SEATTLE — Design firm Perkins Eastman has hired John Shoesmith as principal in the company’s Seattle studio as part of the firm’s international senior living practice. With more than 30 years of experience, Shoesmith’s work involves the full continuum of senior living, including active adult, life plan communities, assisted living, long-term care environments and intentional intergenerational communities.
TROY, N.Y. — United Group has promoted Clay Decker to director of acquisitions and development at the Troy-based developer, owner and operator. Decker will be responsible for advancing the company’s interests in property acquisition, targeting opportunities to refurbish, reposition and improve underperforming assets. He will also pursue additional ground-up development projects in various markets. Decker graduated from SUNY Albany with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2004. He was formerly United Group’s senior financial analyst. In that role, he was responsible for the underwriting of all United Group projects. Prior …
SEATTLE — Architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman has hired John Shoesmith as principal in its Seattle studio and is now a part of the firm’s international senior living practice. With more than 30 years of experience, Shoesmith’s work involves the full continuum of senior living including active adult, life plan communities, assisted living, long-term care environments and intergenerational communities. Shoesmith became interested in design for aging after witnessing his grandmother’s struggle with dementia. His observations about how the environment could be both an asset and an obstacle in her …
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jon Lundberg, president and CEO of both Fairview Senior Services and its subsidiary Ebenezer Senior Living, has announced his plan to retire in September. Lundberg, who initially joined Ebenezer in 2007 as chief operating officer, assumed the role of president and CEO in 2017. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in the growth of St. Paul-based Ebenezer, seeing its expansion to more than 120 locations across six states. Lundberg’s career included adapting to regulatory changes, such as the implementation of new assisted living regulations …
MINNEAPOLIS — Health Dimensions Group (HDG) has promoted Tom Stitt to senior vice president of consulting services. Throughout his 33 years of experience, Stitt has become a nationally known expert in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and healthcare finance. For more than 17 years, Stitt served in various roles at HDG including vice president of finance and reimbursement. In 2015, he joined Ascension Living where he held the position of national director of finance. In 2019, he rejoined the HDG team as the vice president of consulting …
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has hired David Young as a managing director for healthcare finance. In this role, Young will focus on originating and structuring senior loans for Greystone’s FHA lending platform as well as other permanent financing options such as bridge, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. Based in the New York area, Young reports to Christopher Clare, managing director for healthcare finance at Greystone. Prior to joining Greystone, Young was a managing director at Locust Point Capital, where he originated and structured over $2 billion in seniors housing …
NORWOOD, Mass. — LCB Senior Living, a Norwood-based owner-operator, has named Kelly Shaw as director of learning. In this newly created role, Shaw will create and cultivate LCB’s associate training program, while also encouraging growth opportunities and learning support to all. She will lead efforts for increasing learning productivity, teaching new skills, elevating current training platforms and increasing knowledge. Shaw was formerly senior content developer and instructional designer at Sunrise Senior Living. She has over 20 years of senior living experience. In addition, she is a Mental Health First Aid …
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Patriot Angels, a Hendersonville-based organization that helps veterans pay for senior living, has hired Mary Sue Patchett as strategic advisor for new business. Patchett has 40 years of experience in senior living and healthcare. She was a community executive director before spending more than two decades as a senior executive leader at Brookdale Senior Living, most recently as executive vice president of community and field operations.
DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS, a Des Moines-based senior living operator, has promoted Dan Lahey to executive vice president and chief financial and investment officer. Lahey will direct all financial and real estate operations for the organization and provide leadership for financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, tax, community finance, investments, capital markets, and asset and portfolio management for LCS. Lahey established himself as an industry leader in various roles in the finance and real estate teams since joining LCS in 2008. He joined LCS as an accounting and tax …
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Juniper Communities, a Bloomfield-based owner/operator, has hired Rikki Goldenberg as Catalyst innovation and implementation specialist. In this newly created position, Goldenberg will play a pivotal 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. “Rikki has proven to be an exceptional leader in the healthcare industry, launching programs for startups to complex healthcare organizations,” says Lynn Katzmann, CEO and founder of Juniper. “Her competencies in innovation …
