MIDDLETON SENIOR LIVING - Key Persons


Ashley Glass

Job Titles:
  • Regional Sales Manager
With more than 10 years of experience, Ashley began her professional career in admissions and marketing for a 5-star skilled nursing center in Central Ohio. She then transitioned into leading an admissions and case management team at one of the top referred communities in the state of Ohio. Ashley also spent several years building relationships and assisting providers throughout the country with staffing as well as consulting engagements. Her experience includes census, process, and business development. Ashley is very passionate about helping others, building, and maintaining relationships and utilizing strong networking skills to improve processes and implement growth for the organization.

Barmi Akbar - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
As CEO, Barmi leverages his extensive financial and operations experience to lead innovative strategies for growth and expansion into new products, markets, and services. Barmi's 20-year career spans all aspects of senior living including, finance, operations, development, consulting, and mergers and acquisitions. Barmi's keen eye for identifying opportunities and implementing strategies that align with quality and operational excellence is truly unparalleled. He was instrumental in the ideation, formation, development, and financing of the first Ganzhorn Suites. In late 2016, he joined a well-known Fortune 500 healthcare services company, as Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer for their Senior Living Division and later served as Chief Executive Officer of Pennsylvania's largest post-acute care provider. Barmi's passion for quality and innovation is what brought him back to the Ganzhorn Suites team.

Deborah Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sales and Marketing
Deborah has 30 years of experience in the senior living field working for a variety of national and regional post-acute and assisted living providers. She began her career in admissions and marketing for a leading skilled nursing and assisted living center in Northeast Ohio and quickly rose to several different regional and corporate marketing and business development roles. Deborah also spent several years as a senior living business development consultant, assisting providers throughout the U.S. with marketing and business development initiatives. She has extensive digital marketing experience and holds multiple digital marketing certifications. Deborah's true passion is connecting prospective residents, family members, and referral partners with resources that not only meet their needs but also exceed their expectations.

Jarrod Degenhard

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sustainability, Infrastructure and Technology
Jarrod brings over 20 years of experience supporting healthcare facility management. As an expert in the environmental field, his extensive background with thousands of facilities has led him to be a nationally renowned expert in plant operations. Previous roles including Vice President of Facilities Management, allow him to share his expansive knowledge base to help support our infrastructure and technology needs.

Jody Linton

Job Titles:
  • LNHA, CADDCT, CDP, Director of Operations
With more than 25 years of experience, Jody began her career working in memory care. From managing Alzheimer's/Dementia units to Corporate Director of Alzheimer's Services, Jody oversaw units across the country. Her experience includes design and development, policy creation, recruitment, management and operations of the centers. As the next step in her senior care career, she managed a variety of healthcare facilities including nursing homes and assisted living centers. Her successful management led to many deficiency-free surveys, low staff turnover, expert financial management, and exceptional patient and family satisfaction along with her center being one of the first to meet all 5-star requirements. And finally, in 2015 her true compassion for dementia guided her to the LeaderStat team to assist in opening and operating The Ganzhorn Suites.

Jon Brooks - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Human Resources
  • Director of Human Resources for Continental Senior Communities
As Director of Human Resources for Continental Senior Communities, Jon is responsible for the human resources and workforce development functions for the Company. He brings extensive background and experience in benefits administration, labor relations, recruitment, retention and team member engagement all within the senior living industry. Jon began his career with the State of Ohio in Labor Relations supporting persons with Developmental Disabilities. Following his state service, he subsequently transitioned into the private sector where he has spent the last 15+ years of his career in the healthcare field, all within the Human Resources Management field. Most recently, Jon has served as the Director of Human Resources with a large skilled nursing organization in the State of Ohio and has brought those lessons and experiences to our team as our Director. Jon earned his undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University in Business Administration with a specialization in Human Resources Management. He also holds an active certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources Management with the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR).

Nickia Booker

Job Titles:
  • Talent Acquisition Specialist
Nickia's professional background includes extensive experience in student recruiting and admissions for several career colleges and private schools in the area. After 12 years in higher education, Nickia joined The Ganzhorn Suites team as a Talent Acquisition Specialist where she leads staff recruiting efforts on behalf of all of our centers. Nickia is passionate about helping others discover their true calling and reach their career goals!

Phil Hoffman - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • CFO of the Ganzhorn Suites
As CFO of The Ganzhorn Suites, Phil oversees all financial and capital matters for the company and its operations, manages banking and lender relationships, investor reporting, and asset management functions, as well as leads the company's new business opportunities. Phil began his career with a private investment firm focused on permanent debt executions with a specialty in seniors housing finance. He has served in various roles since and has extensive experience with procuring and structuring permanent, bridge and mezzanine debt solutions for seniors housing commercial real estate. Phil is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Economics Management.

Rachael Craig

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Administrative Operations
With more than 15 years of experience of program management, Rachael started her career as an expert for specific insurance plans. During her professional development, she acquired many important skill sets to help her advance both professionally and personally. She is very passionate about helping others succeed and provides the communication, adaptability, and problem-solving skills to do so. As Manager of Administrative Services, Rachael supports all aspects of administrative and support services within the company.

Rose Siddle

Job Titles:
  • CEAL, CDP
As the Director of Wellness, Rose Siddle is responsible for developing and overseeing programs promoting health and implementing programs that improve the overall well-being of everyone within our communities. With over 35 years of healthcare experience, working in a variety of different positions, her knowledge, guidance, effective communication, and decision-making skills has made her very dependable over the course of her career. Her continued knowledge and adaptability for healthcare's ever-changing market has created a positive impact within all organizations Rose has touched.

Todd Gabel - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations
As the Director of Operations, Todd has a robust and accomplished career with an expensive portfolio of diverse senior living communities. Todd brings proven commitment to promoting business excellence at all turns, leading portfolios spanning multiple states. With over 25 years of experience, Todd has spent most of his career in different executive, regional, and consulting roles. With his commitment and passion of Senior Living, he has provided leadership essential to achieve development targets, sustain census objectives, and promote positive relationships key to sustained growth.

Wendy Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Regional Human Resources Coordinator
Wendy began her healthcare career in the revenue cycle department of a large hospital system where she was responsible for quality assurance initiatives, onboarding, and training new team members. While she enjoyed the acute care setting, her passion for older adults brought her to senior living. Wendy's senior living experience includes managing the business office and human resources departments for several nursing and assisted living providers. In 2016, Wendy joined the Ganzhorn Suites of Powell as Human Resources Coordinator where she was responsible for recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, payroll, and scheduling. In 2022, Wendy transitioned to a corporate Human Resources Specialist role to support all of our communities with their human resources functions. Wendy's passion is building talented teams who provide top-notch personalized care and services for all our residents.