CEO
, SUMMIT HEALTHCARE REIT
WHY: In 2020 won a Business Journal CFO of the Year lifetime achievement award for her work as a chief financial officer, was then promoted this year to chief executive at the Laguna Hills-based owner of seniors housing and care real estate.
NOTEABLE: Former professional poker player. Had been CFO since 2014 and COO since 2019 at Summit, a publicly registered non-traded REIT with investments in 53 facilities in 14 states.
QUOTABLE: Sees opportunities with higher cap rates and more distressed properties in the senior housing industry: “We’re working on things that are putting us on a nice growth trajectory.”
