Opening Session, 8:30 – 10:00 A.M.
Town Hall
Alyssa Odegaard, VP of Public Policy, LeadingAge Washington
Ruth Katz, Senior VP of Public Policy/Advocacy, LeadingAge
Special Session, 10:15 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
Amy Abbott, Director, Residential Care Services
SESSION 1, 10:15 – 11:15 A.M.
Deep Dive: Elevating Your Dining
Scott Daniels, CEC, CAA, AAC, VP Culinary Operations, 3rdPlus/Culinary Coach
Operational Solutions to Ignite Strong Performance
Robert Frediani, Senior Living Operations Consultant, & Martin Yanushev, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen
Making Outcomes a Priority: A Generational Approach
Melissa Brandt, Clinical Outcomes Specialist, Functional Pathways
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: Use of Psychedelics in Senior Living and Care
Pamela Kaufmann, Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP
Gabriela Sanchez, Shareholder, Lane Powell PC
Just Around the Corner: Senior Living Development Meets Horizontal Mixed-use
Ray Yancey, Principal, & Nick Carpenter, Architect/Design Lead, LRS Architects, Inc.
Repositioning A Community To Lay The Foundation For A Successful Expansion
Derek Dunham, VP Client Services, Varsity
John Bassounas, Partner, Varsity + WildFig
Session 2, 11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Workforce Innovation: Attracting, Recruiting, and Retaining Talent in Nonprofits
James Munn & Martin Yanushev, Principals, CliftonLarsonAllen
Data + Technology + Boosted Resident Engagement
Emily Steedman, Area Director, Consonus Healthcare
Utilizing Pharmacogenomics (PGx) to Improve Patient Care in Long-Term Care Facilities
Quinne Feng, Chief Scientific Officer/Co-Founder, & Blake Crockett, Director of Sales and Business Development, FidaLab
A Rainbow of Brain Colors- Helping Senior Leaders Effectively Communicate to Reach The Pot of Gold!!
Ingrid Provident, Education Specialist, Select Rehabilitation
Employee Financial Wellness and the Employee Experience
Robert Moore, Director of Training, Time Equipment Company
De-Mystifying Senior Living Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions and Affiliations
Mary Munoz, Senior Managing Director, & Dan Revie, Managing Director, Ziegler
BREAKFAST SESSIONS, 7:00 – 8:00 A.M.
Navigating L&I: The Benefits of Light Duty Return to Work and Kept on Salary
Scott Dehem, VP of Claims, & Monica Padgett, Claims Consultant, Group Retro
How the Living Building Challenge Enriches Lives of Residents using Biophilic design
JP Emery, Principal, Kristel Knight, Senior Associate, & Alissa Brandt, VP of Interiors, Ankrom Moisan Architects
QEX: Quality Employee Experience – The Modern Approach to Employee-centric Benefits
Jennifer Ortmeyer, Senior VP, & Lauren Fortin, Advisor, Employee Benefits, HUB International
How HRS/Premier Can Help Your Organization Reduce Costs
Emily Hughes, Area VP, & Autumn Morrow, Regional Manager, HRS/Premier
KEYNOTE, 8:15 – 9:15 A.M.
Leading and Living Through Your Values
Denise Boudreau, President, DRIVE
SESSION 3, 9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
Everybody Sells! How to Create a Culture That Supports Selling at Every Level
Cynthia Thurlow, Principal, Don Warfield, VP Account Services/Sales Coach, & Scott Daniels, VP Culinary Operations, 3rdPlus/3rdThird
Do You Know Your Care Margin and the Three Reasons it Matters?
Kevin McNamara, Regional VP of Operations, & Jonathan Free, Regional Nurse Consultant, Aidan Health Services
The Impact of Leading & Living Through Your Values
Denise Boudreau, President, DRIVE
Avoiding and Responding To Debt-Related Financial Stress
Gregory Blonde & Patricia Eichar, Partners, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Sarkis Garabedian, Managing Director, & Daren Bell, Director, Ziegler
Enhancing Engagement and Building Community Across the Aging Lifespan
Kyle Rand, CoFounder-CEO, Rendever
Eric Portnoff, Regional Director of Wellness Programming, MBK Senior Living
Fixed Assets 101: You Can Predict the Future
Doug McMillan, President, zumBrunnen, Inc.
DEEP DIVE SESSIONS, 10:45 A.M. – 12:45 P.M.
An End-of-Life Trained Doula in Every Senior Care Community: Bring Death Back Home
Bonnie Blachly, President, & Kathleen Putnam, Treasurer, Gentle Passage Doula Collective
Kathy Bates, Founder, Compassionate End of Life Doula
Colleen Hewes, EOL Doula
Maureen Kures, EOL Doula
From Master Plan to Reality – Assembling the Right Team to Execute Your Organization’s Vision
Dean Kelly, Principal Architect, Rice Fergus Miller, Architects, Interiors, & Master Planning
Bryan Haakenson, Principal, GLY Construction
Sarkis Garabedian, Managing Director, & Daren Bell, Director, Ziegler
Lisa Hardy, President/CEO, Emerald Communities
Racism, Ego and Humility – My Best Friend is Black
Steve Moran, Publisher, Senior Living Foresight
Cultivating a Culture of Excellence: Building Leaders and Empowering Employees
Karen Brandt, VP of People, Transforming Age
Gary Jacobs, Executive Director, & Anthony Milionta, Human Resources Director, Parkshore
SESSION 4, 2:45 – 3:45 P.M.
Creative Ways to Recruit and Retain Qualified Employees in a Hiring Crisis
Cynthia Thurlow, Principal, Derek Dujardin, Creative Director, & Paige Morin, Assistant Account Executive, 3rdPlus/3rdThird
Darcie Bagott, Program Specialist, WSU Granger Cobb Institute
The Data Driven Aging Services Organization: Best practices and Applications
Derek Dunham, VP Client Services, Varsity
John Bassounas, Partner, Varsity + WildFig
Maximize your ROI through Spatial Efficiencies
Mike Garrett, Associate Principal, Gabbert Architects Planners
The Partner You Didn’t Know You Needed on the Yellow Brick Road to Readiness
Onora Lien, Executive Director, & Susan Koppelmann, Director of Preparedness and Response, Northwest Healthcare Response Network
Expanding Beyond the Restraints of an Ordinary Retirement Community
Jennifer Fleming, Principal, Interior Designer NCIDQ, Rice Fergus Miller, Architects, Interiors, & Master Planning
Kevin McFeely, President/CEO, Eliseo
Marc Steleski, Senior Project Manager, Walsh Construction
David Knight, Senior Housing Executive and Consultant, GSI Research and Consulting
Breathe Easier: Lower Resident Care Costs and Increase Staff Retention with Improved Indoor Air Quality
Joe He, Director of Platform, & Jessie Perez, Co-Founder and COO, Violett
DEEP DIVE SESSIONS, 8:15 – 10:15 A.M.
Staffing Issues: Innovative Solutions in Long Term Care
Aysha Kuhlor, Chief Clinical Advisor, Institute of Post Acute Care (InsPAC)
Kristina Walker, Owner, Walker Consulting and Resources LLC
Five Languages of Appreciation
Dave Foltz, Retired Administrator, Rhythm Senior Living Consulting
Hot Legal Topics & Updates for Senior Living and Long Term Care
Carin Marney, Shareholder, Lane Powell
SESSION 5, 10:30 – 11:30 A.M.
Compassion Fatigue – The Gateway to Staff Burnout
Melonie Tindall, Owner/Founder, America’s Dementia Coach
SNF Medicaid Rates, How They Work and What’s Coming
Peter Graham, Chief, Office of Rates Management, ALTSA/DSHS
Bill Ulrich, Consultant, Consolidated Billing
David Carter, Director Health Care Finance and Policy, LeadingAge Washington
Practical Tips for Psychotropic Gradual Dose Reduction
Keilana Fisher, Pharmacist Consultant, Consonus Healthcare
Cybersecurity 101: Legal Obligations for Healthcare Organizations and Senior Living Facilities
Brandon Pond & Romaine Marshall, Shareholders, Polsinelli
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