McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards winners take center stage
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2024
CHICAGO — A sold-out crowd celebrated the second class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards winners in a lively spring event that combined networking with unabashed appreciation for some of the aging services...
Wendella “Wendy” Blackman carries the weight of responsibility in her heart. As the director of Reflections memory care program at senior living community The Bristal at North Woodmere, NY, the residents...
Orah Burack diligently works out of the spotlight, keeping her head down and her mind focused on improving care and conditions throughout long-term care. Her work as a senior research associate at The...
Improving the delivery of quality care in behavioral health programs has been a priority for Jessica Fear for more than a quarter of a century. Fear advocates for the use of data to inform and identify...
Meet Kurt Merkelz, MD, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 09, 2024
Kurt Merkelz, MD, led the recent standardization of best practices throughout Compassus through the development of tools and procedures built into the organization’s interoperability platform. This effort...
Sheila M. Davis is, by numerous measures, an exemplary employee and motivator. She also is, according to close colleagues, knowledgeable in “all things regulatory.”
Jamie Dlatt joined Legacy Healthcare in September 2008 as a facility administrator and quickly rose through the ranks to roles such as chief compliance officer and vice president of operations before strutting...
Esmerelda Lee emigrated from South Africa during apartheid, planning to study medicine in the United States. What she may not have expected was that her model of steadfast leadership and commitment to...
It would be impossible to list all of the legislative wins Clif Porter II has achieved throughout his career.
Meet Mark Baiada, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Inspiration’ honoree
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 03, 2024
What does it feel like to give away $20 million? Mark Baiada, founder and chairman of the Board at BAYADA Home Health Care, knows because that’s what he did six years ago.