Retirement Unlimited, Inc. Promotes Escalera and Galanis

January 15, 2024

ROANOKE, VA — Retirement Unlimited, Inc. has announced via a press release the promotion of Stephen Escalera to chief accounting officer and Colleen Galanis to vice president of budget and financial analysis. These advancements in the finance department come after immense growth for RUI at the end of 2023.

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Escalera has been an RUI team member since 2019 when he took on the position of Controller. Before joining RUI, he held the titles of assistant accounting manager, business manager, and assistant controller. In this new role, Escalera oversees accounting processes including month-end close and the reporting for several Virginia and Florida communities.

Galanis has served with the Brandywine Living company for over 25 years as the director of financial analysis, and she previously held the titles of operations specialist and Medicare operations specialist for other healthcare businesses. Galanis now oversees budgeting along with financial summaries and reporting for all Welltower-owned properties.

For more than 40 years RUI has been owned and operated by the Virginia families of Fralin and Waldron. Led by its third generation of Fralins and second generation of Waldrons, RUI currently has 59 senior living communities across the East Coast with several active development projects. Their communities offer independent living, assisted living, and memory care, as well as a full spectrum of life enrichment programs.