McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor gains 20 in 2023

Lois A. Bowers | McKnights Home Care

Twenty women working in senior living, skilled nursing or home care are being announced today as 2023 inductees into the Hall of Honor in the annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program, a joint effort of McKnight’s Home Care and sister brands McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. They will be celebrated May 22 in Chicago at the McKnight’s Women of Distinction and Forum.

The Hall of Honor category honors women who are at a level equivalent to vice president or higher and who have had a significant effect on their organization or industry.

“The judges and those of us at McKnight’s continue to be impressed with the impacts made by Hall of Honor inductees on long-term care in general and on their colleagues, residents, patients and clients in particular. They and the other honorees this year exemplify the passion that makes long-term care special,” McKnight’s Editorial Director, Vice President and Associate Publisher John O’Connor said.

The Hall of Honor inductees for 2023:

LaShuan Bethea, Executive Director, National Center for Assisted Living, ​​Washington, DC

Gale Boice, Chief Financial Officer, Principle LTC, Raleigh, NC

Amy Bucher, Director of Operations, Marquis Companies, Milwaukie, OR

Shelley Esden, President and CEO, Sonata Senior Living, Orlando, FL

Genevieve Gipson, RN, MEd, Director and Founder, National Network of Career Nursing Assistants, Norton, OH

Kirsten Goulde, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Oakmont Management Group, Irvine, CA

Collette Gray, President & CEO, Integral Senior Living and Solstice Senior Living, Carlsbad, CA

Holly Harmon, Senior Vice President, Quality, Regulatory and Clinical Services, American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, Washington, DC

Donna Kelsey, CEO, American Senior Communities, Indianapolis

Cindy Longfellow, Vice President, Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Juniper Communities, Bloomfield, NJ

Patricia Lutzky, Senior Vice President of Independent Living, Peconic Landing, Greenport, NY

Kelly MacNeill-Cooney, MA, CCC-SLP, CHC, President, National Association of Rehab Providers & Agencies, Washington, DC

Aimee Middleton, Vice President, Operations, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, SD

Kimberly Nystrom, President of Skilled Home Health, Elara Caring, Dallas

April Payne, Chief Quality and Regulatory Affairs Officer and Executive Director, Virginia Health Care Association/Virginia Center for Assisted Living, Richmond, VA

Lori Porter, CEO and co-founder, National Association of Health Care Assistants, Carl Junction, MO

Tina Sandri, CEO, Forest Hills of DC, Washington, DC

Jill Sorenson, Senior Vice President/Senior Director of Operations, LCS, Des Moines, IA

Rayvelle Stallings, MD, DABFM, Senior Vice President, Physician Services and Corporate Medical Officer, PruittHealth, Norcross, GA

Shelly Sun, CEO, BrightStar Care, Gurnee, IL