ON THE MOVE: Recent Personnel Moves in Senior Living
November 7, 2025
Morgan Lamphere has joined Kendal as senior director of communications, marketing, and sales. She leads system-wide marketing initiatives and provides support to individual affiliate marketing, sales, and communications teams. She brings more than 20 years of experience in strategic sales leadership and integrated marketing within the senior living sector.
At The Bristal Assisted Living, Shaina Schwartzberg has been named executive director at The Bristal at Lake Success.
Garrett Griffith has been named community relations director for Anthem Memory Care’s Clear Creek community in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Griffith is responsible for community outreach and marketing at Clear Creek; he was previously account executive for Northwest Home Health in Springdale, Arkansas.
The new regional vice president of sales & marketing at Westmont Living is Susan Bowser; most recently, Bowser had been vice president of sales at Calson Management.
Caroline Ottoviani is now executive director at The Trillium Tysons. She had been most recently the senior executive director at Retirement Unlimited Inc.
Kendal has announced the appointment of Sean Spencer to the role of data analytics scientist. He has extensive experience in data science for various groups within the United States Government; he has worked in intensely secure enclaves and brings that background of security and secure approach to data science to this position.
Anthem Memory Care has named Stephanie McGregor executive director at its Franklin Place community in Franklin, Wisconsin. She was previously ED for Grace Point Place, another Anthem Memory Care community. She also served as executive director for Vitality Living.
Kristine Binette is now vice president of senior living ops at Ascentria Care Alliance; she had previously served as the executive director at The Overlook.
The Carlisle Palm Beach has announced three new leaders: Jillian Castellano is now senior sales and marketing director; Donna Mulligan, is director of sales and marketing; and the new campus executive director is Lisa Davis. Castellano and Mulligan each previously held leadership roles at The Carlisle, while Davis, who has more than 35 years of senior living leadership experience, is new to the community.
Nate Mills has joined Cogir Senior Living as senior vice president of operations – east, according to a LinkedIn post. Prior to joining Cogir, Mills had been senior vice president operations – national brand at Provincial Senior Living.
The Carrollton New Orleans has named Jim Mathews executive director of the Liberty Senior Living-owned and operated senior living community. Mathews brings more than 15 years of leadership experience in healthcare administration to The Carrollton. He has overseen new construction projects, directed behavioral hospital facilities, and managed communities offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.
Jaybird Senior Living has welcomed Kristin Cole as its new corporate director of marketing. Cole brings more than 15 years of marketing and sales leadership experience in healthcare and senior living. Most recently, she served as director of marketing, business development for Curana Health.
Barclay Friends, a Kendal affiliate, has appointed Patti Knowles director of resident engagement, overseeing the development and implementation of person-centered programs designed to enhance the quality of life for all residents. Knowles brings extensive experience in senior services and dementia care to her new position; her career spans over two decades in aging services, including her most recent role as community life and volunteer services manager at The Hickman Personal Care Boarding Home.
April Dietrich has been named community relations director for Chelsea Place, an Anthem Memory Care community in Aurora, Colorado. She is responsible for community outreach and marketing. Dietrich brings more than 12 years of senior living experience to this position, including having previously served as senior sales director for Belleview Heights Retirement and as community relations director for Cadence Senior Living, both in Aurora.