PEOPLE AND PLACES


Hickory, N.C. -based ALG Senior, LLC’s chief of staff Joseph Souma Joseph, Sr., has been named to the North Carolina Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging. The council ad- vises, studies, and makes recommendations to the governor and secretary of health and human services aimed at improving human services to the elderly, including need for new programs and scope of services.


Jennifer Underwood, COO at Salisbury, Md. -based APPI Energy, has joined the national board of The Energy Professionals Associ- ation (TEPA). TEPA is a nonprofit organi- zation providing professional development, advocacy, and networking opportunities for its national membership base.


CHI Living Communities, based in Oregon, Ohio, has named Prentice O. Lipsey its pres- ident and CEO. Lipsey has been interim president, senior vice president of operations, and executive director of the organization’s largest campus—St. Leonard, in the Dayton, Ohio area. He has nearly 20 years of senior health care leadership experience, including at Wexner Heritage Village, Kindred Gate- way Hospital-Stratford, and UC Health Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care. Lipsey has been a fellow with the Ameri- can College of Healthcare Executives and a member of the National Association of Health Service Executives for over 20 years and has been appointed to the American Health Association’s Post-Acute Care Com- mittee. He has a bachelor of science in allied health professions from the Ohio State Uni- versity, a master’s in health administration from Xavier University, and a post-graduate degree specialization in change management from Cornell University.


Integral Senior Living, based in Carlsbad, Calif., has been named one of the top 12 places to work in the San Diego County area. The award is presented based on an anonymous employee survey that gathers responses regarding issues relating to work- place culture, including work-life balance, opportunity for growth and great manage- ment. Also at Integral, Lori Silinskie has been named regional vice president of operations. Working in both public and private organiza- tions for more than 30 years, Silinskie has led


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and managed senior living portfolios as large as 7,000 units and a quarter-billion dollars in annual revenue.


Enlivant, based in Chicago, has become the first senior living provider to earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management for its entire portfolio of 215 senior living communities, according to International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The WELL Health-Safe- ty Rating is an evidence-based, third-par- ty verified rating for all new and existing building and space types focusing on op- erational policies and maintenance proto- cols for health and safety challenges during COVID-19 and beyond.


kari thurlow


After a search process led by its board and mem- bers, LeadingAge Minne- sota, based in St. Paul, Minn., has selected Kari Thurlow as its new presi- dent and CEO. For the


past 40 years, the organization was led by Gayle Kvenvold, who is retiring. Thurlow previously served as the senior vice presi- dent of advocacy at LeadingAge Minneso- ta, for 15 years.


diane schwartz


Life Care Services, based in Des Moines, Iowa, has named Diane Schwartz marketing director at its Sagewood community, in Phoenix. Sagewood maintains a 95 percent


reserved occupancy. Schwartz helped launch and was sales and marketing director at Mi- rabella at ASU, a retirement experience on Arizona State University’s campus.


Lifespace Communities, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, announced that Crystal Fos- ter, environmental services associates at its Beacon Hill community, in Lombard, Ill., has earned UMF Corp.’s National Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award. The award “acknowledges the invaluable contribution of the unsung heroes staffing environmen- tal services (EVS) departments in healthcare facilities across the country” in keeping peo- ple safe and communities in compliance.


IN MEMORIAM


SEN. JOHNNY ISAKSON, A GREAT SUPPORTER OF SENIORS


Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson, statesman, distinguished public servant, and tremendous


supporter of seniors, passed away in December 2021.


Sen. Isakson was a consistent and highly effective advocate for our nation’s elders and the senior living model of care. Through his long-time service on the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committees as well as his career in the House of Representatives, Sen. Isakson was one of the foremost experts on senior issues. In addition to his enthusiastic advocacy for the options presented by assisted, memory care and independent living communities, he was also very supportive of the role of state governments in regulating and working with providers to expand the opportunity for seniors to live in these settings.


Argentum extends our sympathy to family and his many House and Senate colleagues who had the honor of serving with him over the years.


In addition at Beacon Hill, Lifespace has named Dan Bannon executive director. He most recently served as executive director for Marian Village and Franciscan Village in the Chicago area.


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