Women of Distinction

Jennifer Maina’s successes began early. At her first nursing job in Buffalo, NY, she was promoted from LPN to charge nurse within the first year.

Felichia Fields is credited with brightening up St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, MS, so much so that her nickname is “Sunshine.”

Before she assumed her current post as chief operating officer at Avanti Senior Living, Lori Alford was the COO of Hearthstone Assisted Living.

At only 13 years old, Vanessa Brookes began her commitment to aging services.

Crystal Bowens, Ph.D., has spent more than 15 years caring for patients or residents, first as a nurse and now in a management position.

Editor’s Note: The McKnight’s Long-Term Care NewsDaily Update and McKnight’s Senior Living Daily Briefing e-newsletters are profiling each of the McKnight’s 2019 Women of Distinction in July. For more coverage, visit the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living websites and read the July print edition of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and August print…

Since joining the Ohio Living Breckenridge Village life plan community as the director of life enrichment and cultural arts in 2008, Debora Erksa has created a space for people to learn, grow and be active.

Editor’s Note: The McKnight’s Long-Term Care NewsDaily Update and McKnight’s Senior Living Daily Briefing e-newsletters are profiling each of the McKnight’s 2019 Women of Distinction in July. For more coverage, visit the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living websites and read the July print edition of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and August print…

Pilar Carvajal has more than 20 years of experience in the senior living industry. She began her involvement in the field as CEO at Mia Senior Living Solutions in Miami Beach, FL, where she supervised the development and management of senior living projects.

Rebecca Scott Rawn has been volunteering at senior living communities since she was 12 years old.