On June 30, Seniors Housing Business hosted a panel discussion called “Active Adult — How to Define It and Where is the Industry’s Hottest Segment Trending?” Experts from the seniors housing industry joined to talk about what makes active adult/55+ market a large and quickly growing segment. Click to watch to this engaging webinar. “Adult children are big influencers in the decision to move to active adult living. Also, seniors are looking to sell their home and take that equity and travel. They are looking to rightsize, not necessarily downsizing,” points …
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Lutheran Social Ministries of Maryland Hires Anne Kempsell as Vice President of Sales, Marketing
by Jeff Shaw
WESTMINSTER, Md. — Lutheran Social Ministries of Maryland Inc. (LSMMD) has named Anne Kempsell as vice president of sales and marketing. LSMMD is a faith-based organization created in 2018 to serve as the parent organization of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, Maryland, and The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant in Ellicott City, Maryland. Kempsell oversees, directs and manages LSMMD’s marketing and communications efforts. She oversees a team of six. For almost two decades Kempsell has worked in the senior living industry. She has served in …
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Claiborne Senior Living has appointed Dan Hutson to the newly created position of vice president of marketing. Hutson brings more than 30 years of marketing and communications experience to the Hattiesburg-based company, which owns and operates independent, assisted living and memory care communities throughout the Southeast. Hutson previously served as chief strategy officer at HumanGood, then the country’s seventh-largest nonprofit operator of senior living communities. As CSO, he was responsible for strategic planning, sales and marketing, corporate communications, and innovation and experience design. He managed the introduction …
Liberty Senior Living Names Judi Donovan as Executive Director of CCRC Under Construction in Charlotte
by Jeff Shaw
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Liberty Senior Living has named Judi Donovan as executive director for The Barclay at SouthPark, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) currently under construction in Charlotte. Donovan brings 17 years of senior living experience to the role. She will oversee daily operations of the community, which will feature 165 independent living apartments and all levels of care, including assisted living, memory support, skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation. The Barclay is scheduled to open in SouthPark, a neighborhood approximately six miles south of downtown Charlotte, in early 2021. …
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — David Jones, Kendal Corp.’s vice president for development, will retire June 26 after 27 years with the organization. Since joining Kendal in 1992, Jones has collaborated with executive directors, affiliate boards of directors and staff throughout the Kendal system. The nonprofit owner-operator is based in Kennett Square. During Jones’s tenure, Kendal added 11 new affiliates in seven states. He has served as project leader for the design and construction of several Kendal communities and has overseen renovations and expansions on many Kendal campuses. Over the past …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired David Haack as chief marketing officer. Haack has over 27 years of experience in sales and marketing in the senior living and healthcare industries. Most recently, he was executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Living Care Lifestyles. Previous employers include Mercury Pharmacy Services, Emeritus and Sun Healthcare Group. Based in Scottsdale, Cadence Living is currently developing, owns and/or operates communities throughout the South and West.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living has hired Michelle Hamilton as senior vice president of operations. Hamilton previously served as senior vice president of asset management healthcare for Colony Capital-sponsored NorthStar HealthCare Income. She began her career at Country Meadows Retirement Communities as an executive director and assumed additional roles and responsibilities throughout her tenure, which led her to the positions of senior vice president of operations and chief of senior living operations of the company, serving in that capacity until 2018. Since that time, she worked for The Arbor …
DHG Healthcare Promotes Kevin Locke to Managing Principal, Replacing Retiring Brad Benton
by Jeff Shaw
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — DHG Healthcare, the national healthcare practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, has hired Kevin Locke as managing principal. Locke succeeds Brad Benton, who is retiring. Locke was admitted to the DHG partnership in 2010 with the merger of the boutique strategy firm Charis Healthcare, which he co-founded. He is a healthcare strategist with executive experience in both strategic business planning and execution of implementation frameworks for academic medical centers, complex health systems and large physician enterprises. Most recently, Locke served as DHG Healthcare’s transformational solutions leader and …
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Argentum has announced the inaugural cohort for LEAD, the organization’s leadership development program for the senior living industry. The 27 professionals selected, representing 14 senior living owners and operators, will participate in a series of networking and training opportunities, culminating at the 2021 Senior Living Executive Conference. Connecting the program to real-time industry imperatives, LEAD participants will complete projects on critical topics related to COVID-19 and the its future impact, such as emergency preparedness for the next pandemic, ramping up telehealth and creative staffing solutions. The cohort’s …
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Senior living furniture specialist H Contract has reorganized its sales management, marketing and product development operations. Mark Craven was hired for the new position of vice president of sales and merchandising. Craven served in executive positions for senior living specialist Fairfield Chair for over 12 years before joining Martinsville-based H Contract’s parent company, Hooker Furniture, in 2018. Craven will oversee a sales organization comprising 26 sales territories and will work with the company’s customer base, including interior designers, senior living communities and commercial furniture retailers.