Revel Communities COO and Govt Vice President of Resident Expertise Danette Opaczewski has left her put up because the operator’s prime chief.
Opaczewski final month stepped down from her position on the Scottsdale, Arizona-based operator — which is a division of bigger actual property agency The Wolff Firm – to unlock extra time to spend together with her household on the East Coast, she advised Senior Housing Information Wednesday. Though she continues to be planning what comes subsequent, Opaczewski stated she hopes to bridge senior dwelling and hospitality in a good larger means together with her subsequent position.
Revel is readying plans to deliver on a brand new chief to fill the COO position and oversee operations of its 13 communities.
“We’re excited to share {that a} new chief working officer shall be becoming a member of our crew,” a consultant for the corporate advised Senior Housing Information. “A proper announcement will comply with after the vacations as we sit up for an thrilling new chapter.”
Opaczewski joined Enjoy 2020, with plans on the time to raise the corporate’s unbiased dwelling communities with a hospitality-centric method providing extra personalised resident experiences.
As COO and EVP of resident expertise, Opaczewski helped lead a number of hospitality-driven initiatives meant to assist evolve the senior dwelling working mannequin. Amongst them was a mannequin launched final 12 months below which residents may use “membership factors” for eating, particular occasions and catering, salon and spa pampering and different providers and merchandise.
The operator additionally piloted and later launched a program permitting residents to remain in a visitor suite at different Revel communities for brief stays.
“Don’t be afraid to attempt income streams or take a look at your online business in a different way,” she advised SHN throughout a TALKS look in 2023.
Previous Opaczewski at Wolff and Revel was Niki Leondakis, former CEO of Equinox Health and former president of Kimpton Motels. She joined the corporate to steer its senior dwelling arm in 2019 and left a couple of 12 months later to work as CEO of CorePower Yoga.
Revel Communities shouldn’t be the one senior dwelling operator with its C-Suite org chart in flux. In September, Retirement Limitless Inc. Doris-Ellie Sullivan additionally stepped down from her prime management position. Terry Rogers, former Westminster Communities of Florida CEO, additionally stepped down from his place in September.
