Pamela B. Klapproth has been appointed Kendal on Hudson’s new CEO / executive director.

Klapproth’s first day at the Sleepy Hollow, NY, continuing care retirement community will be April 1. She succeeds Steve Fishler, who has been the community’s interim executive director since August.

Klapproth has more than 20 years of experience as an executive senior living professional, including positions as CEO/executive director of Covenant Living of Cromwell, Cromwell, CT, and CEO of Fairview, Odd Fellows Home in Groton, CT.

A licensed nursing home administrator, she has an undergraduate degree in business administration (health systems management) from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Hartford. She also has a certificate in long-term care administration from the graduate school of the University of Connecticut.