texas — Koelsch Communities has promoted Quentin Zambeck to executive director at Riverside Inn in Fort Worth. Zambeck transferred from sister community Meadowbrook Memory Care in Arlington, where he served as the executive director. Zambeck will…
MCLEAN, Va. — Sunrise Senior Living has appointed Mary Kay Gribbons as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and Maria Davlantes as chief marketing officer (CMO). Gribbons brings more than 20 years of experience in human resources and operations across industries.…
On Sept. 22, Seniors Housing Business and sponsor ecobee hosted the webinar “Seniors Housing: Using Technology to Reduce Operational Costs & Enhance the Resident Experience.” With the need to reduce energy use and protect employee time (while limiting unnecessary interactions with…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Shannondale, a Knoxville-based operator, has hired Jim Driscoll as chief financial officer. Driscoll has 15 years of experience in healthcare accounting, financial and compliance management. He holds an MBA in finance from the University of Mississippi, Oxford;…
MONUMENT, Colo.— WellAge has selected Cindy Batey to serve as the executive director of Jackson Creek Senior Living in Monument. Batey will oversee operations for Jackson Creek’s 137 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments. Batey is a Monument…
FORT WORTH, Texas — Methodist Retirement Communities has named Kristi Baird as executive director of Stevenson Oaks, a nonprofit senior living community under construction in Fort Worth. Greystone is development partner on the project. The bulk of Baird’s experience comes…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Berkadia, an El Segundo-based financial services firm, has hired Simona Wilson to its Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare team as a director. She will serve on the investment sales platform helmed by Tim Cobb. Prior to…
LITTLETON, Colo. — Athem Memory Care has named Danae Mierau as executive director of Willowbrook Place in Littleton. She will be overseeing all daily care, programming and operations. Mierau previously was director of rehabilitation and physical therapy with Legacy Healthcare…
MURIETA, Calif. — Anthem Memory Care has named Arlene Crawford as executive director for Vineyard Place, an Anthem community in Murrieta. In this capacity, she will oversee all daily care, programming and operations. Crawford previously was operations manager of Clearwater…
BEAUMONT, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named David Ummel as the new executive director of Calder Woods, a seniors housing community in Beaumont. Ummel joins Buckner Retirement Services, the operator of Calder Woods, after 13 years working for Buckner…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — LeadingAge Florida, a Tallahassee-based branch of the nonprofit industry organization, has elected Bruce Jones as its new board chair during the association’s convention in Orlando. Jones is the CEO of Vicar’s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach. In…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Integral Senior Living (ISL), a Carlsbad-based operator, has taken over management of six senior living communities in Indiana and Michigan. The company also named Adam Parton as regional vice president of operations and Brandy Ross as regional…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Shelly Stewart-Girton as vice president of marketing for the mountain region. She will have principal responsibility over marketing and strategic solutions for the Cadence Living managed communities in Colorado. Stewart-Girton brings over 25…
SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has promoted James Brassard to executive director of Pelican Landing Assisted Living and Memory Care in Sebastian. The former executive director, Michelle Miller, was recently promoted to regional director of clinical operations. Brassard…
EAST AMHERST, N.Y. — Sunshine Retirement Living has hired Marion “Mimi” Piciullo as the new executive director of Juniper Glen Assisted Living and Memory Care in the Buffalo suburb of East Amherst. Piciullo is responsible for all day-to-day management and…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living has hired three new leadership team members to oversee the operations at Commonwealth’s portfolio of communities in the Northern, Southwest and Eastern/Peninsula regions. Monet Morris has been named senior regional vice president and both…
ATLANTA — Isaakson Living has hired Brandon O’Ree as the new executive director of The Terraces at Peachtree Hills Place, an assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation community in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead neighborhood. O’Ree will be responsible…