Brightview Senior Living President and CEO Doug Dollenberg, Jr. believes change is inevitable — and necessary. Dollenberg, who took the reins last year after previous CEO Marilynn Duker stepped back from her role to serve as co-chairperson, is laser-focused in 2023 on improvement at the company’s 46 communities. Through the Changemakers series, Dollenberg talks about […]

Radiant Senior Living Chief Operating Officer and Co-Owner Jodi Guffee is proud of her time in the senior living industry, even though she has in the past worried that she didn’t belong there.  Yet she has proven herself a leader and a disruptor and then some, from developing employee “care plans” to spearheading CRM research […]

Commonwealth Senior Living CEO Earl Parker joined the industry almost three decades ago. Needless to say, he’s seen a lot of change in that time. With the pandemic’s impact fresh in mind, Parker is leading changes in 2023 related to getting back to pre-Covid brand standards for the company’s 37 communities. Central to that effort […]

Rod Burkett, is the Chairman of Gardant Management Solutions, an Illinois-based senior living provider. Gardant is the 25th largest senior living operator in the country with 54 communities and over 2,300 employees. Through the Changemaker series, Burkett talks about his background in senior living and the ways in which Gardant is advancing operations and care […]

The baby boomers are coming, and Trilogy CEO Leigh Ann Barney is focused on how best to serve them. Change is at the center of those efforts. While Covid has already brought plenty of change to the senior living industry, Barney believes there is more on the way around building a new customer experience for […]

In the early days of 2018, Sarabeth Hanson made the jump from Chief Financial Officer to CEO of Harbor Retirement Associates, a senior living operator based in Vero Beach, Florida. With a 36-community portfolio that spans 14 states, HRA has in recent months made waves with new social media marketing strategies and its Taste of […]

Dan Madsen is the chairman and CEO of Leisure Care, a senior living operator that has in recent years refocused its paradigm of aging and revamped its online presence to signal that it is ready to meet the needs of current and future residents. Madsen began his journey in the senior living industry in the […]

Doris-Ellie Sullivan is President of Retirement Unlimited, Inc., a senior living operator with a 21-community portfolio in Virginia and Florida. She came to the senior living industry by way of the U.S. Armed Services where she was a nurse. Her history of service and dedication to those who need help have guided her throughout her […]

Sevy Petras, is the CEO of Priority Life Care, an Indiana-based senior living provider offering IL, AL and MC services with an emphasis on finding ways to offer affordable living options for all older adults. With over two decades of senior living and finance experience, Petras set out to build a platform focused on providing […]

Fee Stubblefield is the Founder and CEO of The Springs Living. In his capacity as CEO, Stubblefield has been a catalyst for change by building new innovations into the company’s designs and operations while applying lessons learned during the pandemic. Through the Changemakers series, Stubblefield discusses the steps he has taken to lead The Springs […]