Danette Opaczewski is the EVP, Resident Experience and COO of Revel Communities, an independent living brand developed by The Wolff Company. After an extensive career in hospitality, Opaczewski joined Revel in January 2020 and has overall responsibility for the operations and financial performance of the management company. Through the Changemakers series, Opaczewski talks about her […]

The Northbridge Companies CEO Jim Coughlin and President Wendy Nowokunski founded the organization on the principle of doing well by doing good. And through much change over the last 30 years, they have remained true to that intention. Through the Changemakers series, Coughlin and Nowokunski talk about the key lessons they’ve learned throughout decades in […]

For over 20 years, Jesse Marinko has worked in the senior housing industry, holding multiple positions with major brands such as Sunrise and Benchmark before launching Phoenix Senior Living in 2014. Through the Changemakers series, Marinko shares his journey of growing Phoenix to a portfolio of 63 communities in the southeastern U.S. Marinko describes the […]

Changemaker Dale Watchowski has more than 30 years of real estate expertise in both local and national platforms, with a diverse background in acquisitions, development, capital markets and operations. He has also held senior management positions at some of the nation’s largest financial institutions including Travelers/Citigroup, HSBC, and J.P. Morgan Chase, and he currently serves […]

In more than a decade leading 2Life Communities, Amy Schectman has worked to create a vibrant strategic plan, created a quasi-endowment to support agency innovation, built and nurtured an effective team at all levels of the organization, and launched an aggressive expansion campaign to fill the gaps in the senior housing affordability marketplace. Through the […]

Jane Arthur Roslovic has been in the real estate development and investment business since the mid-80’s and has been a managing member of Treplus Communities since 2012. She and her siblings started Treplus’ active adult product after having been in the market-rate multifamily business. Under her leadership, Treplus has focused on meeting the needs of […]

Bryan McCaleb is the President of Sagora Senior Living, an organization focused on serving residents, meeting their needs, and exceeding their wants with exceptional residential alternatives for seniors. Through the Changemakers series, McCaleb shares insight into his organization’s team member-focused mantra and how it has enabled Sagora to scale in a competitive senior housing landscape. […]

Over the course of three decades in the senior living industry, Joel Nelson has witnessed — and driven — many changes. Rising through the ranks at LCS, one of the nation’s largest senior living organizations, Nelson played a key role in starting the company’s real estate business. As president and CEO of LCS, he now […]

Founder, Chairman and CEO Tom Grape has led Benchmark Senior Living and its more than 6,300 associates to achieve over $2.5 billion in company value and $570 million in annual revenue. Under his leadership, Benchmark leverages the power of human connection to transform lives at every stage of life. Through the Changemakers series, Grape shares […]

Tana Gall has followed a distinct path in her decades-long senior living career. From rising through the ranks at Leisure Care, she went on to lead Merrill Gardens as the operator’s president. She next became an entrepreneur and founded a senior living consultancy before taking on the CEO position at Blue Harbor, ultimately returning to […]