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2Life Communities Names Jeff Sacks as Chairman of the Board

by Jeff Shaw

BOSTON — 2Life Communities, a Boston-based developer, owner and operator, has named Jeff Sacks as the company’s chairman of the board. He replaces Donna Kalikow, who will continue to serve on the board. Sacks, a partner with Nixon Peabody, is a community development attorney who represents for-profit and nonprofit developers of affordable and seniors housing. Through his work with public housing authorities, he has helped to transform outdated public housing projects in the state into vital communities that continue to serve their low-income residents. Sacks served as a commissioner of …

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New Senior Elects Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa to Board of Directors

by Jeff Shaw

NEW YORK CITY — New Senior Investment Group Inc. (NYSE: SNR) has elected Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa as an independent director to the company’s board of directors. “Frances, a seasoned financial services executive and experienced investor, will bring tremendous value to New Senior,” says Susan Givens, president and CEO of New Senior. “She joins the board with extensive experience in real estate, financial services and banking. In addition, her significant public company board expertise will bring additional depth.” Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa is a private investor and was CEO of Banco Itaú International, …

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Blueprint Hires Alex Florea to Lead New Capital Markets Practice

by Jeff Shaw

CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has launched a new capital markets practice, hiring Alex Flora to lead the new department as head of capital markets. The new practice seeks to provide creative debt and equity solutions including capital raising, capital structure advisory and capital markets consulting to the private-pay seniors housing industry. With a decade-long career in the seniors housing industry, Florea has background in capital markets, acquisitions and dispositions at REITs, operators and now a brokerage firm.

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Enquire Adds Craig Riley as Chief Information Security Officer

by Jeff Shaw

DENVER — Enquire, a Denver-based software company offering cloud customer relationship management (CRM), marketing automation and contact center solutions for senior living communities, has hired Craig Riley as chief information security officer. Riley will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive information security strategy and program to ensure that information assets and technologies are appropriately protected. In addition, he will ensure information security risks are identified, evaluated and mitigated; lead efforts to prevent and respond to security incidents; establish standards and controls; manage security technologies; and implement security policies …

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Sentrics Adds Industry Thought Leader Bob Kramer to Advisory Council

by Jeff Shaw

CHICAGO — Sentrics, a Chicago-based technology company serving seniors housing, has added Robert Kramer to its Advisory Council. Kramer is the co-founder and former CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Broadly recognized as one of senior living’s most influential and high-profile thought leaders, Kramer joins a group of leaders providing the Sentrics management team guidance and insight about the trends impacting the services and care in senior living. Kramer, who launched Nexus Insights in 2020, offers new ideas about how to rethink aging and …

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OneDay Technology Platform Hires Allegro Executive Eric Varin

by Jeff Shaw

DALLAS — OneDay, a Dallas-based technology company offering video storytelling within senior living communities, has hired Eric Varin as vice president of client success and Victoria Repice as vice president of product. The company also promoted Deena Naccarella from vice president of finance to chief financial officer and Carter Severns from director of marketing to vice president of marketing. Varin and Repice bring OneDay to 14 new hires in the last year, which are in response to OneDay’s growth. In 2020 alone, the company increased its customer base by more …

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Benchmark Launches Coronavirus Advisory Council with Panel of Public Health Experts

by Jeff Shaw

WALTHAM, Mass. — Benchmark Senior Living, a Waltham-based provider of senior living services in the Northeast, has expanded its team of consulting medical and scientific experts with the creation of the Benchmark Coronavirus Advisory Council. The council will guide the company’s long-term strategy and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The council’s esteemed members include a former U.S. surgeon general, a former secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a nationally known geriatric psychiatrist, a leading infection control preventionist and other experts. “Since the pandemic began, we’ve relied on leading …

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Sabra Health Care REIT Appoints Katie Cusack to Board of Directors

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IRVINE, Calif. — Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA), an Irvine-based investor, has appointed Katie Cusack to its board of directors. Cusack currently serves as chief operating officer of Cornell Capital LLC, a $4 billion private investment firm with offices in New York and Hong Kong. From 2007 to 2020, she served in various capacities at Credit Suisse, including chief operating officer for the investment banking division in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and as the head of ultra-high net worth coverage. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Cusack …

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Sabra Health Care REIT Appoints Michael Costa as Chief Accounting Officer

by Jeff Shaw

IRVINE, Calif. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA), an investor based in Irvine, has appointed Michael Costa to the position of chief accounting officer. He has also been designated by the company’s Board of Directors as the principal accounting officer. Costa currently serves as Sabra’s executive vice president of finance, a position he has held since August 2017. Previously, he held various leadership positions overseeing Sabra’s accounting and finance functions since Sabra’s inception in November 2010. Costa has more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate …

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Ascension Names Rafael Bloise as Chief Medical Officer of Senior Care

by Jeff Shaw

ST. LOUIS — Ascension, a St. Louis-based health system, has named Rafael Bloise as chief medical officer of senior care, including Ascension Living. In this role, Bloise will be responsible for the clinical direction and strategy across Ascension Living, as well as champion the implementation of a national palliative care strategy in partnership with each Ascension acute care market. Bloise comes to Ascension from Mercy Health West Michigan, where he served as the regional medical director of the Palliative and Support Care Program. Bloise is board certified in internal medicine, …

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