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HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Claiborne Senior Living, a Hattiesburg-based owner-operator, has promoted Justin Wray to chief operating officer. He most recently served the company as vice president of operations. Wray oversees all aspects of the organization’s operations and works alongside Claiborne’s regional support team and communities to ensure that they are optimizing operations. Wray brings over 16 years of hands-on experience in seniors housing to the organization, both in operational strategy and sales and marketing. Prior to joining the Claiborne team, he worked in senior management positions with providers such as …

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — CarePredict, a Fort Lauderdale-based digital health company focused on senior living, has added Chris Winkle to its board of directors. Winkle most recently led Sunrise Senior Living for over seven years as its CEO and COO. Sunrise operates 280 senior living communities in the U.S. and Canada. Previously, Winkle was the CEO of MedQuest and Mariner Healthcare in the diagnostics and post-acute industries. Winkle is currently on the board of Direct Supply. He served till recently on the board of Argentum, a national trade association representing …

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TINTON FALLS, N.J. — Erickson Senior Living has named Jennifer McNamara as executive director of Seabrook, a community in Tinton Falls. McNamara has been a member of the Seabrook team for over 18 years and has served as associate executive director since 2017. McNamara started her career journey at Seabrook in 2003 as a social work. Before her role as associate executive director, she worked in various positions, including resident life director, resident life manager, senior social work manager and social worker. McNamara is a licensed clinical social worker and …

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  The focus of Seniors Housing Business’ latest webinar, sponsored by Paychex, was “How to Tackle the Top Workforce Issues Facing Senior Living Communities.” What are the top human resource challenges senior living communities face? What solutions, recommendations and tools can help communities thrive when it comes to finding and employing staff? Expert panelists discussed approaches to attracting skilled workers and keeping existing staff happy, healthy, well trained and engaged. This brief, one-hour webinar is full of options and suggestions for best practices, as well as tips and tricks for those in …

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IRVINE, Calif. — NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC has hired Sean Huntsman as senior managing director of seniors housing originations and Katherine Stewart as managing director and lead for NewPoint’s seniors housing agency platform. The team will target expansion into the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seniors housing space in addition to originating proprietary bridge loan solutions for independent living and assisted living properties. Huntsman and Stewart will be based in NewPoint’s new Irvine office. With a career origination volume totaling more than $5 billion, Huntsman brings more than 30 …

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IRVINE, Calif. — American Healthcare REIT Inc., a self-managed, publicly registered REIT based in Irvine, has appointed Stephanie Keator as senior vice president of asset management medical office and James Kim as senior vice president of tax. In her new role, Keator oversees all medical office buildings within the eastern region of American Healthcare REIT’s portfolio. She joins the company from Ventas (NYSE: VTR), where she served as director of asset management for the west region. Keator previously served in a similar capacity with Nationwide Health Properties Inc. prior to …

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POMPTON PLAINS, N.J. — Erickson Senior Living has named Kristen Compton as executive director of Cedar Crest, a seniors housing community in the North Jersey municipality of Pompton Plains. “Kristen has been serving as Cedar Crest’s associate executive director since 2017 and has proven herself to be a strong and dedicated leader,” says John Mann, Erickson Senior Living’s vice president of regional operations. Compton’s accomplishments at Cedar Crest include facilitating many of the community’s repositioning projects, driving operations and helping the community achieve both resident satisfaction and employee engagement. Before …

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SHORT PUMP, Va. — Erickson Senior Living has named Todd DeLaney as Avery Point’s first executive director. DeLaney will oversee daily operations for the community, which will open its 94-acre campus in the Richmond suburb of Short Pump in fall 2022. DeLaney started his career with Erickson Senior Living 17 years ago and has held a variety of leadership positions at multiple Erickson Senior Living communities. Most recently, he served as executive director of Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains, N.J. Before this role, he served as executive director and associate …

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MELBOURNE, Fla. — Blake Management Group and Cardinal Ventures Inc. have hired Misty Zulli as executive director and Reetu Haave as sales director at The Blake of Viera, a senior living community in Melbourne,. Cardinal Ventures is building the 86,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care community with 97 units. Zulli has worked in senior living for 14 years in various positions, from floor nurse to spending the past three years as an executive director during the height of the pandemic. Reetu attended George Washington University for both undergraduate and graduate …

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Michelle Cornelius as vice president of memory care engagement. Cornelius will have principal responsibility over the Revere Memory Care programming across the Cadence portfolio of communities. Prior to joining Cadence, Cornelius was most recently the chief operating officer at Cypress Homecare Solutions. During her time at Cypress, she implemented a dementia-specific homecare program that was rolled out across the country. She has also managed memory care units in both skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities. Cornelius holds master’s degrees in both social …

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