2019 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor inductee Lori Alford, chief operating officer at Avanti Senior Living, discusses her mentors and career challenges, what makes a strong female leader, and the best part of her day.
Last year’s inaugural McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program honored more than 40 well-deserving professionals. And now nominations are open for the second year of the program, so that more women can be recognized.
McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News have opened the nomination process for the second annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Breaking through the glass ceiling is only one part of the career-advancement challenge many women must face.
Women are making strides in gaining seats on corporate boards, at least according to one measure.
In its first year, the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program showcased tremendous talent in the eldercare field.
Companies operating in senior living increasingly are taking steps to make their boards and C-suites look more like the customers they serve and the workers who serve them. It’s a smart and welcome approach.
Scarlet Gardner, director of admissions and marketing at Willow Ridge Rehabilitation, is in the 2019 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star.
Christine Ulbricht, Ph.D., MPH, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is in the 2019 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star.
Crystal Bowens, Ph.D., president of CB Strategies and Solutions, is a member of the 2019 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor.
