
The Green House Board:
Experience, Compassion, Knowledge
The Center for Innovation (CFI) is the umbrella organization of The Green House Project (GHP). The CFI Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing GHP’s activities. Members meet periodically to discuss and vote on the affairs of the organization.

Michele Holleran, Chair
Holleran’s passion for hearing the voice of the stakeholders started in the 1980s, with a specific interest in customer satisfaction. In 1992, she founded Wrightsville, Pa.-based Holleran, a research and consulting firm focused on understanding satisfaction in senior living and retirement communities.

Audrey Weiner, Vice Chair
Dr. Weiner recently retired as president and CEO of The New Jewish Home and as president of its foundation, the Fund for the Aged. During her 25-year tenure, she worked extensively on the organization’s master plan to bring Green House homes to Manhattan and to that end created a small-house model wherein the homes operate as if they were Green House homes, at The New Jewish Home’s Sarah Neuman Center.

Maggie Calkins, Secretary
Dr. Calkins is nationally recognized as a creative, dynamic leader, trainer, and researcher in the field of environments for elders. She is a highly sought-after speaker for conferences in the U.S. and abroad.

Marvell Adams, Jr.
Adams is the founder and CEO of W Lawson, an advisory and consulting firm. Adams previously served as chief operating officer of The Kendal Corporation, a leading non-profit eldercare provider; he has also worked as the executive director and CEO of Collington, Kendal’s affiliate in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, as well as the COO and administrator of The Highlands at Pittsford outside of Rochester, N.Y.

Jeffrey Ash, Ed.D.
Dr. Ash is associate dean, diversity and inclusion, and assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) School of Nursing. He has been published in the Journal of Professional Nursing and authored a chapter titled “Dimensions of Diversity” in the Ronch, Weiner text, Person Centered Elder Care.

Joycelyn Elders, MD
Dr. Elders, the first person in the state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology, was the fifteenth Surgeon General of the United States, as well as the first African American and only the second woman to head the U.S. Public Health Service.

Thomas Gilmartin
Gilmartin is the chief financial officer for National Health Care Associates, Inc., an organization focused on providing short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing, and post-acute care in six states within the Northeast.

Dan Hermann
Hermann is president and chief executive officer of Ziegler, a privately held investment bank, capital markets, and proprietary investments firm based in Chicago, Ill. He also serves as head of investment banking and sits on Ziegler’s board of directors and executive committee.

Karyne Jones
Jones is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc. (NCBA) and NCBA Housing Management and Development Corporation.

Jessica Luh Kim
Inspired by her own life experiences, Luh Kim has been on a mission to collaborate with individuals and organizations to help people realize their fullest potential and thrive.

Steve McAlilly, Past Chair
McAlilly is the president and chief executive officer CEO of Methodist Senior Services (MSS), whose corporate headquarters is in Tupelo, Miss. Established in 1966, MSS owns and operates twelve retirement communities in eleven locations in Mississippi, serving more than 1,500 residents.

Lisa McCracken
Since 2013, McCracken has served as director of senior living research and development at Ziegler. Her primary focus is concentrated on conducting market research and trend analyses for educative purposes in the form of presentation modules, newsletters, and research publications.

Danny O’Brien
O’Brien is the founding CEO of Avila Home Care, an agency serving the Baltimore area. Prior to launching Avila, O’Brien was the senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Timonium, Md.

John Ponthie
Since 2005, Ponthie has exclusively worked in the long-term care industry and has continuously served on the board of directors of the Arkansas Health Care Association since 2007.

Deb Reardanz, Treasurer
Reardanz has served as president and chief executive officer of Urbana, Ill.-based Clark-Lindsey, a life plan community that includes 275 residents and 260 employees, since 2009. Prior to that, she served as the organization’s vice president and chief financial officer.

Matt Trimble
Trimble is chief executive officer (CEO) of Saint Elizabeth Community in Warwick, R.I. Trimble graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in health management and policy.

Jill Wilson
Wilson is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Otterbein Senior Life, a faith-based, not-for-profit ministry based in Lebanon, Ohio. She joined Otterbein in 1997 and has held various positions including chief financial officer, vice president of strategic planning, and executive vice president, leading up to her promotion to CEO in early 2009.