NEW YORK CITY — Monticello, a New York-based private real estate and asset-based lender, servicer and manager, has hired and appointed Darren Margulis as managing director to oversee its advisory services business unit, which provides lenders and financial institutions custom asset management and special servicing solutions specifically designed for the seniors housing industry. Margulis brings over 25 years of experience to Monticello, including in healthcare and commercial real estate underwriting, portfolio management and investor relations. Prior to his current role, Margulis co-led Formation Capital’s lending group with a primary focus …
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Juniper Communities, a Bloomfield-based operator, has named Casey Tiffany as regional director of operations for Texas and Vickie Stotler-Smith as regional director of sales and program development for the Texas market. This moves are designed to help with the company’s expansion in the Texas marketplace. Tiffany has guided operations in many types of care environments including rehabilitation hospitals; assisted living, memory care, independent living and skilled nursing. Her most recent experience was as a healthcare consultant, managing small, rural assisted living and skilled nursing care locations throughout …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living, a Scottsdale-based operator, has hired Randi Cohen as vice president of media and marketing. Cohen will have principal responsibility for all media and marketing strategy of Cadence’s growing portfolio of senior living communities. Cohen brings over 20 years of marketing experience with the last seven years devoted to healthcare and senior living. Her expertise includes brand strategy and creating growth through omni-channel marketing. Before joining Cadence, Cohen worked at Pasadena, California-based Regency Park Senior Living where she was responsible for all aspects of the company’s …
DALLAS — Buckner Retirement Services, a Dallas-based nonprofit operator, is implementing a series of leadership promotions as part of a long-term strategic plan. The first was for Charlie Wilson, who was promoted from senior vice president to president. Wilson started at Buckner 21 years ago as the director of quality improvement and regulatory compliance. Under his leadership, the nonprofit provider doubled in size, opening two new communities and acquiring a third. Albert Reyes, president/CEO of the parent company Buckner International, retains the chief executive officer role for the retirement division. …
WALTHAM, Mass. — EPOCH Senior Living has promoted Kristine Tilton from an executive director position to vice president of operations for Waterstone Senior Living. Tilton will now be responsible for the operational oversight of all current and future communities. Waltham-based EPOCH Senior Living has operated New England senior living communities since 1997.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Tommy Wood as vice president of operations for the Northwest and Texas regions. Wood will have principal responsibility over operations of Cadence Living communities in Washington, Oregon, Northern California and Texas. He has 32 years of healthcare experience. Before Joining Cadence, Wood was vice president of operations for Maryland-based Meridian Senior Living for their Western division, where he also had responsibility for Northern California and Texas regions. He has also served in various leadership capacities for Horizon Bay Senior Living and Atria Senior …
SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has promoted Michelle Miller to executive director of Pelican Landing Assisted Living and Memory Care in Sebastian. Miller will replace Kim Sviben, who was recently promoted to area director of operations. Miller joined Watercrest in 2019 as assistant executive director of Watercrest St. Lucie West, where she supported community growth and established relationships with her team and resident families. Miller brings 22 years of nursing experience to her role, as well as service in the U.S. Army where she spent four years in …
TAMPA, Fla. — WoodBine Senior Living, a Tampa-based owner-operator, has announced a series of leadership changes. Donna LaRotonda, Chris Behm and Daryl McCombs are the new owners and managing partners of the company. Co-founders and former managing partners, Gloria Brock and Steve Gaylor, are taking on strategic advisory roles while also serving as director of sales and director of development, respectively. LaRotonda is a nine-year employee of WoodBine, having most recently served as senior executive director of Spring Village at Galloway. She has more than two decades of marketing and …
AUSTIN, Texas — CBRE has hired John Sweeny to its Senior Housing Capital Markets team as a senior vice president to focus on investment sales nationally. Based in Austin, Sweeny has more than 15 years of experience in real estate investing and investment banking, specializing in the seniors housing sector, including active adult, independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing assets. Throughout his career, he has been involved in more than $3 billion of senior housing transactions. Sweeny will partner with Aron Will, a vice chairman of seniors …
NEW YORK CITY — Monticello, a capital solutions provider based in New York, has named Ashish Shah to the position of managing director. Shah, who brings over 25 years of experience in healthcare and traditional real estate, will concentrate his efforts on business development, origination, and expanding and bolstering Monticello’s capital and risk management capabilities. Prior to Monticello, Shah co-led Formation Capital’s lending group with a primary focus on business development and capital markets/syndications. He was previously at Oxford Finance and GE Healthcare Financial Services in a variety of business …