KANSAS CITY, Mo. — GlynnDevins, a Kansas City-based marketing firm serving the seniors housing industry, has hired Brad Fuqua as its vice president of market development.
In this new role, Fuqua will be responsible for growing GlynnDevins’ business within the assisted living and memory care space, particularly with for-profit organizations. His hiring coincides with GlynnDevins’ plans to increasingly invest in its data-driven and digital marketing offerings.
Fuqua brings nearly three decades of sales and business development experience to the role, with the last two decades focused exclusively on digital marketing within the senior living industry.
Previously, Fuqua served as the senior vice president of market development at Eldermark Software, a Minnesota-based technology firm that provides electronic health record (EHR) and other technology solutions to the senior living industry. At Eldermark, he was responsible for national account development and the launch of the organization’s web-based CRM and digital marketing solutions.
Fuqua is also a founder of SeniorHousingNet, the first national online senior living directory launched in 1999, where he helped grow the directory to over 3,500 senior living communities nationwide.
Fuqua holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising from Michigan State University. He’s a longtime member of several senior living national trade associations, including LeadingAge, Argentum and the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA).