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 …
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 …
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, …
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. — Acts Retirement-Life Communities, a nonprofit operator based in Fort Washington, has named Dr. Gene Lammers to its board of directors. Lammers will also serve on the board of Westminster Village, an Acts affiliate community in Spanish Fort, Alabama. Lammers currently serves as medical director at Mercy LIFE of Alabama. He is also an adjunct clinical professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He has previously served as medical director of the Center for Geriatric Medicine at Indiana University Health, and has …
PHILADELPHIA — Pennrose, a Philadelphia-based developer developer of multifamily properties including seniors housing, has promoted Patrick Stewart to regional vice president of the Maryland region. Stewart will assume responsibilities for the region following the recently announced promotion of Ivy Dench-Carter to senior vice president for development. Stewart joined Pennrose in 2013 and has since served in Pennrose’s Baltimore office, most recently as a senior developer. He has been active in all facets of the real estate development process, including financial analysis; feasibility; assembling and leading the development team; securing entitlements; …
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Claiborne Senior Living has hired Cory Rogers and Amber Thomas to its corporate management team. Rogers assumes the role of regional director of operations and is responsible for communities in Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana. He comes to Claiborne from a seven-year stint with Enlivant Senior Living, where he oversaw management of 12 to 16 assisted living communities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Thomas joins the team as regional nurse consultant with nearly a decade of management experience in the healthcare field. Prior to joining Claiborne, she served …
MADISON, Wis. — Erdman, a Madison-based development and consulting firm serving the healthcare and seniors housing industries, has promoted Rustin Becker from president and chief operating officer to president and CEO. Becker replaces Brian Happ, who will assume the chairman role for the company as part of a planned leadership transition.
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN), one of the largest post-acute care providers in the United States, has announced the retirement of George Hager as CEO and director. The Genesis board of directors has appointed the company’s current chairman, Robert “Bob” Fish, as Hager’s replacement. He will remain chairman of the board. Fish has a long history with Genesis and its predecessor companies, Genesis HealthCare Corp. and Genesis Health Ventures Inc. He has served on its current board since 2013 when he joined Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. as …
IRVINE, Calif. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) has appointed Ann Kono to its board of directors. Kono currently serves as the chief executive officer of Leda Advisory Group, a management consulting firm she founded in January 2019 that partners with startup companies to advise on growth and scale. Prior to founding Leda, she spent 11 years at Ares Management Corp., where she held the position of chief information and risk officer overseeing operational, investment and enterprise risks. Kono also serves on the board of directors of Stable …
PHILADELPHIA — Pennrose, a Philadelphia-based developer, has promoted Amon Martin to regional vice president of the Southeast, following the recent announcement of the retirement of Mark Straub. Martin joined Pennrose in 2016 as senior developer. He has led the Atlanta office for Pennrose and contributed to the execution and growth of Pennrose’s development pipeline within the Southeastern U.S., including all aspects of the real estate development process from initial conception through construction, lease-up and stabilized occupancy or sale. Martin brings over 20 years of experience in market-rate and affordable apartments, …