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SACRAMENTO — Cogir Senior Living, a Sacramento-based owner-operator, has hired Gottfried Ernst as chief operating officer.  Ernst joins the Cogir team from Discovery Senior Living Management LLC. He brings more than 20 years of experience within the hospitality and senior living industries and held prior executive leadership roles at Brookdale Senior Living, Harbor Retirement Associates and Green Courte Partners LLC. He was inducted into Brookdale’s President Circle in 2005 and helped develop and implement several Argentum award-winning programs.

WESTMINSTER, Md. — Lutheran Social Ministries of Maryland has hired Paige Mills-Haag as its vice president of philanthropy.  Mills-Haag is spearheading the senior living organization’s philanthropic efforts, including designing initiatives that advance the organization’s mission and overseeing charitable programs and initiatives in its continuing care retirement communities: Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster and Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant in Ellicott City. With over 17 years of expertise in philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, Mills-Haag has held executive roles in two senior living communities. Mills-Haag earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership …

DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS, the nation’s third-largest senior living provider, has promoted David Mercugliano to vice president of business development. In his new role, he will lead business development initiatives to expand management and development opportunities that grow top-line revenue for the Des Moines-based LCS Family of Companies. Mercugliano joined LCS in June 2023 as the director of business development for Care Purchasing Services (CPS), where he led strategic efforts to increase membership and work alongside senior living community boards and owners.

CHICAGO — JLL announced has hired Anthony Marten as a principal and healthcare division sales lead for its solutions development team. In this new role, he is responsible for developing sales strategies, strengthening relationships with clients’ executive teams and leading solutions opportunities. Marten’s career in in project management, lease administration, integrated facilities management, transaction management and strategic planning spans 25 years and two continents. He began his commercial real estate career with JLL in 1998 and served in various roles until 2007, gaining experience in healthcare, life sciences, financial services …