My Experience

Summary

Senior living executive with more than seven years of Executive Director leadership experience across luxury senior living, assisted living, and memory care communities. Proven track record of driving occupancy growth, developing high-performing teams, maintaining regulatory excellence, and leading communities through transformation and growth. Experienced in multi-site leadership, operations, sales, finance, and culture development.

Executive Director at MBK Senior Living

September 2024 — Present
    • Achieved and sustained 100% occupancy at Huntington Terrace
    • Led luxury senior living, assisted living, and memory care operations serving up to 173 residents and generating $12M+ in annual revenue
    • Selected to lead San Clemente Villas during a $20M+ community transformation.
    • Drove sustained net occupancy growth during renovation and lease-up efforts
    • Earned two deficiency-free CDSS surveys
    • Directed 9 department heads and more than 100 team members

Associate Partner & Geriatric Consultant at Marion Consulting, LLC

September 2022 — Present
    • Launched Senior Life Advisors, LLC as a spin-off senior needs service
    • Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) serving High Net Worth families
    • Sales leadership, financial analysis and high-end customer service

Executive Director at Silverado Senior Living

November 2021 — September 2022
    • Grew census from 75% to 90%
    • Increased revenue by 33%
    • Increased EBITDAR by 27%
    • Reduced contract labor costs by 32%
    • Directed all community staff (60+) and supervised leadership team (7) 
    • $8M+ of annual revenue
    • Perfect Survey 2022 from CDSS

Cluster Leader at Pinnacle Senior Living

December 2019 — March 2021
  • Oversaw performance of a cluster of three facilities in California market
  • Reported to company president with financial and clinical results
  • Visited cluster facilities to analyze and improve operations
  • Taught and reinforced culture with leaders and staff members
  • Helped cluster partners develop strategies for improvement
  • Guided cluster through first full year of the Covid pandemic

Executive Director at Pinnacle Senior Living

March 2017 — March 2021
    • Best profit margin in CA cluster in 2017, 2018 & 2019
    • Best occupancy in CA market in 2018
    • Full responsibility for P&L
    • Provided direction for all community staff (40+) and supervised leadership team (6)
    • Developed and implemented sales and marketing strategies
    • Perfect Survey 2017 and 2018 from CDSS

Financial Planner & Marketing Director at Marion Consulting, LLC

January 2008 — March 2017
  • Led families, individuals and businesses through the financial planning process
  • Grew sales pipeline and generated new business
  • Maintained relationships with referral sources including advisors and clients
  • Built financial models and synthesized complex information into reports
  • Developed marketing strategy each quarter and managed budget
  • Analyzed data and prepared quarterly performance reports for clients review

Contact Me

(714) 615-1589

mike@mikemarion.com

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