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Charter Senior Living taps regional director

Naperville, Illinois-based Charter Senior Living recently announced the promotion of Christy Mink as regional director of operations.

In the role, Mink will be responsible for talent management, strategic planning and day-to-day operations of 10 communities in Tennessee and five communities in Kentucky. She previously served as operations specialist for the company.

Mink previously worked in various leadership roles, including executive director and business office manager for Senior Lifestyle and Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD).

Charter owns, develops and manages 40 senior living communities across the country.

Pegasus Senior Living community brings on sales director

Parmer Woods of North Austin, a Pegasus Senior Living community, recently welcomed Yvette Guerrero as sales director.

Guerrero brings “many years” of customer services, sales and marketing experience to Pegasus Senior Living, a news release announcing her hiring states, having also worked four years previously in senior living as a sales and marketing director with work in IL, AL, memory care and active adult communities.

Civitas Senior Living community onboards new director

Cambridge Court, a senior living community in Mesquite, Texas, recently named Carrie Bell as executive director.

Bell started at Cambridge Court in April 2018 as the Business Office Manager. In July 2021, Bell was executive director of another Civitas Senior Living community before returning to Cambridge Court earlier this fall.

Buckner Retirement Services welcomes new director

Nonprofit senior living community Calder Woods recently named Aaron Ortego as executive director, with outgoing executive director David Ummel to take the same role at a sister community.

Ortego comes to the community with an extensive care career behind him. He previously served as CEO for Autism Services of Southwest Louisiana and Direct Care Inc. He’s also worked as an administrative director of nursing of psychiatric services for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, corporate director of nursing for Guarding Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and director of nursing for Pathway Management where he served at Grand Cove Nursing and Rehabilitation and Landmark of Lake Charles.

Calder Woods is a life plan community in Beaumont, Texas and is located on a 17-acre campus of the Buckner Retirement Services company.

GreenFields of Geneva welcomes life enrichment manager

GreenFields of Geneva in Geneva, Illinois recently welcomed Kaitlyn Melendy as life enrichment manager.

Melendy helps residents by providing opportunities to pursue active and engaged lifestyles.

The community offers IL, AL, memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services.

12 Oaks Senior Living promotes consultant to VP

12 Oaks Senior Living, a senior living management company based in Dallas, Texas, recently promoted Eilleen Aldridge to vice president of 12 Oaks Solutions Consulting.

In the role, she will be responsible for managing a team of consultants and setting the strategic direction for the division.

Aldridge brings more than 20 years of management, operations and team-building experience to her new role. She joined 12 Oaks Senior Living in 1999 and has served in various roles since that time.

Ingleside life plan community names director

Senior living provider Ingleside recently named Jason Basile as executive director of Ingleside at Rock Creek, a life plan community in Washington, D.C.

The life plan community is one of three nonprofit communities operated by Ingleside.

Basile has more than a decade of senior living experience, working in health care administration and serving in multiple executive leadership roles. He previously worked as the executive director for the Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina – Columbia.