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Watercrest Senior Living Group Hires Alexander Powell as Executive Director of Community in East Lake, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

EAST LAKE, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has hired Alexander Powell as executive director of Market Street Memory Care Residence East Lake. Located in the Tampa suburb of East Lake, the community is a 64-unit memory care community. Powell has served as a sales director and executive director in The Villages in Central Florida. With an MBA from Saint Leo University, Powell had plans to pursue a legal career. But, as the eldest son of a pastor and nurse, he felt a passion for community service. After caring for …

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Greystone Hires Karen Ford as Vice President for FHA Lending

by Jeff Shaw

NEW YORK CITY — Greystone, a New York-based commercial real estate finance company, has hired Karen Ford as a vice president on the FHA lending team. Based in Mississippi, Ford will serve with Lisa Anderson, managing director for FHA lending. She will report to Field Springer, head of operations, FHA multifamily lending at Greystone. Ford has worked in the FHA multifamily and healthcare loan industry for over 30 years. Prior to joining Greystone, she served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Love Funding. She also previously served …

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LCS Promotes Zane Bennett to Director of Business Development

by Jeff Shaw

DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS, a Des Moines-based developer, owner and operator, has promoted Zane Bennett to director of business development. He joins Joe Weisenburger and Ross Nichols, two recent additions to the company’s business development team. Bennett starts his new role on Oct. 1 and will work with Weisenburger to grow top-line revenue for Life Care Services, the management business line in the LCS Family of Companies. Most recently, Bennett served as executive director for Plantation Village in Wilmington, North Carolina. Under his leadership, the organization has grown its …

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ER Senior Management CEO Chris Coates Announces Retirement, Brian Dowd to Take Reins

by Jeff Shaw

ABILENE, Texas — Chris Coates, president and CEO of Abilene-based ER Senior Management, has retired from his position. Coates will continue to be a principal and board member in the Evergreen Cos. going forward. Brian Dowd is to take over as CEO in addition to his current responsibilities as COO and CFO. “I have every confidence in Brian taking the reins from here and I look forward to seeing the continuous growth of ER Senior Management,” says Coates, who founded the senior living management company with Dowd in 2010. ER …

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LCS Development Promotes Four as Part of Growth Plan

by Jeff Shaw

DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS Development, the senior living development company of Des Moines-based LCS, is reorganizing the business line to accelerate its growth strategy and maximize its real estate and development experience. LCS hired Chuck Murphy last year to provide strategy and performance oversight of the LCS Development and LCS Real Estate business lines for parent company LCS. The following individuals have now been promoted to help to lead the effort: Tom Mathisen to senior vice president/managing director – development Jason Jorgenson to senior vice president/managing director – development …

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Grace Management Hires Ashlea Smalley as National Director of Life Enrichment, Memory Care

by Jeff Shaw

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Grace Management, a Maple Grove-based operator, has hired Ashlea Smalley as national director of life enrichment and memory care. Smalley will provide support, inspiration and training for life enrichment and memory care to all of Grace Management’s senior living communities throughout the country. Smalley has worked in the senior living industry for 15 years in skilled nursing, primarily within memory care. In addition to her work in senior living, she has also taught as an adjunct professor at Northern Illinois University and Benedictine University in their …

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Cadence Living Hires Sloane Buchanan as Regional Vice President of Operations for West Region

by Jeff Shaw

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Sloane Buchanan as vice president of operations for the West region. Buchanan will have principal responsibility over operations of the Cadence Living managed communities in Southern California. Buchanan has been in senior living for eight years after a successful career in university enrollment and a five-year stint in the U.S. Army. Before Joining Cadence, she served in both regional operations and regional sales roles with Frontier Management. She also held operational roles with Holiday Retirement, Brookdale and Prestige Care, as well as owning …

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Berkadia Hires Stephanie Anderson as Head of Seniors Housing, Healthcare Operations

by Jeff Shaw

BOSTON — Berkadia has hired Stephanie Anderson as senior vice president and head of Berkadia’s seniors housing and healthcare operations. Anderson will work alongside head of FHA and Berkadia’s seniors housing finance, Steve Ervin. She will be based out of Boston. Prior to Berkadia, Anderson served as the national sales director for Housing & Healthcare Finance. She has held executive-level roles with Health Care REIT (now known as Welltower), GE Healthcare Finance and Ventas. She has been on the board of Genesis as well as both the American Seniors Housing …

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IMPACT Strategies Promotes Teresa Whittaker to CFO, Scott Manning to Director of Construction Operations

by Jeff Shaw

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. — IMPACT Strategies has promoted Teresa Whittaker to chief financial officer and Scott Manning to director of construction operations. Whittaker will execute IMPACT’s financial strategic initiatives, develop long-term financial goals and play an integral role in driving the success of IMPACT by monitoring financial performance. In this role, Whittaker will continue to lead IMPACT’s accounting team and human resources operations, identify critical trends and develop new company best practices, projections and solutions. Whittaker received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Robert Morris College and worked in the …

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Anthem Names Theresa Bigalk as Executive Director of Cascade Creek in Rochester, Minnesota

by Jeff Shaw

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Athem Memory Care has named Theresa Bigalk as executive director of Cascade Creek, a new Anthem Memory Care community scheduled to open this summer in Rochester. She will oversee all daily operations and care at the community. Bigalk most recently was operations manager for Jaybird Senior Living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her two decades of experience also include serving as a senior living operations executive and director of social services throughout Minnesota. Bigalk received a bachelor’s degree in social work degree from Winona State University.

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