About Vitality Living
Vitality Living is a premier provider of active independent living, assisted living, and memory care.
Mission
To create vibrant communities where residents, families and team members can be themselves, live purposefully, and experience a profound sense of belonging.
Values
- We are Present
- We See & Hear
- We Do the Right Thing
- We Create Solutions
- We Celebrate Life
- Better Every Day
Vision
Why Culture Matters at Vitality Living
Who We Are
Vitality Living is a team of seasoned retirement living professionals passionate about creating vibrant communities for older adults, regardless of physical or cognitive challenges. Our goals are to eliminate labels that reinforce stereotypes of aging, to empower choice, and to create environments where all residents are successful.
With over 200+ years of experience, Vitality Living’s leadership firmly believes that the industry must evolve and change to more capably meet the wants, tastes and demands of the older adults of the future. Every team member is inspired to re-imagine the experience of older adults living in a community setting. We challenge every perception, advocate for choice, and reject the status quo.
Vitality looks to build a footprint through collaborative relationships with ownership groups seeking an experienced and innovative operating partner. We will continue to build an exceptional brand through management relationships with like-minded owners while acquiring and developing communities that fit the collective vision. Being an owner as well as a management partner gives Vitality Living a unique perspective focused on doing what is right for our business, our partners, and our customers.
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Meet the Vitality Living Team
Chris’ experience in the senior living industry has always focused on creating value and quality service for residents, their families, associates and stakeholders. He has successfully managed start-ups, turnarounds, acquisitions, and new product development. With an eye always focused on people, Chris maintains a strong commitment to cultivating talent within the industry, ensuring increased organizational capability through engaged, passionate and skilled teams.
“My inspiration comes from my family and their passion to live life to the fullest. I was blessed with grandparents that all played a major role in my life. From as long as I can remember these wonderful human beings instilled a passion in me to live life to the fullest. From a grandfather who learned how to ski in his 50’s to a grandmother who had Dune Buggy in her 70’s I grew up seeing that life was not limited by age. This inspired me to build Vitality and create life, energy and purpose for older adults for decades to come. It is my passion to help everyone regardless of age and circumstance experience life every day they can!”
As COO, Kelly is responsible for creating a lifestyle of choice, engagement and growth for residents, families and associates. Kelly’s focus is staying ahead of trends and research, and sourcing innovative approaches to make the lives of residents better, allow associates to do what is most important, spend more time with residents, and connect families to the Vitality community.
“My inspiration is every older adult I have met throughout my career who has shared their story, asked about my story and shown me that aging is a dignified, beautiful journey to be celebrated and lived fully. My inspiration is every team members who devote hours, days, years of their lives to enriching the lives of families and older adults as they navigate everything from dementia to grief to finding new purpose in their journey.”
Blanding’s personal mission is to have an impactful relationship with the people for which he works with and serves. This manifests itself through both the team members working in the buildings and the families entrusting the care of their loved ones. For team members, his goal is that each one realizes their passion and that our collective platform can serve as the means for such personal and professional growth. For residents and their families, Blanding desires to educate and inform them of what their options are during a potentially stressful stage of life by serving as a resource in helping them toward the best solution for their situation rather than our communities.
Blanding has more than fourteen years of real estate investment management experience ranging across multiple product types and geographies. The last four years have been in the senior housing industry focused on acquisitions and developments for private pay communities in the southeastern United States. Formerly, he was a Director of Real Assets for Arlington Family Offices. In his role, he was responsible for investment identification, due diligence and portfolio monitoring with a focus on Real Estate for the $2 Billion multifamily office. Prior to Arlington, Mr. Beatty was an Associate at Harbert Management Corp in their US Real Estate group where he worked from 2005-2011. Blanding attended Southern Methodist University and received his Bachelor of Arts in Finance and History from the University of Tennessee.
Nick has been in the real estate industry for over 20 years, including real estate development, mortgage services, multi-family and residential construction, and property management. Nick’s focus is on all financial functions including corporate and community accounting coupled with other firm wide strategic financial initiatives. He brings experience and certifications in accounting, information technology, field and internal operations, and human resources.
Syndell has devoted the majority of her nursing career to serving seniors in the senior living industry. She has successfully managed teams in both operations and the clinical functions, always keeping her passion of serving those that have given so much to all of us as her driving force. Syndell brings to her clinical role a unique blend of both wellness and operations experience in senior living.
My inspiration for serving seniors comes from my Grandmother. She always found a way to see the best in everyone and worked hard to find a way to do the right thing even in the most difficult situations. I strive to make her proud of my decisions on a daily basis. I appreciate all that she did for me over the years and treasure the time I had with her.
Tara has over 15 years of Human Resources experience and has spent the last several years leading the HR function for rapidly growing companies. Her expertise encompasses a broad range of HR disciplines, including change management, talent development, and coaching. She is responsible for ensuring Vitality is a leader in all areas of People and Culture and holds certifications in HR, Diversity and Inclusion, and Crucial Conversations.
Tara’s grandmother went back to school to get her GED in her 80s and inspires Tara to ensure Vitality’s team members have everything they need to deliver the best experience to our residents.
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