EAGLE, Idaho — The Pennant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG), the parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice and senior living companies, has appointed Barry Smith as chairman of its board of directors and Brent Guerisoli as a member of its board of directors. Smith has served on Pennant’s board since 2021. He previously served as chairman and CEO of Magellan Health Inc., the nation’s largest provider of behavioral health services and a leading provider of pharmacy benefit management services, from 2013 to 2019. He was also …
ATLANTA — WelcomeHome Software, a customer relationship management system for the seniors housing industry, has hired Patrick Sharp as an enterprise account executive. Sharp’s 18-year career in the software industry included roles in implementation, account management and sales. He spent 10 years at Horizon Software International, specializing in senior living dining and public education technology. He also served as a project-based consultant helping senior living operators evaluate software platforms.
AURORA, Colo. — Anthem Memory Care has named Trisha Thomas as executive director for Chelsea Place, a memory care community in Aurora. In this capacity, she will oversee all daily care, programming and operations. Thomas previously was executive director with Brookdale Westland Meridian in Lakewood. She also served as executive director for Pinehurst Park Memory Care in Denver. Thomas brings over 20 years of senior living and 15 years of nursing experience to this position. She earned an associate’s degree in nursing from Denver School of Nursing.
BOSTON — Beacon Communities, a developer in the affordable, market-rate and mixed-income property space, including seniors housing, has hired Justin Babineaux as associate general counsel of property management. Most recently, Babineaux served as staff attorney at Columbia Residential, where he managed and oversaw legal matters relating to fair housing and regulatory compliance. In his new role, Babineaux will serve as primary legal support for the property management team in all legal aspects of the ownership and management of affordable and mixed-income housing communities. Reporting to Beacon’s general counsel, he will …
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group, a Vero Beach-based operator, has hired Shelley Beville to its executive leadership team as regional director of clinical operations (RDCO). Beville joins fellow RDCO Johnita Jackson, and the team will work to ensure Watercrest’s standards of care, operations and associate training are met by the clinical teams in all Watercrest senior living communities. Beville brings over 33 years of experience in healthcare, with the majority of time dedicated to the senior living industry. She most recently served as RDCO for a large …
CHICAGO — Design firm Perkins Eastman has hired Drew Roskos as an associate principal in its Chicago studio. With 19 years of experience, Roskos specializes in the design of senior living communities. He has received the American Institute of Architects Design for Aging Fellowship in 2021 and was named Design Champion by Environments for Aging in 2020. Roskos earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in gerontology from Concordia University Chicago.
The Feb. 15 webinar “Meeting the Critical Need for Affordable Seniors Housing” focused on challenges and strategies for addressing resident needs while keeping costs down in the affordable seniors housing segment. This endeavor is no easy task in an environment where labor and staffing prices, construction costs and interest rates make calculations unwieldy. Three expert panelists discussed helpful programs, essential tax credits and successful case studies to light the way to affordable seniors housing. “We know that there’s a wave of 73 million baby boomers reaching an age …
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — JD Solutions Group (JDSG) has hired Kellie Kulick as vice president of coaching and training. Kulick brings more than 20 years of experience in senior living operations and sales to a growing coaching and training sales consultancy. “Kellie knows first-hand what it takes to succeed as an Executive Director and Regional Sales leader in today’s world of senior living sales,” says Jennifer Dixon, the company’s CEO. With sales training and consulting clients across all markets in the United States, JDSG has seen demand from senior living operators …
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Integral Senior Living has named Jennifer Lester and Kelly Ainsworth as senior executive directors of their respective communities. Lester is the executive director of Sage Spring Senior Living, which opened in December 2020. Ainsworth currently serves as the executive director for Parkview on Hollybrook. Carlsbad-based Integral more than 100 senior living communities offering independent living, assisted living and memory care in 25 states.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living, a Charlottesville-based operator, has grown its sales and marketing team with the addition of two new hires and five promotions. The company promoted April Theus to senior sales specialist, Paul Adam to sales specialist, Stephanie Johnston to sales onboarding specialist, Kimberly Wilkerson to internet sales counselor and Taylor Davis to director of marketing and digital strategies. The company also welcomed Brian Weston as sales specialist in Michigan and Jennifer Walker as sales and marketing project associate.