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DES MOINES, Iowa — Lifespace Communities has hired Ann Walsh as the company’s new senior vice president of operations.

CHASKA, Minn. — The Goodman Group has promoted Craig Edinger to the position of chief executive officer. Edinger, formerly the company’s chief operating officer, has been executive-in-charge since the death of John Goodman, Goodman Group’s former CEO, in March.

DALLAS — UMB Bank, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UMBF), has hired Mina Castaneda as senior vice president of healthcare lending out of the company’s Dallas office.

NEW YORK CITY — Brandlin & Associates, an accounting firm in Los Angeles that serves the seniors housing industry, has hired Martin Cauz as a managing director.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Avison Young, a real estate services firm based in Toronto, has hired Dan Baker as a vice president in the company’s Washington, D.C. office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a brokerage firm based in Chicago, has hired Adam Sherman as a managing director in the company’s Washington, D.C. office.

SAN FRANCISCO — On Lok, the San Francisco-based parent company of several seniors housing-related subsidiaries, has named Grace Li as the company’s new chief executive officer.

SEATTLE — Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest, a nonprofit seniors housing operator, has announced two promotions and a hiring at the company’s Seattle headquarters.

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Lifespace Communities, a continuing care retirement community (CRRC) owner/operator based in Iowa, has hired Scott Nield as the executive director of The Waterford in Juno Beach, approximately 85 miles north of Miami.

CARMEL, Ind. — Mainstreet, a skilled nursing developer, has hired nine new employees to its headquarters in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel.