Acts Retirement-Life Communities, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit senior living organizations, updated its executive leadership team on Jan. 1. Karen I. Christiansen, an Acts employee since 1996, has been appointed president. She was most recently executive vice president and chief financial officer. During her tenure, Acts has experienced substantial growth and been recognized for…
Vincentian Collaborative System, a not-for-profit healthcare and human services organization, has named Dean Owrey chief financial officer. Owrey has more than 30 years’ experience in financial leadership in Western Pennsylvania. He most recently served as vice president and chief financial officer for UPMC Enterprises and UPMC Corporate Services. At UPMC, Owrey led the adoption of…
Diane Herndon has been named executive director of Forest Ridge Senior Living in Woodland Park, CO. Herndon has a bachelor’s degree in social work and is certified as a nursing home administrator. She now oversees the 80-bed nursing home, which has a 5-star rating. In addition to long-term care, Forest Ridge offers memory care and…
The New Jewish Home, a comprehensive healthcare system serving older New Yorkers, has appointed new administrators at two of its two skilled nursing facilities. Sandra Mundy, a nursing home administrator who previously led the Sarah Neuman campus in Westchester, took over operations at the organization’s Manhattan campus. And Laurence “Larry” Abrams now will now lead…
After 12 years of service at Westbury Medical Care and Rehab, Jennifer Vasil has been named administrator of the Jackson, GA, facility. Vasil graduated from nearby Jackson High School in 2003, and she earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgia College and State University. After a stint as an emergency room nurse, she started…
Net Health has appointed Josh Pickus chief executive officer. Anthony Sanzo, who served as Net Health’s CEO since 2012, becomes executive chairman as part of the planned transition. Pickus will lead Net Health through its next stage of growth as a leader in cloud-based solutions for healthcare providers in more than 14,000 specialty medical settings,…
Friendship, a senior living and rehabilitation company based in Roanoke, VA, has promoted Chuck Flynn to administrator of Friendship Health and Rehab Center North. Flynn had been administrator for Friendship Assisted Living since April 2018. In that time, he helped oversee the renovation of the building’s lobby, made significant strides in census development, and has…
Long-term care pharmacy executive Michael Hovis, PharmD, has joined Remedi SeniorCare as development progresses on the company’s 13th location. Slated to open in the first quarter of 2020, the 36,000-square-foot pharmacy will dispense Remedi’s proprietary dispensing system, PAXIT®, and will eventually employ more than 200 individuals. As general manager, Hovis will oversee all pharmacy operations…
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…
