MURIETA, Calif. — Anthem Memory Care has named Arlene Crawford as executive director for Vineyard Place, an Anthem community in Murrieta. In this capacity, she will oversee all daily care, programming and operations. Crawford previously was operations manager of Clearwater South Bay in Torrance. She has also served as operations manager at Elmcroft Senior Living in San Diego. Crawford brings over 16 years of senior living experience, including 10 years as executive director, to her new position. She completed coursework in public health administration at California State University in Los …
BEAUMONT, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named David Ummel as the new executive director of Calder Woods, a seniors housing community in Beaumont. Ummel joins Buckner Retirement Services, the operator of Calder Woods, after 13 years working for Buckner Children and Family Services and Buckner church/ministry engagement. This position marks Ummel’s first job in the senior living industry. Calder Woods’ previous executive director, Shane Gabis, stepped down in June 2021 to attend to family matters. Ummel’s roles with Buckner Children and Family Services also included senior executive director for …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — LeadingAge Florida, a Tallahassee-based branch of the nonprofit industry organization, has elected Bruce Jones as its new board chair during the association’s convention in Orlando. Jones is the CEO of Vicar’s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach. In addition to serving in multiple leadership roles for the association, he also serves on the board of directors of the St. John’s County Council on Aging and is chair-elect of the Brooks College of Health Dean’s Council at the University of North Florida. He is a fellow of both the …
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Integral Senior Living (ISL), a Carlsbad-based operator, has taken over management of six senior living communities in Indiana and Michigan. The company also named Adam Parton as regional vice president of operations and Brandy Ross as regional director of sales and management. Parton joins the ISL team with a decade of experience in senior living operations management, particularly in the Midwest. He is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator in three states. Ross is an industry veteran with years of experience growing and managing senior living communities across …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Shelly Stewart-Girton as vice president of marketing for the mountain region. She will have principal responsibility over marketing and strategic solutions for the Cadence Living managed communities in Colorado. Stewart-Girton brings over 25 years of sales, real estate and nursing experience to Cadence, including over 10 years in the senior living Industry managing healthcare services and driving sales and marketing. She has served as a director of sales and marketing for Avenida Partners, MorningStar Senior Living and Brookdale Senior Living. Based in Scottsdale, …
SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has promoted James Brassard to executive director of Pelican Landing Assisted Living and Memory Care in Sebastian. The former executive director, Michelle Miller, was recently promoted to regional director of clinical operations. Brassard joined the Watercrest family in 2019 as director of sales at Palm Bay Memory Care, and was later promoted to executive director there. Brassard has extensive expertise in senior living start-ups and turn-around communities. A recipient of the FALA Sales and Marketing Director of the Year award, he has multi-site …
EAST AMHERST, N.Y. — Sunshine Retirement Living has hired Marion “Mimi” Piciullo as the new executive director of Juniper Glen Assisted Living and Memory Care in the Buffalo suburb of East Amherst. Piciullo is responsible for all day-to-day management and operations of the community, including financials, marketing, government and community relations. She will also oversee all health and safety programs, including new heightened procedures and protocols to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 infection, which includes a pioneering technology called Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization that eliminates 99.4 percent of the SARS-COVID-2 virus that …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living has hired three new leadership team members to oversee the operations at Commonwealth’s portfolio of communities in the Northern, Southwest and Eastern/Peninsula regions. Monet Morris has been named senior regional vice president and both Victoria Leitgeb and Rebecca Sturtz have been named regional vice presidents. Morris has over 10 years of experience in the assisted living, personal care, and hospital industries. She is a licensed Assisted Living Administrator, LPN and has a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration. She most recently served as market vice …
ATLANTA — Isaakson Living has hired Brandon O’Ree as the new executive director of The Terraces at Peachtree Hills Place, an assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation community in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead neighborhood. O’Ree will be responsible for daily operations, including management, staffing and regulatory compliance of the 85-unit community. O’Ree has previously led teams at continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and senior healthcare facilities throughout the Southeast, including recently directing the daily operations for three properties encompassing 111 independent living apartments, 131 assisted living apartments and …
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Discovery Senior Living, an owner-operator based in Bonita Springs, has appointed Akash Gaur as the first-ever division president to head up Discovery Development Group and Discovery Design Concepts, the senior living provider’s in-house development, construction and design companies. Gaur brings more than 20 years of real estate development and leadership experience. He has directed a wide range of commercial, mixed-use and hospitality projects on behalf of prominent, Atlanta-based development groups. He most recently served as director of development for Legacy Ventures, a post he occupied since …