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MINNEAPOLIS — Health Dimensions Group (HDG) has promoted Colin Higgins to vice president of market analysis and research. With more than 20 years of experience in senior living and healthcare, Higgins is an expert in market research, demand analysis, feasibility studies and competitive assessments for post-acute, long-term care and senior living providers as part of their business plan development. In addition, his passion for improving the lives of older adults has inspired his role on HDG’s PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) Technical Assistance Center leadership team.  In …

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Integral Senior Living (ISL) and Solstice Senior Living have promoted Brenda Richy to national director of resident engagement. Richy’s previous role was national director of resident programming. This new emphasis on resident engagement demonstrates Solstice’s and ISL’s dedication to actively tackling the disparity between older adults’ perceptions of health and wellness and the wide-ranging health benefits of senior living communities. In this reimagined role, Richy will continue to collaborate closely with each community in the Solstice and ISL portfolio, serving as a resource and source of support …

BOSTON — Beacon Communities, Boston-based affordable housing developer, has hired Tim Sullivan as chief administrative officer (CAO). Formerly of UBS and MassHousing, Sullivan will be responsible for the overall financial strategy and oversight of information technology, human resources, accounting and finance. Bringing extensive knowledge and deep financial expertise to Beacon, Sullivan most recently served as managing director and head of housing finance and New England region for the public finance department at UBS. Before joining UBS in 2017, he spent 15 years at MassHousing, where he served as the executive …

ORLANDO — Spiezle, an Orlando-based architectural firm, has hired Suzanne Barnes as director of client services.  Barnes has over four decades of experience in architecture, design and business development with work in senior living, healthcare and mixed-use development. She has spearheaded large-scale senior living, mixed-use design projects that serve more than 7,000 residents. Barnes is a member of the AIA National Design for Aging Advisory Board, Women in Architecture, and former chair of the Orlando Foundation for Architecture. She is currently a part of the Urban Land Institute’s Real Estate …

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Solstice Senior Living, a Carlsbad-based operator, has hired Laurel O’Dell as regional director of sales and marketing for the West region.  O’Dell will support sales and marketing initiatives at 12 Solstice Senior Living communities in Washington and California. Prior to joining Solstice, O’Dell served as an award-winning, traveling director of sales at Sunrise Senior Living and was later promoted to regional sales. Additionally, O’Dell worked as a senior living adviser at A Place For Mom and as a memory care director at Oakmont Senior Living.