People

BALTIMORE — Erickson Living, a Baltimore-based developer and operator of continuing care retirement communities, has hired Sean Sands as the company’s new vice president of business strategy and development.

UPPER ST. CLAIR, Penn. — Lifespace Communities, an Iowa-based operator, has named Bryan Welty as executive director of Friendship Village of South Hills, a continuing care retirement community in the Pittsburgh suburb of Upper St. Clair.

FLOWER MOUND, Texas — Avanti Senior Living, a seniors housing developer and operator based in Texas, has hired three executive-level employees for its upcoming Avanti Seniro Living at Flower Mound community in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

PHILADELPHIA — Lancaster Pollard, a lender based in Columbus, Ohio, has hired Miles Kingston and Tony Ruberg as bankers out of the company’s Philadelphia office. Both will provide seniors housing and healthcare clients with investment banking, mortgage banking, private equity, balance sheet financing and M&A advisory services.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Integral Senior Living (ISL), an operator based in Carlsbad, has hired Leslie Quintanar as regional director of operations, where she will oversee operations of several ISL communities.

CHICAGO — Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) has elected Walter Rakowich, retired CEO of Prologis, and Roxanne Martino, CEO of Aurora Investment Management, to its Board of Directors. Rakowich will serve on the company’s Audit and Compliance Committee and Martino will serve on its Executive Compensation Committee.