Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Mary Sue Patchett
Past Chair Emeritus
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Steve Benjamin
Chief Executive Officer
Inspired Living​
Justin Hutchens
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Executive Vice President, Senior Housing and Chief Investment Officer, Ventas
Krone Weidler
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Principal
Cadre Healthcare Realty Advisors
Shelley Esden
Past Chair
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Distinctive Living​
Executive Committee
Melinda Skirvin
Past Chair
Vice President
Five Star Senior Living
Lindsey Hacker
Treasurer
EVP and CFO Inspired Living
CEO ProVisio
Finance Committee Chair
Gail Matillo
Ex-Officio
President and CEO
Florida Senior Living Association
Joe Jedlowski
Board Chair
President
Distinctive Senior Living
Shelley Esden
Past Chair
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Distinctive Living
Greg Roderick
Vice Chair
CEO
Frontier Management, LLC
Robin Khanal
Parliamentarian
Partner, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
Page Ensor
Secretary
Regional VP of Operations Brookdale Senior Living
Gwen Thibault
FSLI Chair
Divisional Vice President
Legend Senior Living
Board Members
Matt Deponbrock
IP Committee Chair
Dir of Business Development Guardian Pharmacy
Pilar Carvajal
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CEO and Founder
Innovation Senior Living
Yunia Gonzalez
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RVP FL/GA/AL
Atria Senior Living
Michelle Pierce
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Principal
Providence One Partners
Joe Signore
Regulatory Committee
President
Tapestry Senior Living
Marisa Strain, RN
Education Committee Chair
Chief Clinical Officer
SRI Management
Tara Clayton, Esq.
Regulatory Committee
Senior Vice President
Marsh Senior Living & LTC Practice
John Moschner
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CEO
Sencare/Grand Villas
Abbey Rocco
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Vice President of Sales
Nona Scientific
Doris-Ellie Sullivan​
President/CEO
Retirement Unlimited Inc.
Damon Thomas
Membership
Committee Co-Chair
Senior Vice President of Operations
Providence Senior Living
Javier Espinosa
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Executive Director
Merrill Gardens at Solivita
David Nussbaum
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Senior Vice President
Belmont Village
Diana Saxton
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Regional Director
Senior Lifestyle Corporation
J.D. Swanson
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Propel Insurance
Heidi Kuchenbacker
Membership
Committee Co-Chair
Honu Kai Consulting
Ben Gelhaus
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Vice President
Welltower Inc.
Sevy Petras
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CEO
Priority Life Care
Bill Sciortino
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COO
Discovery Senior Living
Veronica Yestrumskas
Area Mgr.
Harbor Retirement Associates
Alternate Board Members
Melissa Bonilla
Community Relations Outreach
Belmont Village Senior Living
Dawn Platt
National Director of Memory Care; Discovery Senior Living
Amanda Thorson
Vice President Clinical Operations
Tapestry Senior Living
Erica Gullette
Sales Executive
Propel Insurance
Jenny Phillips
Regional Director of Operations and Sales
Priority Life Care
Jennifer Mann-Paguio, MHRM
Regional HR Business Partner
Brookdale Senior Living
Susan Snyder
Executive Director
Belmont Village Senior Living
Melissa Rogers
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Regional Director Clinical Services
Discovery Senior Living
Michele Thompson​
COO
Retirement Unlimited, Inc.