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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 …

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 …

DILLSBURG, Pa. — Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL), a nonprofit provider of senior and retirement care services based in Dillsburg, has named Dan Davis to serve as president and chief executive officer. Davis will fill the position previously held by James Bernardo, who plans to retire at the end of the year. Davis has been with PSL for 21 years and has more than 30 years of aging services leadership experience. Prior to his appointment, Davis served as PSL’s senior vice president and chief operating officer. Davis was selected after a …

HAMILTON, N.J. — Spiezle Architectural Group, a Hamilton-based firm that serves the seniors housing industry, has hired Julia Mueser as director of landscape architecture. Mueser will take the reins of Spiezle’s landscape architecture department, succeeding Jack Carman, who is retiring. Mueser has specialized in landscape architecture for over 25 years. She received her bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from Pennsylvania State University. Mueser recently was the director of landscape architecture for a New Jersey-based engineering firm, where she also served as a professional planner.

Bill Sheriff, former CEO of Brookdale Senior Living and a longtime industry executive who was inducted into the Senior Living Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 2018, died Saturday, Aug. 27. David Schless, president of the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), paid tribute to Sheriff in an e-mail sent to the association’s members that same day. “Though he was a man of few words, Bill personified leadership and service at the very highest level, mentoring a new generation of industry leaders and leaving a tremendous legacy.” Following a …