Industry Solution Provider Council

The Industry Solution Provider Council provides continuous feedback and suggestions to optimize the conference experience. The Senior Living Executive Conference team welcomes ideas and suggestions from the vendor community. Please do not hesitate to reach out to Senior Vice President Doug Edwards at dedwards@hmpglobal.com, 609.452.9200.

Members of the council include:


Carey

Bill Carey, Sales and Marketing Leader, Medtelligent

Carey is the Sales and Marketing leader at Medtelligent, where ALIS is the flagship product. He has been with the company for 3 years and has overseen the expansion of the sales, marketing, and account management teams. Under his leadership, ALIS has become the leading software solution for assisted living providers in the United States. Carey is a results-oriented leader with a proven track record of success. He is passionate about helping people and has a deep understanding of the senior living industry. He is also a strategic thinker and a creative problem solver. Carey is excited about the future of Medtelligent and ALIS. He believes that ALIS has the potential to revolutionize the way assisted living providers operate. He is committed to helping Medtelligent continue to grow and succeed.

 

Roy Condell, Director of Marketing, Fox Rehabilitation

 

Dodge
Hayley Dodge, Client Engagement Specialist, Guardian Pharmacy Services

Dodge works as an events and client engagement professional for Guardian Pharmacy, bringing ideas to life and turning a good time for a client into business gained or retained for a company. She is a multi-talented professional with a demonstrated history of successfully working in many different environments while wearing many hats during each chapter. Between walking through Iowa cornfields pulling tassels off cornstalks at 14, and helping drive strategies to keep long-term care residents safe during a global pandemic, Dodge has found herself selling tickets to fans and businesses for the Philadelphia 76ers and wedding dresses to brides-to-be. Through all her robust experience, Dodge finds herself most passionate about how she can assist in making an idea come to life through event planning, vendor management, and sales efforts. And when she’s not working, you can find Dodge outside with her Bernese Mountain Dog or at her local yoga studio.

 

Flaherty
Jennifer Flaherty, National Business Development Manager, BluSky Restoration Contractors

Flaherty has over 8 years’ experience managing national accounts and early on went to nursing school, where she spent her first semester of nursing clinicals working in an assisted living community and from there spent 3 more semesters working on an orthopedic floor and other med-surg units in a large WI hospital. At BluSky Restoration, Flaherty works with some of the largest national senior living management companies and group purchasing organizations to help with senior living emergency response for catastrophic events (tornados, floods, windstorms, fires), water damage, environmental hazards, and roofing replacement needs.  BluSky Restoration Contractors owns and operates over 60 office locations nationwide and is a full-service restoration company.

 

Griffiths
Troy Griffiths, Head of Senior Care North America, Vigil Health Solutions

Griffiths has worked in the senior living technology sector for over 24 years. He was one of the founding leaders of Vigil in 1998. Initially as CFO, then COO and for the last 18 years President and CEO, he has been committed to finding ways to provide purpose-built technology to the senior living industry.  Surrounded by a team of dedicated, caring, and smart innovators, Griffiths has been able to constantly drive improvements and major developments in the company’s technology. He understands the desire for senior living developers and operators to adopt innovative technology while under tight budgets and operational deliverables. In April 2022, Vigil was acquired by ASSA ABLOY. The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. The Group operates worldwide with 48,000 employees and sales of SEK 88 billion. The Group has leading positions in areas such as efficient door openings, trusted identities, and entrance automation. ASSA ABLOY's innovations enable safe, secure, and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, ASSA ABLOY helps billions of people experience a more open world. With this acquisition, Griffiths has taken on the role of Head of Senior Care North America with a mandate to significantly grow the senior care business in North America.


Iakomi

Olya Iakomi, Regional Marketing, Yardi

Iakomi dedicated her early marketing career to the security manufacturing industry. She represented her company at trade shows and became a liaison to integrators and distributers in addition of having the primary focus to grow the company brand. After a relocation from east to west coast, she took her similar experience to the real estate tech industry and is committed to marketing and event planning for the largest property management software company, Yardi Systems. Iakomi graduated from La Salle University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and International Business.

 

Kortum
Rich Kortum, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, KARE

Kortum has more than 16 years of leadership experience spanning across the healthcare continuum. As a visionary in the post-acute and senior living domains, Kortum presently holds the position of Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at KARE, which is the leading solution to solve the labor shortage in senior care. Prior to KARE Kortum spent almost 14 years at NRC Health, where he was instrumental in spearheading the development and management of strategic business partnerships. Kortum actively supports several state and national senior care associations by serving on multiple committees that are dedicated to addressing workforce challenges, while also helping advocate and promote the high quality of care that is being provided across the senior care continuum.

 

Larsen
Pam Larsen, Senior Field Marketing Manager, connectRN

Larsen leads the Field Marketing team at connectRN, where she oversees the conference and trade show strategy, creative development, and activation for 100+ events per year. Larsen plays an integral role in bridging the gap between marketing and sales to drive lead generation and growth. Previously she led fundraising and alumni relations events at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Larsen studied Architectural History at Boston University and is passionate about designing thoughtful spaces and memorable experiences.

 

Matheson
Kendra Matheson, Senior Product Manager, Assisted Living Health Plan | Senior Community Care, Optum

Matheson has been with Optum for over 8 years. Matheson is a Senior Product Manager at Optum working on the continued development of the UnitedHealthcare Assisted Living Plan. Matheson enjoys absorbing new information about the senior living industry and enhancing the UnitedHealthcare Assisted Living Plan to meet the industry needs. Matheson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management and Business Communication from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN).

 

Mary Palmer, Marketing Program Manager—Innovation & Technology, Direct Supply

 

James Perry, Director, Sales Enablement—Marketing, Entegra

 

Anne Weisel, Event Marketing, ShiftKey