Mr. Cobb has over 20 years of senior management experience in the senior residential, assisted living and skilled nursing industries. He has a proven approach for improving customer satisfaction, quality metrics, occupancy, and operating margins across a wide variety of senior residential and assisted living models and he has overseen Summerville’s growth to among the largest assisted living operators in the country.  Mr. Cobb joined Summerville in 1998, with the acquisition of Cobbco, Inc., a California-based assisted living company, which he founded in 1989.  Mr. Cobb is active in several industry associations, including serving on the boards of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), the National Investors Center (NIC), and chairing the California Assisted Living Association’s (CALA) political action committee.

Mr. Hutchens joined Summerville in 2001 as the Regional Director of Operations for the Northern California region. He was appointed to Senior-Vice President in 2003. Prior to joining Summerville, Mr. Hutchens has a multi-site management background in the areas of marketing and operations in the senior housing and long-term care arena. He has experience with over 150 skilled nursing and assisted living communities starting in 1994.

Melanie Werdel
Senior Vice President, Administration

Ms. Werdel is responsible for overseeing Summerville’s corporate compliance, licensing standards and requirements and the overall risk management and operational policies and procedures for the Company.  Prior to joining the company in 1998, she served as the Vice President of Administration for Cobbco, Inc., a California-based assisted living and skilled nursing company.  Ms. Werdel has over twelve years of long term care management experience and serves as the Board Chair of the California Assisted Living Association (CALA).

Jayne Sallerson
Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Ms. Sallerson has over 19 years of sales and marketing experience in the healthcare industry. For the past 8 years, Ms. Sallerson has worked specifically in the assisted living industry and has a successful record of census growth in new development start-ups, turn-around communities and acquisitions. Ms. Sallerson has developed and implemented a formal sales training program specific to Assisted Living and has trained over 150 marketing and executive directors.

Lehnee S. Hernandez
Vice President, Finance / Controller

Ms. Hernandez oversees financial accounting and reporting, systems conversion and implementation, budgeting and control processes, and due diligence processes for the Company. Ms. Hernandez joined Summerville in 1998, bringing 10 years experience as accounting manager for Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Group, Inc. a publicly traded healthcare organization.

Budgie Amparo
Vice President of Quality Services

Mr. Amparo came to Summerville from Kaiser Permanente, where he was charged with developing and implementing clinical policies, systems, and procedures for skilled nursing care operations. He was instrumental in the successful opening of Kaiser’s first free standing skilled nursing facility. Prior to that he spent almost 10 years with Mariner Post-Acute Network in a variety of positions including overseeing Quality Assurance and regulatory compliance for over 40 skilled nursing facilities in 11 states. Mr. Amparo has a Master's degree in nursing and is a certified Director of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (CDONA/LTC).

Darin Piers
Vice President, Property Management

Mr. Piers oversees the Maintenance Departments at Summerville’s communities and is responsible for budgeting and project management of all building renovations and capital improvements. In addition, Mr. Piers oversees the Company’s workplace safety programs as well as regulatory compliance issues related to the physical plants. Mr. Piers served in the flooring/construction industry for 10 years before joining Cobbco, Inc., a California-based assisted living company, in 1994 and Summerville in 1998.

Keven Bennema
Vice President of Operations Development

Mr. Bennema has most recently served as the Regional Vice President of Operations overseeing Summerville’s East Coast communities. He has over ten years of experience in the Senior Living and Long Term Care industries, including 5 years with Summerville. Mr. Bennema has a successful record of effectively driving operational priorities in support of Summerville’s Mission. He specializes in identifying and cultivating excellent leadership and in the implementation of operational strategies for start-ups, turn-around communities and acquisitions. He has an MBA and is a licensed Nursing Home Administrator in Ohio and Florida.

Bill Sivill
Vice President of Information Technology

Mr. Sivill is responsible for overseeing Summerville’s computer information and telecommunications systems, which includes all communities as well as the corporate office data center. He is responsible for maintaining and ensuring the integrity of the company data, integrating databases to provide efficient processing and desired reporting, and managing the software systems used to communicate and transmit information to and from the Summerville communities. Mr. Sivill has been with the company for over 5 years and holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.