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Tasha Janssen

MSN, FNP-C, MBA
Vice President of Operations
Curana Health

Tasha Janssen is Vice President of Operations at Curana Health and a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN, FNP-C). She combines clinical expertise with an operator’s mindset to improve care delivery across senior living and skilled nursing settings. With an MBA from Louisiana State University Shreveport, she focuses on aligning clinical quality with sustainable, value-based operations through workflow redesign and strategic partnerships. Her experience spans multi-state teams, complex implementations, and measurable gains in resident outcomes and partner satisfaction. Tasha’s expertise includes post-acute care, business development, and quality-of-life-centered care, with a passion for connecting hospitals, communities, and providers around shared goals.

2027 Sessions

Driving Adoption at Scale: Turning Leadership Priorities into Community-Level Action

Senior living organizations don't struggle to identify the right priorities, they struggle to drive consistent adoption at the community level. Even well-designed initiatives often stall when Executive Directors are overburdened, pilots are poorly scoped, or success isn't defined in a way that resonates across communities.


In this panel discussion, top operators and clinical leaders will share a practical framework for moving from strategy to sustained execution. Panelists will explore how to thoughtfully phase pilots, select the right communities, and set clear success criteria, while avoiding common pitfalls like overlapping initiatives and "initiative fatigue."


Just as importantly, the session will focus on the human side of adoption: building true buy-in from Executive Directors and community teams by creating the right support structures, not simply adding more to their plates. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to design pilots that generate measurable outcomes, create internal momentum, and drive broader participation across their portfolios.

Co-Presenter

Moderator

Tuesday, May 25 10:00–10:45 AM
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Chris Hyatt

Owner/Operator
co-CEO
New Perspective

Chris has served residents, patients, family members, associates, shareholders, and suppliers for 30 years. Chris is currently in his 10th year as co-CEO for New Perspective. Over the years, Chris served at Brookdale Senior Living, as Executive Vice President, Operations Support. Prior to joining Brookdale, via merger in 2014, Chris was Chief Operating Officer at Emeritus Senior Living. Chris embarked on his journey into seniors housing with Emeritus the latter part of 1998. Throughout his 18 years with Emeritus/Brookdale, he held a variety of servant leadership roles including: operations, health & wellness, administration, procurement, sales, marketing, information technology, innovation and optimization, resident engagement, culinary services, owner relations, and new development. Prior to Emeritus/Brookdale, Chris thoroughly enjoyed direct patient care at Mary Black Memorial Hospital, where he held various positions within the clinical realm.

Chris graduated from Spartanburg College and the University of South Carolina Upstate. Over the years, he successfully attained licenses in: Residential Care Home Administration, State & Federal Nursing Home Administration and from the Board of Nursing. Chris currently serves on the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and as the Public Policy Chairman for Argentum. He is also a member of American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), National Investment Center for Seniors Housing (NIC) and serves on the board of LeadingAge MN.

Faculty

Sharon Roth Maguire

MS, RN, GNP-BC, APNP
Chief Health & Wellness Officer
LCS

Sharon Roth Maguire serves as the SVP/Chief Health & Wellness/Resident Experience Officer at LCS. She has a passion for health and wellness combined with her 30+ years of healthcare industry experience to her role. Sharon and her teams are focused on person-centered, outcome-oriented healthcare delivery as well as supporting people and systems including health and wellness programming, clinical quality support, EHR support, clinical analytics, and clinical regulatory/compliance support across all areas of care for LCS.

Faculty

Tasha Janssen

MSN, FNP-C, MBA
Vice President of Operations
Curana Health

Tasha Janssen is Vice President of Operations at Curana Health and a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN, FNP-C). She combines clinical expertise with an operator’s mindset to improve care delivery across senior living and skilled nursing settings. With an MBA from Louisiana State University Shreveport, she focuses on aligning clinical quality with sustainable, value-based operations through workflow redesign and strategic partnerships. Her experience spans multi-state teams, complex implementations, and measurable gains in resident outcomes and partner satisfaction. Tasha’s expertise includes post-acute care, business development, and quality-of-life-centered care, with a passion for connecting hospitals, communities, and providers around shared goals.
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