DALLAS — Buckner Retirement Services, a Dallas-based operator, has named Allison Vanderford to the position of senior director of sales. Vanderford will provide sales leadership and strategic support for the six Texas communities operated by the faith-based, nonprofit senior living provider. Vanderford previously worked as vice president of sales for Integrated Real Estate Group in Dallas, managing its Integrated Senior Lifestyles property portfolio. She has also held sales leadership roles at Elan Westpointe (Life Care Services) in New Braunfels, Comfort Keepers in San Antonio, and Westminster in Austin. Vanderford has …
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — The board of directors of CareTrust REIT Inc. (NYSE: CTRE) has appointed James Callister as chief investment officer. Effective at the end of the year, Callister will succeed Mark Lamb, who plans to leave the company after a transition period to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. Callister has served as executive vice president and secretary at CareTrust since July 2022. He previously served as general counsel and secretary from February 2021 to July 2022. Prior to joining CareTrust, he worked as a real estate attorney and a partner …
FREEHOLD, N.J. — Distinctive Development, a Freehold-based senior living developer, has appointed Christopher Hoard as president and chief development officer. Hoard brings more than two decades of executive and management experience in the building and developing of senior housing assets including active adult, independent living, assisted living and memory care. Distinctive Development is the sister organization to Distinctive Living, a national senior living management provider. Distinctive Living currently operates 26 communities and has 19 projects actively under development through Distinctive Development. “As older adults are aging, the demand for homes …
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Charter Senior Living has promoted Christy Mink to regional director of operations. In her new role, Mink will be responsible for talent management, strategic planning and day-to-day operations of 10 communities in Tennessee and five communities in Kentucky. Mink transitions to this role after serving a year as operations specialist for the Naperville-based management and development company. Mink has previously served in multiple leadership roles, including executive director and business officer manager for organizations that include Senior Lifestyle and Brookdale Senior Living.
EAGLE, Idaho — The Pennant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG), the Eagle-based parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice and senior living companies, has initiated a search for a new chief financial officer. Pennant’s current CFO, Jennifer Freeman, will serve as interim CFO during the search process, after which Freeman will continue to play an important leadership role on the Pennant finance team. The reason for her role changing was not disclosed. The organization also announced that Derek Bunker, who serves as Pennant’s chief investment officer, executive …
DALLAS — 12 Oaks Senior Living, a senior living management company based in Dallas, has promoted Eilleen Aldridge to vice president of 12 Oaks Solutions Consulting. In this role, she will be responsible for managing a team of consultants and setting the strategic direction for the division. Aldridge has more than 20 years of management, operations and team-building experience in her various roles during her career at 12 Oaks. As a consultant for 12 Oaks Solutions, she used her experience and expertise to support property management operations in the areas …
BEAUMONT, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named Aaron Ortego as executive director of Calder Woods, a continuing care retirement community in Beaumont, located east of Houston near the Louisiana border. Ortego steps in for the previous executive director, David Ummel, who now serves as executive director of one of Calder Woods’ sister communities, Buckner Westminster Place in Longview. Buckner Retirement Services operated both faith-based, nonprofit senior living communities. Prior to Calder Woods, Ortego served as CEO for Autism Services of Southwest Louisiana and Direct Care Inc. He has also …
Ask senior living CEOs and operators to name their top issue and the answer is the same as it’s been for the last two years: the workforce. Despite a slight easing in the overall employment environment, along with some high-profile tech layoffs, the labor market is still tight. Top executives are laser focused on the task to recruit and retain good workers for a simple reason: They can’t run a highly service-oriented business without help. Seniors aren’t going to move into an understaffed community. “Employees are my number one priority,” …
DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS, the nation’s third-largest senior living operator, has promoted GeLynna Shaw to the role of executive vice president of operations/senior living management. Effective Jan. 1, she will be responsible for supporting Chris Bird, president and chief operating officer, in leading the company’s operating activities. Shaw’s 25-year senior living career includes experience in finance, mergers, acquisitions and operations for both continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and rental communities. She joined LCS in 2018 as the senior vice president of operations for the rental division and has been …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Standard Communities, a developer of affordable housing for seniors and families, has named Feras Qumseya as chief development officer. This is a new position created to lead the new-construction division, a national platform focused on leveraging 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) financing to build new dedicated affordable housing units in major metropolitan areas. He will be based out of Washington, D.C. Qumseya brings 20 years of experience working on all aspects of affordable housing, economic development, public-private partnerships, large mixed-use projects and transit-oriented developments. …