ARGENTUM SENIOR LIVING EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE HERO AWARDS GALA DINNER


Award winning journalist Joan Lunden served as the master of ceremonies for the Hero Awards Gala Dinner at the conference where Argentum presented six Hero Awards, the Senior Living Community Leadership Award, and a Distinguished Service Award.


Thanks to Hero Awards Gala Dinner presenting sponsor, Benchmark Senior Living.


HERO AWARDS


The Argentum Hero Awards recognize individuals who are ideal representatives of the hundreds of thousands of people serving in the senior living field. Nominated by company executives and executive directors of senior living communities, these individuals represent the highest levels of excellence, caring, and dedication in senior living. This year, six awardees were recognized for championing quality of life for the residents they serve and for embracing a resident-centered philosophy:


“A once in a lifetime opportunity that I will


always treasure!” —2017 Hero, Tonia Gonzales, life engagement manager,


Autumn Leaves of Cypresswood


PATRICIA GATEWOOD, resident care partner, Preston Place, an Enlivant community in Sherman, Texas


TONIA GONZALES, life engagement manager, Autumn Leaves of Cypresswood, a LaSalle Group community in Spring, Texas


DENA LOFTON, director of health & wellness, Lake Howard Heights, a Senior Lifestyle Corp. community in Winter Haven, Fla.


STEPHANIE POLLARD, cottage care coordinator, Spring Arbor of Kinston, an HHHunt community in Kinston, N.C.


REGINA RICE, wellness nurse, Brookdale Edgewood, a Brookdale community in Edgewood, Ky.


STEPHEN VENUTI, harbor care director, Plymouth Crossings, a Benchmark Senior Living community in Plymouth, Mass.


18 SENIOR LIVING EXECUTIVE / ISSUE 3 2017


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