VERO BEACH, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group, a Vero Beach-based operator, has promoted Stephanie L’Heureux to director of accounting, overseeing the financial systems of all Watercrest senior living communities and its associated brands. L’Heureux is one of the longest tenured Watercrest associates, having joined owners Marc Vorkapich, CEO, and Joan Williams, CFO, just one year after the organization’s inception in Summer 2012. From her start as an accountant to her promotion to senior accountant, she supported Watercrest Senior Living Group during its growth throughout the Southeast. L’Heureux’s experience includes …
HOUSTON — Bridgewood Property Co. has officially launched The Aspenwood Company, an operator with a focus on the Southeast and Central U.S. Bridgewood has hired Heather Tussing as president of the new, Houston-based Aspenwood. She brings over 20 years of experience in operations, sales, compliance and marketing in senior healthcare services, most recently serving as both chief operating officer and vice president of sales for Morning Pointe Senior Living. “The formation of The Aspenwood Company with Heather’s highly respected leadership provides a strategic alignment of our current and future business,” …
DENVER — Experience Senior Living (ESL), a Denver-based operator, has hired Angelica Ybarra as vice president of people. Ybarra comes with 30 years of human resource management and leadership experience. In a senior role, Ybarra will work closely with the executive team in addition to leading both the culture and recruiting teams in supporting each ESL community to attract, retain, reward and recognize every team member. Angelica has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The University of Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology with a specialty in …
NEWTON, Mass. — AlerisLife Inc. (NASDAQ: ALR), a Newton-based operator, has appointed Heather Pereira as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Pereira most recently served as vice president and corporate controller of Acushnet Holdings Corp. since May of 2017. Previously, starting in 2004, she held several roles within the accounting and finance departments of Acushnet Holdings. Pereira has over 20 years of accounting and finance experience and holds a master’s degree in accountancy, an MBA from Northeastern University and a bachelor’s degree from Boston College. Pereira succeeds Jeff …
ROCKWALL, Texas — Ridgeline Management Co. has hired M. Christopher Dover as chief financial officer. Dover is a healthcare financial operations executive with 22 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including general acute care hospitals, medical groups, senior living and medical imaging. Areas of expertise include healthcare finance and accounting, physician practice management, senior living finance and healthcare business valuations. Dover has previously served as chief financial officer for hospitals and healthcare systems ranging from Holdenville General Hospital, a community hospital in Oklahoma early in his career, to large, …
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Valuation & Advisory has promoted Benjamin Tate to the positions of senior managing director and leader of the company’s Healthcare & Seniors Housing Specialty Practice. Tate will work closely with Matt Yance and Tim Gillespie, both promoted to executive vice president positions, and new hire, Charlie Henderson, also an executive vice president. Yance, Gillespie and Henderson have been tapped to lead the seniors housing, hospitals and medical office sub-categories, respectively. Tate has appraised over 600 assets throughout his career, including notable portfolios for domestic and …
OLMSTEAD, Ohio — Fortney & Weygandt Inc., an Olmstead-based company that specializes in general contracting services and multi-site rollout programs for restaurants, retailers, hotels, senior living facilities and commercial projects nationwide, has internally promoted two to new positions. John Krisanda will take on a new position in the company as director of rollout. Krisanda started with Fortney in 2014 and quickly gained confidence with the dealings and details of multi-site projects. Rollout concentrates heavily on scheduling, material procurement and coordination with operations and merchandising personnel. Chris Hagen will take on …
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando-based Sonata Senior Living has appointed Stephanie Braudrick as its new vice president of sales. Braudrick joins Sonata with expertise in sales management and revenue transformation. Over the course of her career, she has held sales leadership roles in all aspects of senior care, including national third-party referral providers, home health and hospice organizations. Before joining Sonata, Braudrick held multi-site leadership roles with top national providers Holiday Retirement, Elmcroft Senior Living and Emeritus Senior Living. She has also held leadership roles with technology companies A Place for …
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Webinar: Modernizing Seniors Housing Care — Simplifying Workflows for Caregivers through Technology
On Sept. 8, Seniors Housing Business hosted a panel discussion called “Modernizing Seniors Housing Care — Simplifying Workflows for Caregivers through Technology” where four seniors housing industry experts spoke about streamlining and improving resident care. Tech innovations were the focus of the webinar. What tools and data help most when it comes to senior care? Listen to hear in-depth discussions on the topics and more: The latest trends in technology-enabled senior care How technology can help simplify workflows and increase productivity The importance of machine learning to drive more proactive …
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone Monticello LLC has hired Karina Davydov as senior vice president, asset-based lending, healthcare originations. Formed in 2021, the Greystone Monticello joint venture provides a wide range of bridge financing options and asset-based lending in the multifamily and seniors housing industries. Davydov brings over 20 years of healthcare lending and banking experience to the company, including asset-based lending with a focus on the healthcare industry. She most recently worked at SLR Healthcare ABL. Davydov will be based out of Chicago, working with Kim Gordon, head of …