Nancy has over 30 years of health care leadership experience. Before joining Westminster-Canterbury, Nancy served as the Senior Vice President of Resident Care for Sunrise Senior Living. She was responsible for quality assurance and regulatory affairs, memory care, activities, policies and procedures, and resident care for Sunrise’s 300 communities and 30,000 residents in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Before that, Nancy was the President of Senior Independence, now Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice, where she was responsible for leading seven owned and four partner home and community services agencies.

Nancy has a bachelor’s degree in Individual and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University, a master’s in social administration from Case Western Reserve University, and a Doctor of Management from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University.

Nancy is the author of Fired: How to Manage Your Career in the Age of Job Uncertainty.

Michelle’s experience in health care leadership spans for over 13 years. Before joining Senior Options, she served as the Administrator for Columbus Colony (the only deaf Nursing Facility in the country) where she was responsible for quality assurance and regulatory affairs, memory care, activities, policies and procedures, and resident care. Before that, Michelle served as the Vice President of Business Development for Senior Independence, now Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice, where she was responsible for growing home health and hospice by over 200% in seven owned and four partner home and community services agencies. Michelle also has 20 years of leadership experience in many Fortune 500 companies, including Gap Inc., IBM, and GTE, where she served in senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing, and Client Services.

Michelle has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Grand Valley State University, a Certificate of Economics from the University of Krakow in Poland, and a Master of Business Administration from Franklin University. Michelle is a CHAP, Certified Consultant.

As our Senior Director of Finance and Operations, Melinda is responsible for the finance, accounting, and billing team at Senior Options. And, she works with our current and prospective partners on budgeting, strategic initiatives, reimbursement, cost reports, and pro forma development.

Melinda brings over 25 years of financial management experience in the senior care environment. She has led the overall operations for six healthcare living centers, and two assisted living communities. She also has experience collaborating with multiple healthcare and state associations. Melinda currently serves as the Vice-Chair for the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Board of Directors and is a member of the America Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Melinda enjoys reading, traveling, walking, attending plays, and concerts.

Chris Vallandigham, our Director of Health Information Technology, has over 15 years of experience in healthcare IT.  During that time, he has led IT in a variety of companies in the post-acute continuum, from supporting large Home Health, Hospice, and Private Care organizations, to leading IT at a post-acute technology vendor.
Chris has several certifications, including an MBA, a PMP for Project Management, and an ITIL certification focused on providing excellent IT service to customers.
Chris joined Senior Options in order to continue to serve the post-acute community.
His hobbies include walking his dog and taking care of his young son.

As our Senior Director of Clinical Operations, Angela develops dynamic teams to impact communities one heart at a time.

Angela has over 15 years of healthcare management experience across the continuum of care. She is an expert in Patient-Centered Care Methods and has developed programs including transitional psychiatric, palliative, and bridge for home health and hospice. She has also served as an administrator for over eight years.

Angela has a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Purdue University.

In her spare time, Angela enjoys running, painting in watercolor, spending time with her family.

Joan enjoys working with the partner network to brainstorm, empower, and help them grow their businesses.

Joan brings over 12 years of working in senior health care. Before joining Senior Options, Joan served as an iPartner Manager for Senior Independence, now Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice. She was responsible for maintaining customer service and communication with six affiliates, which were at various levels within the Home and Community Based services spectrum.

Joan has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from The Ohio State University.

When Joan isn’t busy helping our partners, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family.

Hazel is our Business Development Manager, and she works with the Senior Options partners to provide training for the Sales and Marketing teams.

Before joining us, Hazel worked with seniors at Therapy Network in the Fall Prevention Program for three years. Before that, she worked Pharma for six years, launching the first medication on the market to help slow the memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients. Hazel feels one of her career achievements was to establish inside and outside marketing teams for a medical group with eight locations while supervising eight employees.

Hazel has a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University.

When she is not training, Hazel enjoys cooking and spending time with her family.