To read and see more about the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum, see these articles and video:
- Honorees shine at sixth annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction event
- Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction
- Mentorship, honesty are crucial to retaining senior living leaders of tomorrow, speakers say
- Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff
- Video: 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards
In the photos above:
Top left: McKnight’s Senior Living Editor Lois Bowers, left, kicks off the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Forum with a panel discussion about leadership and mentorship that included Lynn Hood, center, president and CEO, Principle LTC, and Becky Bodie, EVP, Diversicare Healthcare Services.
Top right: From left, in addition to Hood and Bodie, the panel also included Shelly Koch, executive director, operations, home-based services, Good Samaritan Society; Nancy Maina, senior health services director, Brightview Senior Living’s Brightview Severna Park; Karen Peck, VP of clinical services, East Division, Brookdale Senior Living; and Stephanie Parks, chief development officer, Reliant Rehabilitation.
Center left: Koch and Maina.
Center middle: The second session of the Forum, about the long-term care workforce shortage, was moderated by McKnight’s Home Care Editor Liza Berger, left, and included Aimee Middleton, VP of operations, Good Samaritan Society; Sarah Weiland, VP of clinical strategy and initiatives, Sentrics; Ruth Katz, president and CEO, Association of Jewish Aging Services; Kate Gilday, administrator, Legacy Healthcare; Sharon Eyster, VP of operations/COO, United Church of Christ Homes; and Lisa King, regional VP, All Ways Caring HomeCare.
Center right: Gilday makes a point.
Bottom: Hood accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award; Veteran VIP Elizabeth Wheatley, RN, VP of resident care, Benchmark Senior Living, cheers; Hall of Honor inductee Annie Pineda-Eiland, regional director of clinical service, Legacy Healthcare, celebrates; Hall of Honor inductee Ruth Katz, president and CEO, Association of Jewish Aging Services, strikes a pose; guests enjoy the cocktail reception that preceded the awards dinner.
