About the ISL Team:

ISL's senior management team is driven by a group of dedicated, experienced leaders, who draw upon their years of industry experience to create the highest standards in community management. Each has worked for some of the biggest names in the senior industry and now chooses to combine that experience with their own expertise to create a unique management culture that is ISL. Their set of skills and experience are distinctive and when combined create a team that is not only meeting the current needs of clients but exceeding them with passion, innovation and results. In the future, ISL looks forward to continuing on its path of providing exceptional and effective management to the senior communities it serves.

 

Sue Farrow, Chief Executive Officer of Integral Senior Living, has established the highly qualified and experienced ISL management team that she entrusts.

With decades of experience in the senior housing industry much of her experience has been in key leadership positions at senior living companies including Aegis Living, Sunrise Assisted Living and Transamerica Senior Living.

Throughout her career, she has taken an active role as a key participant in the development, start up, marketing and operations within senior living.  Sue is nationally known for her expertise in all phases of operations and her ability to create senior communities that are a success in the minds of residents, staff and owners alike.

Sue sits as a Board Member for the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA). Her education includes a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from National University.


 


Tracee DeGrande, President/Chief Financial Officer of Integral Senior Living, takes it upon herself to share her enthusiasm and love of accounting with everyone on the management team as well as the community leadership teams. She is in charge of ISL's transaction business, and equity funding, as well as corporate finance, operational accounting, contract negotiations, insurance and strategic planning.

Over the course of her career, she has attained more than 26 years of finance experience, with the majority of those years specifically as a CFO in the senior living industry. Her strong industry and professional experience includes tenure at Aegis Living, Regency Pacific, Hillhaven Corporation (now Kindred) and Group Health Cooperative.

Tracee has a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Seattle University. 

Collette Valentine

Collette Valentine, Chief Operating Officer

Collette Valentine joined ISL in October 2010. She possesses experience in both operations and sales and marketing. In her ISL role, she  provides day-to-day operations and marketing oversight for all of the communities ISL currently manages as well as overseeing our new development projects.  She encourages an environment in which team members are promoted for their ability to bring resources and ideas to the team.

Prior to joining ISL, Collette was with Merrill Gardens for four and a half years, serving as Vice President of Operations. Prior to this, she was with Atria Senior Living Group. Throughout her eight year career at Atria/ARV, she held a variety of positions including: Vice President and Regional Director of Operations, Regional Sales and Marketing Director, and Executive Director and Community Sales Director at an Atria community. She began her career with Harrah's Entertainment as a Hotel Sales Manager.

She is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in Business Management.

Suzanne Foley, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, is the pulse behind all areas of human resources and the risk management team for ISL. She brings almost two decades of human resources experience in senior housing to the job everyday and to date has developed policies for more than 100 communities nationwide. She thrives in creating the best working environment for all employees.

Throughout her career, she has developed policies and procedures for 75 assisted living and independent living properties throughout the United States; and provided human resources functions for over 5,000 employees at Sun Healthcare Group. Her talent lies is in her proven success in developing, implementing and conducting human resource best practices and employee training programs. For ISL, she manages worker's compensation claims, employee training, labor relations, insures legal compliance in employee relations and oversees employee benefit programs.

Suzanne is Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certified and holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Management and a Bachelors Degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of New Mexico.


Vince Limburg, Vice President of Finance and Accounting, has more than 17 years of senior living management operations experience and over 10 years in restaurant hospitality and management experience.

In his current role he is responsible for the oversight for all aspects of accounting and financial reporting, including the development of budgets and business analytics to provide the communities with decision making tools.  He is also responsible for the preparation of new development’s proformas.

He holds a bachelors degree in Accounting.


 

Mandy Hampton, Divisional Vice President of Operations, has been with ISL since 2005 and presently oversees 13 different communities. Mandy epitomizes the ISL success-story, climbing from Business Office Director to Executive Director at Murrieta Gardens. She was later promoted again to Executive Director at Whittier Place where she increased census from 68% to 90% in only 7 months, leading to her latest promotion to Regional responsibilities.

Prior to joining ISL, Mandy was Controller for a medical software company overseeing their business office, accounting and human resource functions for 6 ½ years.

Mandy currently holds the California RCFE certification.

Jason Engelhorn

 


Jason Engelhorn, Divisional Vice President of Operations, has more than 14 years experience working in the senior housing industry.

Prior to becoming a licensed RCFE Administrator over 10 years ago, Jason began his career in the senior housing industry as an Activity Director in a skilled nursing facility and then two hospital-based skilled nursing facilities where he also performed social service and discharge planning duties. Venturing into assisted living administration, Jason found immediate success; increasing the occupancy of his first community from 83 to 100% within his first year. Jason has also been a General Manager for Merrill Gardens and an Executive Director for ARV/Atria where his community was honored as the "Best All Around" community out of its 138 community portfolio.

Jason has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Recreation Administration from California State University, Chico.

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Mike Zeug, Regional Vice President of Operations has over 13 years of experience in senior living.

Prior to joining ISL, Mike was with Atria Senior Living for seven years, as Regional Vice President, Senior Executive Director and Executive Director for the company. Prior to his time with Atria, he was with Sunrise Senior Living.

Mike has an MBA in Health Care Management from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Northridge.

 

Roxanne Gooding, Regional Director of Operations has over 18 years of experience in the senior housing industry.

Most recently, Roxanne was a consultant for RCFE. Prior to consulting, Roxanne was with Westmont Living in a variety of positions including Regional Director of Operations, Executive Director and Resident  Services Director. Before her time at Westmont, she was with Seniorcare Communities, Atria Senior Living, Addus Healthcare and Koerick Sterling Communities.

Roxanne is a Licensed Vocational Nurse, a licensed RCFE administrator, and holds an A.A. in Business Management.

 

Terry Ervin, Regional Vice President of Operations, has over 10 years experience in senior housing.  Terry is responsible for the operations of 11 communities ranging from independent living to all memory care.

Prior to his position with ISL, Terry Ervin was a Vice President of Operations with Aegis Living, where he was responsible for the operations of twelve assisted living communities in Northern California.  His role included:  management and oversight of 850 employees and 1500 residents, over $67 million in annual revenue.  During his time as a Vice President with Aegis, Terry’s region managed to increase in profitability at over 6% annually and the tenure of his Executive Directors was the best in company at less than 20% turnover.  Prior to senior housing, Terry worked in the hospitality industry for Marriott International and Sunstone Hotels.

Terry graduated with a Bachelors degree in Accounting from San Diego State University.

Regional Assisted Living Directors

Linda Mather, Corporate Director of Resident Care, along with our Regional Assisted Lviing Directors, James Watt, Susan Safi, Armida Wilson, Darlene Tesner & Belinda West make up ISL's Regional Assisted Living team. With years of assisted living and nursing experience, this team travels to all of our communities to support their teams and to ensure our residents receive the best possible care.

ISL Marketing Team

ISL Marketing Team

Micki Cianciosi, Jeffery Smith, Carrie Delaney, John Murphey, Kristen Kohler, and Dan Hadfield support all of our individual communities and their marketing efforts. With many years of experience amongst the team, they ensure each community, new development projects, and Integral Senior Living as a company meet marketing goals by utilizing industry proven practices.