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Argentum’s Women in Leadership initiative, first announced in October 2018, is designed to celebrate the contributions women have made to the senior living industry and to create a pathway to the future by forming opportunities for more women to attain leadership and executive-level positions.
At this moment, senior living is uniquely positioned to cultivate its majority-female workforce with targeted recruitment; clear equity and inclusion policies; and a culture that welcomes, celebrates, and supports women at all levels.”
The senior living workforce is overwhelmingly female; women account for 4 out of 5 of the industry’s employees. Women also account for nearly 70% of those holding management jobs overall. This contrasts with the total U.S. labor force, where women hold 56% of all management jobs.
At the CEO level, the industry is on par with national ratios—17.5% of CEOs at the largest 115 senior living provider companies are women, while across the U.S., the number of female CEOs sits at 16%.
Many women have served as founding industry pioneers and have risen to C-Suite positions in senior living, but the industry can do better. Through the Women in Leadership initiative, Argentum is leveraging the compelling evidence for why greater gender diversity is needed and addressing the issue on an industry-wide level.
Shaping the initiative’s mission and vision, a new Women in Leadership steering committee has convened, comprised of two dozen women pioneers and leaders in the industry.
The Path ForwardThe Women in Leadership steering committee has developed four pillars that will focus on education, support, celebration, and measurement in order to reach the goals of creating and sustaining a supportive community of current and future leaders; growing the industry’s female workforce; increasing the number of women recruited and promoted to executive leadership and board positions; and promoting the senior living industry overall.
A roadmap to success for the Women in Leadership initiative is available in Argentum’s new white paper, The Path Forward: Impacting the Future of Women in Senior Living, that details the critical need for this initiative.
DALLAS—Pegasus Senior Living is welcoming Dr. Sandra Petersen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, PMHNP-BE, FAANP to its health and wellness team. Dr. Petersen comes from an extensive background in the medical and healthcare fields. She has authored on various topics relating to systems thinking, assisted living, memory care, hospice, home care, psychiatric nursing, primary care, medical…
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla.—Discovery Senior Living has announced the hiring of Jolene Moore as new assistant vice president of resident experience. Moore joins Discovery following five years at Chicago-based Vi, where she served as corporate director of lifestyles. The position underscores Discovery Senior Living efforts to further enhance its lifestyle and care services by imparting industry-leading optionality, flexibility, and choice…
VERO BEACH, Fla.—Watercrest Senior Living Group announces Joy Patterson as executive director of Watercrest Fort Mill Assisted Living and Memory Care in Fort Mill-Indian Land, S.C. Watercrest Fort Mill is a 107-unit resort-style senior living community currently under construction by Shiel Sexton and scheduled to welcome residents this spring. Patterson joined Watercrest Senior Living Group in early 2019,…
CHICAGO—Leading national developer, owner and operator of high-end continuing care retirement communities Vi has announced that senior VP of human resources, learning and organizational development Judy Whitcomb has been named one of Crain’s Chicago Business 2020 “Notable Leaders in HR.” The list celebrates top Chicago area HR executives for their success and accomplishments over the last 18…
TUCSON, Ariz.—As Watermark Retirement Communities continues to grow, a destination marketing executive has come aboard in the newly-created position of public relations manager. Watermark officials say Vicki Doyle’s appointment is part of their focus on conveying how the company transforms lives through its signature engagement programs and extraordinary communities where residents thrive. Vicki Doyle most…
CHARLESTON, S.C.—Harmony Senior Services has appointed Margaret Cabell as the company’s chief sales and marketing officer. Cabell is a 15-year veteran in the senior living industry. She started her professional career as a programs director with American Retirement Corporation and enjoyed several years as an executive director. She was promoted through Brookdale to a regional director of…
CHICAGO—Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) announced that Carey Shea Roberts will join the company as executive vice president, general counsel and ethics and compliance officer, during the first quarter of 2020. In this role, Roberts will lead the company’s legal, compliance and enterprise risk management functions, reporting to Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas chairman and CEO. Roberts succeeds…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH), a leading senior living investment and development firm, has appointed Edie Empirio as principal, operations, a newly created role within the firm. With more than two decades of senior living experience, Empirio has held positions with increasing responsibilities for several top-tier senior living operators in the United States. “Edie’s operational…
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