Presbyterian Properties & Providers has named Jon Fletcher because the group’s new high chief.
Fletcher is ready to formally take the reins subsequent February, filling the sneakers of present CEO Dan Lindh, who introduced his retirement earlier this 12 months.
Fletcher at the moment serves as senior vice chairman of Senior Housing Companions, the St. Paul, Minnesota-based group’s improvement arm that additionally serves as a strategic advisory agency to different nonprofits throughout the U.S. PHS at the moment has 61 communities in its portfolio, and the group ranked because the fourth-largest senior housing nonprofit within the nation, in accordance to the 2024 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 checklist.
Within the press launch about his new appointment, Fletcher mentioned he was “extremely grateful and humbled to have the chance.”
“I look ahead to constructing upon the PHS legacy and our mission of honoring God by enriching the lives and touching the hearts of older adults,” he mentioned. “Collectively we are going to proceed to prioritize offering extra selections and alternatives for older adults to reside effectively by way of the lens of our biblical basis, embracing well being and wellness, innovation, and stewardship of expertise and assets.”
A consultant for Presbyterian Properties & Providers didn’t elaborate on his new position when reached by Senior Housing Information Monday.
In taking the brand new position, Fletcher has large sneakers to fill. Outgoing CEO Lindh has served the group for 48 years after becoming a member of as an accountant in 1976. After working his approach up by way of the ranks, he ascended to the position of CEO of the group in 1996.
“Dan’s unwavering dedication to serving older adults, his unending vitality to upholding a deeply rooted Christian tradition and his unbelievable business information have been instrumental in constructing a company deeply centered on dwelling out its mission of honoring God by enriching the lives and touching the hearts of older adults,” Jim Inexperienced, chair of the PHS Board of Administrators, mentioned within the press launch launch.
He takes the highest management spot because the group arrives at a “essential time … because the ministry continues to increase its footprint into new service areas and geographic markets.”
PHS is within the strategy of extending its footprint. Most not too long ago, the group was engaged on increasing its Kirkland Crossing group in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Usually, the group has its eye on different states for progress, comparable to Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas, as Fletcher instructed Senior Housing Information throughout an Aug. 29 webinar.
Because it grows, Presbyterian Properties is also looking for to higher workers its communities by attracting new employees together with diversifying its merchandise for a brand new incoming era of older adults. And looking out forward, Fletcher has a “robust dedication to resident satisfaction and dedication to fostering a Christian tradition [that] align completely with PHS values,” the group famous.
