SPOTLIGHT: THE HEART OF SENIOR LIVING
They Go Above and Beyond: Meet the Argentum Honorees of 2019
Award winners D.J. Buff, Hero/Leadership in a Natural Disaster; Penny Smith, Community Leadership Award winner; and Hero Award winners Skip Collins and Lindsay Vayda.
T
he Argentum Hero Awards and Argentum Senior Living Com- munity Leadership Award honor
employees who represent the highest levels of excellence, caring, and dedication. At the 2019 Argentum Senior Living Execu- tive Conference, each was honored with a short video tribute. Kim Campbell, an ad- vocate for eradicating Alzheimer’s disease and widow of Gram my Hall of Fame & award-winning music artist Glen Campbell, helped to present the awards.
50 SENIOR LIVING EXECUTIVE MAY/JUNE 2019
Community Leadership Award Penny Smith, Executive Director Bentley Village, Naples, Fla. Vi
Not long after she started as executive di- rector at Bentley Village in Naples, Fla., Penny Smith was put to the test: Hurricane Irma hit. She and her team were responsi- ble for evacuating nearly 800 residents and finding each person a temporary place to live safely and comfortably as repairs were done to the community.
When she looks back at that time, she
doesn’t dwell on the challenge, but muses with a smile that it was a great chance for
With more than 20 years in senior living, Smith is adept at managing the big picture and the critical details.
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