Paula O’Neill is the new executive director at Blakehurst Senior Living in Towson, MD.

She was previously the administrator and executive director at Lutheran VIllage at Miller’s Grant in Ellicott city, MD. O’Neill also has served as the head of Maryland Masonic Homes, a life plan community in Hunt Valley, MD.

She also has worked as an assistant administrator at Oakcrest and as an administrator-in-training at another life plan community.

O’Neill has been on the board of LeadingAge Maryland and is the past president of Masonic Communities and Services Association. Her volunteer activities include helping at a no-kill animal shelter.

She completed her bachelor’s and master’s at Notre Dame of Maryland University. She lives in Finksburg, MD.