CHARLESTON, S.C. — Harmony Senior Services, a Charleston-based operator, has hired Steve Martin as chief operations officer and Margaret Cabell as chief sales and marketing officer. Martin has 33 years of experience in seniors housing. He started in skilled nursing and moved into assisted living in 1993, working with major senior living organizations such as Atria, Merrill Gardens and Horizon Bay. Most recently he spent 19 years with Brookdale Senior Living as the senior vice president of regional operations with oversight of 90 communities in Florida and Georgia. Martin earned …
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WINDSOR, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living has promoted Matt Stevenson to chief operating officer. Stevenson served as senior vice president of operations since joining Oakmont Management Group in 2018. Before joining Oakmont, he was vice president of operations for Belmont Village Senior Living. Stevenson has more than 14 years of experience in the senior living space, managing communities across multiple states. His experience includes operations management, financial analysis, strategic planning, project management, oversight of new development and the integration of technology platforms. Windsor-based Oakmont has been in growth mode since …
WINDSOR, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living, a Windsor-based operator, has named Mandy Curtis as vice president of health services. In this new role, Curtis will ensure quality of care for residents. Curtis has experience both as a clinician and an administrator, having served across a spectrum of healthcare industries including acute and critical care, skilled nursing, long-term care, seniors housing and home care. Before joining Oakmont, she was corporate director of health services for Seasons Living, a multi-state owner-operator of seniors housing communities. Curtis earned her master’s degree in nursing …
PHILADELPHIA — Pennrose, a Philadelphia-based developer and operator of multifamily properties including seniors housing, has hired Michelle Militello as vice president of asset management. Militello will focus on the financial performance and value of the Pennrose portfolio. She will be responsible for analyzing, measuring and reporting on property financial metrics. For the past 10 years, Militello served as vice president of tax credit equity investments for Bank of America, where she was the senior asset manager responsible for approximately 50 direct LIHTC investments. Her 20-plus years of industry experience also …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH), a D.C-based senior living investment and development firm, has appointed Edie Empirio as principal of operations, a newly created role within the firm. With more than two decades of senior living experience, Empirio has held positions with increasing responsibilities for several senior living operators in the United States. Prior to joining Capitol Seniors Housing, Empirio served as senior vice president of operations at Chelsea Senior Living. She was responsible for the oversight and support of all 21 communities in the Chelsea portfolio. She …
FORT LEE, N.J. — CareOne has hired Dr. Amina Ahmed as the company’s new chief medical officer. Ahmed, a board certified internal medicine physician, served most recently as the chief of hospitalist medicine and post-acute care for Summit Medical. In her role at CareOne, Ahmed will lead and develop clinical systems, infrastructure and protocols to support CareOne’s entire network of services. Additionally she will oversee the development of the company’s physician enterprise and Clinician Integrated Network. Headquartered in Fort Lee, CareOne has 55 centers throughout New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut …
American House Hires Schekesia Meadough as Vice President of Quality, Clinical Operations
by Jeff Shaw
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — American House Senior Living Communities, a Southfield-based operator, has hired Schekesia Meadough for the newly created role of vice president of quality and clinical operations. Meadough is responsible for the creation and implementation of nursing care and wellness strategies, policies, processes and programs across American House’s portfolio of more than 60 communities in five states. Prior to joining American House, Meadough served as the vice president of health and wellness LaSalle Group. She has served in leadership and nursing roles over the past 20 years. Her prior assignments …
CHICAGO — Pathway to Living, a Chicago-based developer, owner and operator, has hired Mike Ulm as vice president of culture and brand loyalty. Ulm will be responsible for evolving and maintaining Pathway’s philosophy, culture and internal branding through the support, coaching and ongoing training of all team members. He will establish standardized tools to recruit, train, support, recognize and promote model. Ulm will also develop and implement customer loyalty programs. Ulm brings more than 30 years of experience in seniors housing. He recently ran an independent consultancy focused on improving …
LADERA RANCH, Calif. — Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust Inc., a public, non-traded REIT sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC, has promoted Michael Crear to chief financial officer. In his new role, Crear is responsible for the implementation of accounting and financial management policies, as well as the Ladera Ranch-based company’s SEC and regulatory reporting. Previously, he served as vice president and controller of the REIT. Crear will continue to serve as vice president of accounting for the company’s sponsor, SmartStop Asset Management. Prior to joining the SmartStop family …
DENVER — Spectrum Retirement Communities has hired John Holcomb as medical advisor. In his role at Denver-based Spectrum, Holcomb will review and provide recommendations on all resident care policies and procedures and providing insight and expertise on resident care, safety, injury prevention and emergency preparedness programs. Holcomb is an internationally known trauma and acute care surgeon. He is a retired U.S. Army colonel, and has received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma Resuscitation Science from the American Heart Association, the United States Special Operations Command Medal, and the Service Award …