Senior Living Professional

CARY, N.C.—Waltonwood Ashburn, a luxury, family-owned senior living community, has named Tracy Philemon as its new independent living manager. Philemon has a decade of experience in the industry and roots within the local community. She began in the industry in 2010 as business development manager responsible for the operations of eight communities. Since then, she…

VERO BEACH, Fla.—Watercrest Senior Living Group celebrates the growth of their leadership team with Shannan Rhodes as sales specialist, supporting sales and marketing leadership for all senior living communities owned and operated by Watercrest Senior Living Group. Rhodes initially joined the Watercrest family in February of 2020, but the following year of pandemic-related travel regulations and healthcare restrictions…

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.—Evonne Schlobohm has been named community relations director for Cascade Creek, a new Anthem memory care community scheduled to open this summer in Rochester, Minn. In this capacity, she will be responsible for community outreach and marketing. Cascade Creek is located at 3530 Fairway Ridge Lane SW, Rochester. Schlobohm most recently was sales…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Solvere Living, a senior living and active adult management company, has promoted Nicole Passaro, RN, CDP to senior wellness director at The Cabana at Jensen Dunes in Jensen Beach, Fla., a Solvere managed community. In her new role, she will support and mentor the community wellness director by recommending staffing alignments and other…

ST. CHARLES, Mo.—Missouri-based Arrow Senior Living has announced 21 promotions in 2021, growing in nearly every department and expanding its executive leadership team. Among those shifting to more senior roles are: Cassie Tweten, chief sales officer Justin Ladd, vice president of operations Rob Cain, vice president of compliance Hollie Walker, vice president of marketing Julie…

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.—Theresa Bigalk has been named executive director of Cascade Creek, a new Anthem Memory Care community scheduled to open this summer in Rochester, Minn. In this capacity, she will oversee all daily operations and care at the community. Bigalk most recently was operations manager for Jaybird Senior Living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her…

DALLAS—Ensuring residents have been well cared for, safe, healthy and engaged throughout the pandemic, Belmont Village Turtle Creek’s Karisti Julia has received the TALA Hero award from the Texas Assisted Living Association (TALA), for outstanding achievement in sales and marketing. “We are so proud of Karisti and our entire staff, who put rigorous safety measures in place during…

WALTHAM, Mass.—Bridges® by EPOCH at Hingham has named Shari Flight senior advisor. She is responsible for all aspects of internal and external sales as well as outreach within the community. Previously, she was Bridges by EPOCH at Hingham’s life enrichment director. During this time, she supported the previous senior advisor in guiding families in the…