DALLAS — Sentrics, a Dallas-based seniors housing technology firm, has added Sarah Thomas to its advisory council. A global aging expert, Thomas brings nearly 20 years of knowledge transforming the aging experience to the council, which provides the Sentrics management team guidance and insights about the trends impacting the services and care of senior living. Thomas’ technology perspective is shaped by her experience helping some of the largest senior living companies develop and implement strategic change management initiatives and innovative human potential products. Combining corporate, entrepreneurial and consulting experience with …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Singh, a seniors housing developer operating under the Waltonwood brand, has promoted Eric Davis to executive director of Waltonwood Cotswold in Charlotte. Davis brings with him nearly 10 years of experience to his new role. He began his work with the Waltonwood organization in 2015 as a third-shift wellness nurse. During his time with the community, Davis was promoted to the position of assisted living wellness coordinator, which allowed him to work directly with residents and their family members. In 2019 he was promoted to the associate …
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE: LTC), a real estate investment trust that invests in seniors housing and healthcare properties, has elected Cornelia Cheng as a new member of the board of directors effective April 1. The move increases the total number of directors from five to six, 50 percent of whom are women, and independent directors from four to five. Cheng, 53, brings over 20 years of corporate finance, acquisitions, capital markets, recapitalization, REIT financings and talent management experience. She is currently managing director of investments for …
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Discovery Senior Living, an owner-operator based in Bonita Springs, has hired Hilary Bullard as the first-ever president of its Morada Senior Living brand. Bullard brings more than 15 years of experience managing seniors and multifamily housing assets for some of the industry’s most prominent investors. She most recently served as vice president of seniors housing asset management for Healthpeak Properties, a post she occupied since 2019. Bullard began her career with J.P. Morgan where she oversaw top-tier and middle-market seniors housing communities across multiple states. She …
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has hired C. Lamar Seats as senior vice president of FHA production. In this role, Seats will oversee origination teams at Greystone handling multifamily, affordable housing and construction finance via HUD-insured programs, including for seniors housing. Seats joins Greystone from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he served as deputy assistant secretary of multifamily housing programs for three years, overseeing $21 billion in production in fiscal year2020. He was previously a managing director at M&T Realty Capital Corp. and served as CEO …
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — American House Senior Living Communities, a Southfield-based operator, has hired Mary Anderson for the role of chief human resources officer. Anderson will also serve as the chief human resources officer for affiliated companies REDICO and Continuum Services. Anderson is responsible for the creation and implementation of human resource strategies, policies, and programs across American House’s portfolio of more than 50 communities in five states. Anderson has 32 years of experience in the field of human resources and organization development. Her prior assignments have included three of the …
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Spellman Brady & Co., a St. Louis-based interior design firm specializing in seniors housing, has hired AshLee Snyder as a senior designer. Snyder earned her bachelor’s degree in interior design at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In addition to her formal education, she has earned certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council (LEED AP ID+C) and the Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) and is a professional member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). Snyder brings over 13 years of professional interior design experience …
OAK LAWN, Ill. — Anthem Memory Care has named Allison Rackow as executive director of Grace Point Place, an Anthem community in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. Rackow previously was executive director at nearby Sunrise Senior Living of Palos Park. She has also served as associate executive director for Sunrise at Fountain Square as well as executive director at ResCare Premier. Rackow earned her master’s degree in social work from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a bachelor’s degree in social work from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living, a Scottsdale-based owner-operator, has hired Tracey Harvey as vice president of marketing and strategic planning for the Northwest region. Harvey will have principal responsibility for marketing strategy of Cadence’s growing portfolio of senior living communities in the Northwest, including the launch of Cadence at Kent-Meridian in the Seattle area. Harvey has spent over 15 years in senior living. Before joining Cadence, she was the director of community solutions with Seattle-based Living Care Lifestyles. Harvey is a national presenter at aspirational conferences that specialize in improving …
BETHESDA, Md. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has hired Dana Wade as chief production officer for all Federal Housing Administration-backed loan originations through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). She will also be responsible for helping drive the company’s affordable housing financing activities. Wade previously served as the commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which financed a total of over 11,000 rental properties and 3,000 mortgages for residential care facilities and hospitals during fiscal year 2020. In her role at the FHA, she was responsible for …