The candidate was named Chief Executive Officer for Sunrise Senior Living in April 2014.  He joined Sunrise in 2013 as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for all Sunrise community operations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as sales, resident care and programming, development, facilities management (including capital expenditures and interior design), dining and human resources for the organization. Before joining Sunrise, the candidate served nearly nine years as Chief Executive Officer of MedQuest, Inc., a leading operator of independent, fixed-site, outpatient diagnostic imaging centers in the United States. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Mariner Health Care, Inc., which operated skilled nursing facilities, assisted living and long-term acute care hospitals. Prior to that role, the candidate was the Chief Operating Officer at Integrated Health Services, where he helped pioneer the sub-acute care sector. He was responsible for all of the facility and ancillary service operations. Before that, the candidate held management positions within specialty and rehabilitation hospitals. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University.

A top senior living services provider, Sunrise Senior Living operates some 300 assisted living communities with some 30,000 units across the US and into Canada and the UK. Sunrise owns outright or has an interest in half of the facilities and manages the rest for third parties under long-term contracts. The company’s communities offer a range of care for their residents; some provide opportunities for independent living, while others offer special care for Alzheimer’s patients or skilled nursing care. Sunrise is majority owned (76%) by Canadian care provider Revera.

Candidate ID: 68488