IRVINE, Calif. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) has appointed Clifton J. Porter II to its board of directors. Porter currently serves as senior vice president of the American Healthcare Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), where he is responsible for leading and executing the association’s policy and legislative agenda impacting both the skilled nursing and assisted living sectors. Porter has over 31 years of experience in the long-term care profession, starting in operations as an administrator in training in 1989, ultimately leading to the oversight of multiple …
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MCLEAN, Va. — Sunrise Senior Living has announced the departure of Chris Winkle, the company’s CEO for over six years. The company’s Board of Managers has started a search for a replacement, with Winkle assisting in the efforts. A reason for the move was not disclosed. “This is certainly a bittersweet announcement, but the board and I have mutually agreed the time is right for me to transition from this role,” says Winkle. “I have never had more pride in an organization than I have this past year, seeing Sunrise …
SALT LAKE CITY — The Ridge Senior Living, a Salt Lake City-based operator of three seniors housing communities in Colorado and Utah, has hired Marti DiTaranto as vice president of sales and marketing. DiTaranto will work with The Ridge communities as a primary sales resource to generate move-ins and new leads, and ensure that the sales and marketing process is fully executed. She has worked in the senior living industry for more than a decade at both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Her experience in sales management spans all service levels, …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living has hired Kim Hurt as regional vice president. She will oversee the operations, sales and marketing functions of Commonwealth’s Hampton Roads communities. Hurt previously served as executive director at The Retreat at Fishersville in Fishersville. “Kim brings nearly three decades of experience to Commonwealth and has an extensive resume of senior living operations, compliance, sales and marketing,” says Earl Parker, president and COO of Commonwealth Senior Living. “She is also a Virginia Assisted Living Administrator, Licensed Practical Nurse and licensed preceptor among a lengthy …
DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS has promoted Chris Bird to executive vice president and chief operating officer. As COO, Bird will provide oversight of Life Care Services, CPS, asset management, procurement and onboarding operations at the Des Moines-based family of seniors housing companies. Bird will continue to lead operations, seeking to build community occupancy, foster capital partner relationships and develop new business. With Bird’s promotion, GeLynna Shaw has been promoted from senior director of rental communities to managing director of rental communities. Shaw will oversee all operational execution across the …
NEW YORK CITY — New Senior Investment Group Inc. (NYSE: SNR), a New York City-based seniors housing REIT, has elected Norman Jenkins to its board of directors. Jenkins is president, CEO and managing partner of Capstone Development, a privately held developer of institutional-quality lodging assets. He will serve as an independent director on the board. Prior to founding Capstone in 2009, Jenkins was with Marriott International for 16 years, serving in various leadership positions before being named senior vice president of North American lodging development. His experience also includes five …
Grandbridbge Hires David Rothschild, Mary Christian to Lead West Coast Investment Sales Team
by Jeff Shaw
SAN DIEGO —Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has hired David Rothschild and Mary Christian to lead the company’s new West Coast investment sales team based in San Diego. Both previously with Cushman & Wakefield, Rothschild and Christian focus solely on senior living transactions and have represented sellers of senior living properties across the United States, Canada and the U.K. since 1986. As the leader of the San Diego team, Rothschild oversees financial underwriting of seniors housing properties, targets qualified investors, presents marketing packages to investors, conducts negotiations and leads due diligence …
NEW YORK CITY — Dwight Capital, a private commercial real estate lender based in New York City, has hired Ryan Miles as managing director and chief LEAN/healthcare underwriter. Prior to joining Dwight Capital, Miles was a managing director and chief credit officer for seniors housing and healthcare at Lancaster Pollard, which is now part of the broader lending platform Lument. Miles has over a decade of experience in the commercial real estate finance industry, including credit analysis, underwriting and valuation. He worked in the underwriting department of a low-income housing …
Operators piece together creative solutions to one of the industry’s toughest problems — recruiting and retaining quality employees. By Jeff Shaw Recruiting and retaining quality employees on the front lines remains one of the biggest challenges facing the seniors housing industry today. Argentum estimates the senior living industry will need to fill 1.4 million positions by 2025. The employment landscape in the United States has drastically changed since early this year. The unemployment rate rose 440 basis points to 7.9 percent between September 2019 and September 2020, according to the …
Sunshine Retirement Names Kimberly Boughton Executive Director of Community in Aurora, Colorado
by Jeff Shaw
AURORA, Colo. — Sunshine Retirement Living has named Kimberly Boughton as executive director of Belleview Heights Assisted Living and Memory Care in Aurora. With more than 12 years of experience in the senior living and care industry, Broughton will be responsible for all day-to-day management, including leading the community’s health, safety, and infection prevention programs. Before starting her career in senior care, Broughton worked as an insurance broker. In 2008, she served as a marketing director for a home care company, where she was then promoted to director of operations. …