Sue Farrow, Executive Chairman/Owner of Integral Senior Living, has established the highly qualified and experienced ISL management team that she entrusts. Starting with ISL when she was a single employee, Sue has overseen the company grow to management of 48 communities with over 2,000 employees and properties in nine states.

Sue knew what she was doing when she started at ISL in 2001. With decades of experience in the senior housing industry much of her experience has been in key leadership positions at senior living companies including Aegis Living, Sunrise Assisted Living and Transamerica Senior Living. She took her experience and combined it with her vision to set in place a plan for ISL.

Throughout her career, she has taken an active role as a key participant in the development, start up, marketing and operations of over 4,300 units of congregate, assisted living and Alzheimer care. Sue is nationally known for her expertise in all phases of operations and programming and her ability to create senior communities that are a success in the minds of residents and owners alike.

Sue has built a company that she herself would want to work for, understanding well that people thrive in an environment where they are respected and acknowledged for their work and that they know they can make a difference.

Sue is frequently a featured speaker at industry conferences. She is a Founding Board member and past President of California Assisted Living Facilities Association (CALA) and a Board Member of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA). Her education includes a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and successful completion of the CPA exam. In her spare time, she enjoys entertaining, travel and reading.

 

Chris Kasulka, Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer of Integral Senior Living, started in the hospitality industry, giving her insight into how to make operations at ISL not only successful but one with the resident in mind. She has been with ISL since 2004 and has seen her role expand from field operations to where she is today. She is primarily responsible for the oversight of company operations, owner relations, strategic planning and new business development for ISL.

Chris has over 20 years of experience in the senior housing and hospitality industries. Before Chris joined ISL, she served as Senior Vice President of Operations for ARV/Atria Senior Living, leading the company with well above industry averages. Known for her people-centered approach to leadership, she has a passion for achieving results by bringing out the best in every member of the team.

Chris has a bachelor's degree from Cal Poly Pomona in Hospitality Management.

Tracee DeGrande, President/Chief Financial Officer of Integral Senior Living, takes it upon herself to share her enthusiasm and love of accounting with everyone on the management team as well as the community leadership teams. She is in charge of ISL's transaction business, and equity funding, as well as corporate finance, operational accounting, contract negotiations, insurance and strategic planning.

Over the course of her career, she has attained more than 26 years of finance experience, with the majority of those years specifically as a CFO in the senior living industry. Her strong industry and professional experience includes tenure at Aegis Living, Regency Pacific, Hillhaven Corporation (now Kindred) and Group Health Cooperative.

Tracee has a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Seattle University. 

Suzanne Foley, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, is the pulse behind all areas of human resources and the risk management team for ISL. She brings almost two decades of human resources experience in senior housing to the job everyday and to date has developed policies for more than 100 communities nationwide. She thrives in creating the best working environment for all employees.

Throughout her career, she has developed policies and procedures for 75 assisted living and independent living properties throughout the United States; and provided human resources functions for over 5,000 employees at Sun Healthcare Group. Her talent lies is in her proven success in developing, implementing and conducting human resource best practices and employee training programs. For ISL, she manages worker's compensation claims, employee training, labor relations, insures legal compliance in employee relations and oversees employee benefit programs.

Suzanne is Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certified and holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Management and a Bachelors Degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of New Mexico.

Collette Valentine, Vice President of Operations and Marketing

Collette Valentine joined ISL in October 2010. She possesses experience in both operations and sales and marketing. In her ISL role, she  provides day-to-day operations and marketing oversight for all of the communities ISL currently manages. She encourages an environment in which team members are promoted for their ability to bring resources and ideas to the team.

Prior to joining ISL, Collette was with Merrill Gardens for four and a half years, serving as Vice President of Operations. Prior to this, she was with Atria Senior Living Group. Throughout her eight year career at Atria/ARV, she held a variety of positions including: Vice President and Regional Director of Operations, Regional Sales and Marketing Director, and Executive Director and Community Sales Director at an Atria community. She began her career with Harrah's Entertainment as a Hotel Sales Manager.

She is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in Business Management and is RCFE certified.

Vince Limburg, Director of Finance and Accounting, has more than 12 years of senior living management experience and over 10 years in restaurant hospitality and management experience.

In his regional operations oversight, he and his team increased year-over-year NOI growth of 17% in one year, while managing a budget of $42 million. Vince is experienced in design and start-up of new developments and coordination of major remodels of existing communities.

He holds a bachelors degree in Accounting.

Mike Korin, Regional Operations Director, started in the senior living industry in 2003. He has been with ISL since 2006 and has also served as Executive Director of an Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care campus in Carmichael.

His prior positions in senior living include Senior Executive Director for ARV/Atria and Executive Director of three assisted living properties where he grew occupancy in each to over 90%. Mike’s varied professional experience also includes hospitality and banking. In his tenure for Citibank, he was Vice President of International Operations.

Joel Quade, Regional Director of Operations, has over 17 years experience working in long term healthcare, assisted living and memory care management in both marketing and operations capacities.  

Prior to joining ISL, Joel was with Merrill Gardens for eleven years, serving most as both a General Manager for the Parmer Woods community in Austin, Texas and as a Regional Director of Operations.  Previously he worked in both long term care and assisted living management positions.  

Joel has a Bachelor degree from Baylor University and a Nursing Home Administration license in the State of Texas. 

Mandy Hampton, Regional Operations Director, has been with ISL since 2005 and presently oversees 13 different communities. Mandy epitomizes the ISL success-story, climbing from Business Office Director to Executive Director at Murrieta Gardens. She was later promoted again to Executive Director at Whittier Place where she increased census from 68% to 90% in only 7 months, leading to her latest promotion to Regional responsibilities.

Prior to joining ISL, Mandy was Controller for a medical software company overseeing their business office, accounting and human resource functions for 6 ½ years.

Mandy currently holds the California RCFE certification.

Jason Engelhorn, Regional Operations Director, has more than 14 years experience working in the senior housing industry.

Prior to becoming a licensed RCFE Administrator over 10 years ago, Jason began his career in the senior housing industry as an Activity Director in a skilled nursing facility and then two hospital-based skilled nursing facilities where he also performed social service and discharge planning duties. Venturing into assisted living administration, Jason found immediate success; increasing the occupancy of his first community from 83 to 100% within his first year. Jason has also been a General Manager for Merrill Gardens and an Executive Director for ARV/Atria where his community was honored as the "Best All Around" community out of its 138 community portfolio.

Jason has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Recreation Administration from California State University, Chico.