CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Mirador, a continuing care retirment community in Corpus Christi, has hired Chuck Childress as executive director to succeed Deborah Nugent, who is retiring after serving 13 years at the helm. Mirador is part of the Methodist Retirement Communities (MRC), a not-for-profit service ministry that provides seniors housing and healthcare services in Texas to about 2,000 residents. His first day on the job was Sept. 30.
Childress previously worked for MRC, serving on the organization’s central support services team, initially as senior vice president of operations before being promoted to chief operating officer. He eventually left MRC to explore a completely different industry in early 2018, taking on the role of chief operating officer for a manufacturing company.
Before his work as a member of MRC’s corporate team, Childress served as the executive director at MRC PineCrest in Lufkin, Texas, about 120 miles northeast of Houston.
Childress graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social work from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, and went on to receive a master’s degree in social work from the University of Houston. He is also a licensed nursing home administrator with a long-term care administration post-master’s certificate and a licensed social worker.