Prime Care Technologies has appointed Debi Damas senior director of its product management team, where she will contribute her post-acute care and regulatory expertise to the development of the company’s SaaS solutions. For the past 28 years, Damas has served in leadership roles in clinical services and product management for LTPAC organizations looking to increase…
Jennifer LaForest has been named director of business development at the Acacia Health Center at Sagewood, a Phoenix life plan community. With more than 20 years of experience in the retirement community and skilled nursing industry, LaForest previously was the campus director of admissions and marketing at Springsdale Village in Mesa, AZ. Prior to that,…
SLIB, a leader in the seniors housing transaction market, has announced Steve Gilleland as its new chief development officer. In this role, Gilleland will focus on business development and client outreach and participate in the company’s strategic planning. “Steve’s long-standing relationship with SLIB goes back almost to the company’s creation in 1997, and over that…
Grace Ferri has been named chief marketing officer for United Hebrew of New Rochelle in New York’s Westchester County. Ferri, a 26-year healthcare veteran, most recently served as vice president of marketing and development for United Hebrew. In her new role, Ferri is responsible for overseeing the fundraising and marketing for United Hebrew while serving…
Kathy Cavers has been appointed president and CEO of Lutheran Home & Harwood Place, which together offer independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and more in Milwaukee, WI. She will succeed Scott McFadden, who is retiring. Cavers has been the administrator and chief operating officer of the Lutheran Home for the past…
Mary Franklin has been promoted to the associate executive director of the HealthPark Life Plan community of Cypress Cove. Franklin joined Cypress Cove as director of resident services six years ago. In her new position, she will continue her leadership role with resident service functions and assume oversight for Cypress Cove’s three health service communities.…
Greystone announced that Donika Schnell has joined as a managing director based in Los Angeles. In her role at Greystone, Schnell will be working closely with healthcare facility owners to provide them with debt and other capital solutions, including bridge financing, FHA loans, agency loans and JV equity. Schnell has managed healthcare lending portfolios collectively…
Philosophy Care Centers has named Natasha Islam administrator of its Phoenix Center for Rehabilitation and Pediatrics in Haskell, NJ. Islam most recently led Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabiltation in New York, from 2016 to 2019. Previously, she was administrator at Little Neck Care Center, also in New York, for a year. She started…
John Koene has joined HJ Sims as Managing Director of the Private Client Group for the firm’s northeast complex. This includes the Iselin, NJ and Fairfield, CT offices. Koene attended University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He lives in Brielle, NJ with his wife and three daughters.
Steven Swain has been named chief financial officer and executive vice president at Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living. He is expected to start on Sept. 4 and will succeed the company’s current interim CFO, Teresa Sparks. In his new role, Swain will be responsible for the company’s finance, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, market…
