MEET OUR TEAM
If you are not a member, we hope you accept a special invitation to join our growing, dynamic group of owners, operators, and supporters of assisted living. We believe we have more to offer than any statewide association representing the assisted living industry.
Arizona ALFA Staff

Karen Barno
President & CEO

Allex Barno
Membership Coordinator

Kennedi Hernandez
Program & Operations Manager

Alex Socha
Conference Sales & Marketing
Executive Board

Rhonda Thiel
Chair
Regional Director of Operations
Fellowship Square Surprise

Julia Colangelo
Executive Director
Abbington Senior Living

Jon Scott Williams
Treasurer
Executive Director
Fellowship Square Mesa

Stephanie Templeton
At Large (Past Chair)
Executive Director
Clearwater at Agritopia

Eve Nettles
Past Chair
Consultant

Ira Shulman
At Large (Past Chair)
President/CEO
Kivel Campus of Care
Board Members

Andrew Sheppard
Senior VP of Operations
MBK Senior Living

Heidi Royter
Principal
Integrity Asset Management

Darrion Brown
Regional Director
Mosaic Senior Living

Paul Sheston
Founder/Lead Trial Attorney
Sheston Law Group

Millie Oakeson
Director of Business Development
United Hospice & Palliative Care of Arizona

Traci Wagner
Regional Director of Memory Care
Sunrise Senior Living

Tabatha CLark
Divisional Director of Clinical Operations
Brookdale Senior Living

Bonnie Wood
Health Care Consultant
Wood Health Care Consulting

Peter Richardson
Regional Director of Operations
Senior Resource Group

Kirk Brooks
Regional Director of Operations
Grace Management

Tracy Colburn
Executive VP of Operations
Cogir Management USA

Dax Howard
Principal
Cascades of Tucson
WE NEED YOU!
If you are a provider of goods or services to the Assisted Living Industry, we urge you to join ARIZONA ALFA now. Our industry providers are constantly looking for alternative sources and suppliers to the Assisted Living Industry currently unknown to them.