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Green House Project hires McLaughlin as coach

Ann McLaughlin in November joined The Green House Project as a project coach. McLaughlin is a licensed nursing home administrator with a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. She has worked in several eldercare communities in Minnesota and as a researcher probing racial disparities in the…
Grigg appointed CEO of 18 skilled nursing facilities in NY, MI

Susan Grigg, RN, BSN, LNHA, has been appointed CEO of an 18-building skilled nursing and rehabilitation enterprise that spans New York state and Michigan. In the new role, Grigg will manage the overall operations and ensure regulatory compliance for the McGuire Group, VestraCare and RCA Healthcare Management/Absolut Care. The three portfolios include 4,200 healthcare professionals…
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society elects Schema president, CEO

Nathan Schema has been elected the new president and CEO of the South Dakota-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the nation’s largest non-profit provider of senior care and services. Schema began his long-term care career 15 years ago as an administrator-in-training in Mountain Lake, MN. Since 2010, he has risen from a nursing home administrator…
Vincentian appoints Owrey president and CEO

Pennsylvania’s Vincentian has appointed Dean Owrey the organization’s president and CEO effective Nov. 1. Owrey joined the Vincentian team in February 2020 as chief financial officer and spearheaded a digital transformation of finance tools for the not-for-profit health care and human services organization. He has more than 30 years of strategic leadership experience. Owrey was…
LeadingAge PA appoints Bertolette interim CEO

LeadingAge PA announced Oct. 12 that Robert Bertolette, recently retired president and CEO of Riddle Village retirement community, has been appointed interim president and CEO effective Nov. 1. The board’s appointment follows the decision by Adam Marles’ to step down. LeadingAge PS is conducting a search for a permanent CEO. Bertolette spent 25 years with…
Susan Anderson joins FHCA as government affairs director

The Florida Health Care Association announced that Susan E. Anderson has joined the team as Director of Government Affairs. Anderson will work with Senior Director of Government Affairs/Chief Lobbyist Toby Philpot to advance the association’s legislative agenda. She’ll also support members with regulatory compliance and liaison with the agencies providing state and federal oversight of…
LeadingAge Florida names Lisa Smith nursing home public policy director

LeadingAge Florida has hired Lisa Smith as director of nursing home public policy. Smith comes to LeadingAge from the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration, where, for the last three years, she served as bureau chief of Medicaid program finance and its $34.4 billion budget. Florida has the fifth most nursing homes of all U.S.…
ACHCA names former chairman Lane new president and CEO

Robert “Bob” Lane has been named the next president and CEO of the American College of Health Care Administrators, the association announced Wednesday. The appointment becomes effective Sept. 7.