AJAS 2022 Annual Conference
Collaborative Café:
A reinvented way of exhibiting – Visit us at table #20.
Sponsorship:
HJ Sims is proud to sponsor AJAS, and an Evening with Doris Kearns Goodwin. Doris Kearns Goodwin, is a presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who is poised to offer her insights on leadership.
Thought Leadership
Educational Session #1: What’s Next for Jewish Senior Living Communities
Session Date & Time: Monday, April 4, 10:00 – 10:45am
Session Description: Many Jewish Senior Living Communities have long, successful histories of serving seniors, particular as relates to providing skilled nursing care. In many markets, Jewish Senior Living Communities are viewed as providing the highest level of care in their markets, attracting as many or more non-Jewish residents as Jewish residents. But with aging physical plants, changing reimbursement systems and changing consumer preferences, organizations are facing declining margins and the need for enhanced fund raising to deal with on-going operating deficits. Looking to the future, what are the key metrics and options senior leadership of Jewish Senior Living Organizations should focus on?
Featured Speakers:
- Aaron Rulnick, Managing Principal, HJ Sims
- Jason Jorgenson, Vice President/Managing Director of Development, LCS
- Joe Weisenburger, Vice President/Senior Director of Business Development, LCS
- Blake Gillman, Vice President/Director of Post-Acute Care Services, LCS
- Rachel Blumberg, Executive Director, Sinai Residences of Boca Raton
Education Session #2: Community Lay Leaders Program
Creating Strategic Partnerships and Affiliations While Bridging Mission and Vision
Session Date & Time: Monday, April 4, 4:00 – 6:00pm
Session Description: Learn how innovative boards and senior leadership are utilizing strategic partnerships, non-traditional affiliations and new approaches to growth and sustainability. As long term care utilization is continuing to decline and reimbursement is continuing to shrink the financial gaps growth where communities can no longer fundraise their way out of it. The program will review new programs, services and affiliations designed to capture younger consumers, broaden your organization’s reach and enable your communities to be self-sustaining.
Featured Speakers:
- Carol Silver Elliot, President and CEO, Jewish Family Home
- Dan Cinelli, Principal, Perkins Eastman
- Aaron Rulnick, Managing Principal, HJ Sims
- Melinda Schmitz, President, Sage Age
- Brian Schiff, Managing Director, BS&A
- Jeff Weatherhead, Chief Operating Officer, Aldersgate
Contacts:
- Aaron Rulnick, Managing Principal
- Anthony Luzzi, President, Sims Mortgage Funding
As we continue to experience fluctuations in our capital markets, HJ Sims is committed to Tracking the COVID-19 Impact.
California Charter Schools Conference
2022 California Charter Schools Conference
The California Charter Schools Conference is the state’s premiere charter event and delivers three days of inspirational keynotes and critical sessions with turnkey tools and strategies for educators, school leaders, and advocates. HJ Sims will be there – start a conversation with one of our expert team members specializing in structuring and underwriting charter school and education financings.
HJ Sims is proud to support the CCSA as one of the Welcome Reception sponsors.
Attendance:
- William Sims, Managing Principal
- Rich Harmon, Executive Managing Director & Head of Public Finance Education
- Rob Nickell, Executive Vice President
- Please stop by and visit us at booth #1426.
- Robert Nickell Jr., Executive Vice President at 214.681.0952 or [email protected].
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Mennonite Health Assembly 2022
MHS’s Mennonite Health Assembly
HJ Sims is proud to be an MHS Supporter Sponsor.
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
The Power of Innovative Senior Services Boards
Session Date & Time: Friday, March 25, 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Session Description: Not-for-profit senior living management teams expect their boards to be forward-thinking, strategic and innovative. Innovation at the board level is a function of various elements, including a defined strategic direction and best practices in place. So, what does an effective board look like? What are some tools boards can use to remain focused on their organizations’ mission? ? Does the board or management create the strategic plan?
Join Baker Tilly and HJ Sims, together with the Board Chair and Chief Operating Officer of Landis Communities, for an informative an interactive discussion that will explore elements of an innovative board although anyone is welcome.
- Learn the 12 principles of governance that power exceptional boards and how they can be applied to your organization.
- Gain and understanding of how to shift the board from crisis management back to strategic planning.
- Refresh your knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of governing boards, post-pandemic, and be able to share that wisdom with your board.
Featured Speakers:
- Lynn Daly, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
- Beverly Asper, Baker Tilly
- Evon Bergey, Landis Communities
- Allon Lefever, Landis Communities
Contacts:
- Lynn Daly, Executive Vice President
As we continue to experience fluctuations in our capital markets, HJ Sims is committed to Tracking the COVID-19 Impact.
LeadingAge 2022 Leadership Summit
2022 Leadership Summit
Leaders and c-suite level executives in aging services gather together and network to gain insight, explore ideas, collaborate with peers, and influence the nation’s decision makers. HJ Sims will be there – start a conversation with one of our expert not-for-profit team members specializing in structuring and underwriting senior living and long term care financings.
Attendance:
- Aaron Rulnick, Managing Principal
- James Bodine, Executive Vice President
- Lynn Daly, Executive Vice President
- Melissa Messina, Executive Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Investment Banking
- Thomas Bowden, Senior Vice President
NABL Institute
National Association of Bond Lawyers: NABL U The Institute
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
Hot Topics in Disclosures for 501(c)(3) Borrowers
Session Date & Time: Thursday, March 3, 5:00 – 6:15pm ET
This panel will cover hot topics in disclosure for 501(c)(3) borrowers in the following sectors: health care, senior living, housing, and higher education. Disclosure considerations unique to each sector will be discussed as well as topics that apply to all such as bank loan disclosure, recent SEC risk factor guidance, cybersecurity, climate change, and LIBOR. Disclosure considerations concerning taxable 501(c)(3) bonds will also be discussed along with the particular considerations in connection with ongoing disclosure, foreign legends and tax disclosure.
Featured Speakers:
- Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President, HJ Sims
- Panel Chair: Bill Burns, Gilmore & Bell, P.C., Kansas City, MO
Contacts:
- Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President
As we continue to experience fluctuations in our capital markets, HJ Sims is committed to Tracking the COVID-19 Impact.
Governance Webinar Series
Education Series:
Governance Webinar Series: 4-part series addressing today’s most pressing governance topics.
Series Description: HJ Sims is sponsoring this series of comprehensive virtual content geared directly toward the Governance of senior living providers. Targeting board members, leadership teams and those new to these roles, but a benefit to all leaders in our field, the sessions will tap the intellectual capital of industry experts from governance, law, finance, development, and strategic planning. The 2022 series will offer a more in-depth look at how Board Members should play an active part in a community’s strategic planning, culture development, and more.
This webinar series is held in conjunction with LeadingAge Maine/New Hampshire, LeadingAge Virginia, Plante Moran Living Forward, and United Methodist Association.
Individual Session Details:
Navigating Strategic Planning
- This session will discuss the board’s role in Strategic Planning: what are the keys to ensuring a successful process and questions all boards should be asking in our new reality.
- January 13, 2022 from 11am to 12:30pm ET
- Facilitators: Melissa Andrews, President & CEO, LeadingAge Virginia, and Dana Wollschlager, Practice Leaders & Partner, Plante Moran Living Forward
Strategic Planning Hot Topics
- This session will address important topics to incorporate into Strategic Planning, such as your role in work force, living wages, future of nursing care, how culture drives operational outcomes, and technology categories that drive differentiation and adds value.
- January 27, 2022 from 11am to 12:30pm ET
- Facilitators: Melissa Andrews, President & CEO, LeadingAge Virginia, and Greg Hensley, Senior VP, Plante Moran Living Forward
Governance Through Transitions
- In this dynamic time of change for nonprofit organizations, leadership and governing boards must ready themselves for leadership and landscape changes that will impact their organizations. The fast pace of change dictates that boards and leadership have ongoing frank conversations about succession planning, partnerships, organizational structure, and how best to work together.
- February 10, 2022 from 11am to 12:30pm ET
- Facilitator: Tom Bowden, VP, HJ Sims, and Greg Hensley, Senior VP, Plante Moran Living Forward
Cultivating Diversity in Nonprofit Board Rooms
- Diversity of expertise, experience and perspective on nonprofit boards can strengthen an organization’s ability to make good decisions and to plan for the future. Strategic work – including transparency, culture, and curiosity – to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion is a renewed priority for organizations seeking sustainability and improved overall performance. This session will focus on the deep, critical, and intentional work that boards can take to develop a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive board that reflects the community served.
- February 24, 2022 from 11am to 12:30pm ET
- Facilitators: Mary Kemper, President & CEO, United Methodist Assn. of Health & Welfare Ministries, Boris Henderson, Chief Strategy Officer, Aldersgate Life Plan Services, and Melinda Jordan Payne, Retired
As we continue to experience fluctuations in our capital markets, HJ Sims is committed to Tracking the COVID-19 Impact.
eCap Summit 2022
2022 Conference & EXPO
A unique opportunity to engage in direct discussions with financial institutions and thought-leaders focused on the evolving market shift. HJ Sims will be there – start a conversation with one of our expert private lending team members.
HJ Sims is proud to be an eCap Gold Sponsor.
Attendance:
- Curtis King, Executive Vice President
- Brett Edwards, Vice President
ASHA Annual Meeting 2022
2022 Annual Meeting
The meeting features a captivating keynote presentation, engaging educational sessions, numerous networking opportunities and outdoors activities. HJ Sims will be there – start a conversation with one of our expert private lending team members.
Contact:
- Jeff Sands, Managing Principal
- Curtis King, Executive Vice President
- Brett Edwards, Vice President
- Brady Johnson, Senior Vice President
National Association of Bond Lawyers Workshop
HJ Sims is excited to be able to attend the NABL U The Workshop virtually.
Contact:
- Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President
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LeadingAge MD October 2021 Webinar
HJ Sims is proud to be able to present in a special webinar for LeadingAge Maryland providing a legislative update and to deliver several case studies of communities that have utilized tools to create cash flow during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Webinar Date & Time: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 from 2:00 p.m.
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
Creative Refinancing Structures for Cash Flow and Tax-Exempt Advance Refunding Legislative Update
Since the elimination of tax-exempt advance refundings in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, communities have had to find creative ways to refinance existing debt in a historic low interest rate environment, including taxable advance refundings, Cinderella refinancings, and forward placements. This session will cover case studies of communities that have utilized these tools to create cash flow during the COVID-19 pandemic and will also cover updates on the legislation winding its way through Congress that would reinstate tax-exempt advance refundings.
Featured Speaker:
- Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President, HJ Sims
Contact or for more information on this presentation:
- Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President
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LeadingAge National Annual Meeting + EXPO
2021 Annual Meeting
HJ Sims is proud to attend, exhibit, sponsor and present during the LeadingAge Annual Meeting.
Exhibitor Hours:
Visit us at Booth #1923.
- Monday, October 25 from 11:00am – 3:00pm
- Tuesday, October 26 from 11:00am – 3:00pm
- Wednesday, October 27 from 9:00am – 11:00am
Thought Leadership
Education Session #1:
33-A. Cultivating Board Innovation and Strategic Thinking
Session Date & Time: Sunday, October 24, 2021 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Track A | Room: TBD
Session Description:
Non-profit senior living management teams expect their boards to be forward-thinking, strategic, and innovative, while instilling these same attributes throughout the organizations they serve. This session will feature tools that boards can use to remain focused on their organization’s mission, respond to unexpected changes, and carry out strategic planning. A provider of aging services and board chair, and representatives of two professional services firms, will define board member responsibilities, outline ways to foster innovation and strategic thinking at the board level, and present strategies to help boards remain effective while adapting to change and disruption.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common issues experienced by non-profit senior services boards and best approaches to solutions.
- Understand the responsibilities of board members and their role in determining the strategic direction of the organization.
Featured Speakers:
- James Bodine, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
- Jennifer Schwalm, Partner, Baker Tilly
- Len Weiser, President/CEO, White Horse Village
- Shirley Weaver, Board Director, White Horse Village
Education Session #2:
57-F. Why Single-Site Life Plan Communities Continue to Thrive
Session Date & Time: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Track F | Room: Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom 1
Session Description:
In a market expected to continue to be active with merger, acquisition, and affiliation opportunities, particularly as communities begin to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, how have single-site life plan communities historically fared relative to larger organizations, and what might the future viability of single-site life plan communities look like in the near-term and long-term futures? The proposed session will be split into two sections. The first section will be higher level, and discuss several of the typical goals organizations have sought to accomplish with M&A activities, which are often necessitated by an adverse outside force, and may not align with the strategic planning or mission of many single-site organizations. Using several single-site LPCs as examples, the session will review important factors as to their historical and long-term future success, including leadership and governance, mission-driven goals, and approach to strategic planning. In addition, we will review several qualitative and quantitative commonalities that high-performing single-site LPCs tend to share. The section will conclude with commentary around the COVID-19 pandemic recovery to date, and what long-term effects we may see with respect the industry and issues specific to single-site LPCs.
The second section of the proposed session will be an in-depth review of Lenbrook, a single-site LPC located moments from the conference in Buckhead, and will discuss their experience as the premier senior living provider in the area. In particular, an assessment of the key factors from an operational, financial, and leadership perspective that have converged and allowed Lenbrook to cultivate its unparalleled reputation for resident service and to thrive from a financial perspective, including commentary around advantages Lenbrook has relative to larger, multi-site organizations. In addition, instead of conveying the fruits of those successes to a parent organization, Lenbrook will discuss how they have been able to leverage its successes to continue improving its ability to respond to the needs of its current and future residents, with the recent acquisition of a home health agency as well as the Kingsboro at Lenbrook expansion project.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the key factors, emphasizing those with the greatest degree of transferability and those unique to single-site providers, that financially-sound single-site LPCs share.
- Provide insight into the approach to strategic planning of Lenbrook, and how their status as a single-site provider adds to their overall flexibility with respect to decision-making.
- Commentary regarding how strategic planning, specifically for the unique challenges that single-site providers face, has been and may in the future be affected as the world continues to emerge from the pandemic.
Featured Speakers:
- Aaron Rulnick, Managing Principal, HJ Sims
- Nick Roberts, Vice President, HJ Sims
- Christopher Keysor, CEO, Lenbrook Atlanta
- Felecia Sveda, Vice President of Hospitality Services, Lenbrook Atlanta
Special Event
Continuing Care Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Reception
We are thrilled that Bill Sims, Managing Principal, will be inducted into the Class of 2021 Continuing Care Hall of Fame. He joins fellow inductees John Diffey, Larry Minnix and Mary Alice Ryan in this prestigious honor.
When: Sunday, October 24, 2021 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Where: Georgia Aquarium, Oceans Ballroom, Ivan Allen Jr Boulevard NW, Atlanta
For more information, please visit http://cchalloffame.org/.
Note about our Cocktail Reception
This year’s LeadingAge Annual Meeting + EXPO marks an important milestone for our industry and the LeadingAge family. While we enjoy connecting with our colleagues and friends during our HJ Sims cocktail reception, this year with deep regret, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our annual reception out of an abundance of caution, continued concerns around COVID-19 and the gathering of a large crowd in a confined space.
In place of our cocktail reception, we are planning other ways for our banking team to connect and gather through numerous, smaller hosted events.
Women’s Brunch to Kick Off LeadingAge
This brunch is by invitation only, and registration is required. For further information, please contact Sonia Carrero.
Keynote Speaker
Kim Hoppe
Chief Financial Officer
United Methodist Retirement Communities and Porter Hills
We are honored to welcome Kim as she shares her thoughts and perspective on her professional journey.
Kim Hoppe joined Porter Hills Retirement Communities in May 2016, serving as the Vice President of Finance. She was promoted to the Senior Vice President of Corporate & Financial Services position and since 2019 now serves as the CFO of both Porter Hills and United Methodist Retirement Community. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Western Michigan University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Kim has more than 20 years of experience with Senior Living/Non-Profit Auditing & Consulting, Medicare & Medicaid reimbursement team leadership and development, financial operations, project management, strategic planning and business development. Kim began her career at Plante Moran and spent 16 years serving senior care clients.
Kim has also held positions with Walmart and Sam’s Club in the areas of both finance and accounting. She has served on various boards in the past including the Northwest Arkansas YMCA, Smiles for a Lifetime and is founding member of Inforum. Kim has also been involved in and presented at various industry associations, including Aging Services of Michigan, Leading Age, Health Care Association of Michigan (HCAM), Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council and Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA).
In her spare time, Kim enjoys yoga and meditation and just recently completed her 200-hour certification to be a yoga instructor.
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LeadingAge PA Fall Finance Conference
2021 Fall Finance Conference
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend, exhibit, sponsor and present at the fall conference.
Stop by and say hello!
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
Extending Housing and Services to the Middle Market
Session Date & Time: Friday, October 14, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m
Room: TBD
Senior Living Organizations face a heightened cross-current of conditions, combining factors stemming from the pandemic coupled with longer-term trends, many of which accelerated by the crisis – including factors impacting marketing and sales, staffing and operations and financial performance and position. With a return to a (new) normal, shaped by perspective gained throughout the course of the pandemic, this Session will review the current state of the senior living sector, impact on operating and financial performance and, as importantly, implications for continued mission fulfillment and growth in not-for-profit senior living organizations going into 2022 and beyond.
Demand for senior living services is rebounding, albeit with some twists; accordingly, topics to be considered include:
- Offerings of Middle-Market & Affordable in addition to Market Rate Seniors Housing
- Rental vs. Entrance Fee Contract/Revenue Models
- Prospects for & Right-Sizing Skilled Nursing
With the return to more normalized resident demand, senior living growth strategies are once again of critical focus, with implications for the composition of senior living campuses and services – topics of consideration include:
- Existing Campus Repositioning and Expansion along with development of Satellite Campuses and/or offering of Home & Community-based services
- Project development lead times and construction cost inflation and techniques to manage these dynamics
- Growth by Partnership, Affiliation and/or Acquisition including evaluation of the dynamic between Not-for-Profit and For-Profit providers whether as Competitor or Partner.
Finally, the availability, cost and terms of financing and financing strategies remain of utmost importance, both with regard to the senior living organization’s existing capital structure as well as in funding new capital investment. Capital is widely available and interest rates at multi-decade historic lows – presenting unprecedented opportunities for refinancing as well funding of new growth opportunities.
HJ Sims, with its comprehensive focus on the senior living sector through the provision of financing and advisory services to both Not-for-Profit and For-Profit sponsors over the past 50+ years, offers a well-informed and reasoned insight on the current state of the senior living sector. This Session will include participation from several members of the Sims team including senior living and capital markets research as well as both not-for-profit and for-profit investment banking. These industry veterans draw on industry and market data as well as client case studies to highlight current conditions and future trends.
Learning Objectives:
- Solidify understanding of and perspective on the current areas of greatest challenge and opportunity in the senior living sector – considering long-term trends along with the impact of the pandemic on the continuation or shift in senior living sector dynamics.
- Illustrate key considerations, paths and processes to use in responding to these challenges and reframe them as opportunities.
- Identify effective strategies for maintaining organizational relevance and achieving continued growth across the care continuum with emphasis on areas of greatest resident/customer demand and financial viability – including financing approaches and techniques in support of these objectives.
Featured Speakers:
- James Bodine, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
- Siamac Afshar, Vice President, HJ Sims
- Gayl Mileszko, Senior Vice President, Director of Credit Analysis, HJ Sims
Contacts:
- James Bodine, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
- Siamac Afshar, Vice President, HJ Sims
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LeadingAge TN Annual Meeting
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend the 2021 Annual Meeting/Conference.
Contacts:
- Jimmy Rester, Executive Vice President
- Ryan Snow, Senior Associate
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LeadingAge MI Conference
2021 Conference
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend, exhibit, sponsor and present at the annual conference.
Visit us at Booth #57.
Session Date & Time: Monday, September 27, 2021 from 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Room: Senator Vandenberg Room A in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
The Power of an Innovative Senior Services Board
Not-for-profit senior living management expect their boards to be forward-thinking, strategic and innovative. Innovation at the board level is a function of various elements, including when there is a defined strategic direction and best practices. So, what does an effective board look like? What are some tools boards can use to remain focused on their organizations’ mission? Does the board or management create the strategic plan? This discussion is designed to create an atmosphere for executive management and board members to gain insights into best practices in their journey towards innovation and strategic thinking.
Learning Objectives:
- Defining board member responsibilities such as the board’s role in setting the strategic direction for the organization;
- Strategies for board effectiveness while adapting to change and disruption;
- Confronting common “tension areas.”
Featured Speakers:
- Lynn Daly, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
- Steve Fetyko, United Methodist Retirement Communities and Porter Hills, CEO
- Mary Wagner, United Methodist Retirement Communities and Porter Hills, Board Member
Contact:
- Lynn Daly, Executive Vice President
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LeadingAge GA & SC Joint Annual Conference
2021 Joint Annual Conference on Aging & Trade Show
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend, exhibit and sponsor at the conference.
Visit us at our Booth.
Contacts:
- Tom Bowden, Senior Vice President
- Anthony Luzzi, President, Sims Mortgage Funding
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LeadingAge WI Fall Conference
2021 Conference
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend, exhibit and present at the fall conference.
Visit us at Booth #042.
Session Date & Time: Friday, October 8 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m
Room: TBD
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
Extending Housing and Services to the Middle Market
This session will profile successful middle market senior housing models and identify key success factors for development. Understanding the increasing pressure on non-profit providers to maintain financial performance, honor the past, maintain their long standing history and reputation in the market, and meet the demands of the emerging middle market, we will offer strategic solutions that may bring a middle market senior housing product to reality for your organization.
Learning Objectives:
This session will help providers tackle the increasing pressure on senior living providers to meet the demands of the merging middle market. We want to learn what you learned from experienced providers. How are they successfully and profitably operating their middle market models. What are the key success factors for development, pricing, and operating?
- Understand the Middle Market consumer and demand;
- Hear how changes to traditional business models are helping to reduce development costs and manage operating expenses to facilitate success of a middle market product;
- Learn from case studies of those providers who have been successful in Middle Market housing.
Featured Speakers:
- Lynn Daly, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
Contacts:
- Lynn Daly, Executive Vice President
- Brady Richardson, Senior Associate
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LeadingAge NY Financial Professionals Conference
2021 Conference
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend, exhibit, sponsor and speak on a session panel.
Visit us at the HJ Sims Booth.
Session Date & Time: Thursday, September 2, 2021 from 8:45am – 9:45am ET
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
Should I Refinance My Debt? (And If So, How?)
Interest rates remain low and the consensus regarding increased rates is not a matter of if but when. This session will provide a variety of options every organization should explore, from “Cinderella” and forward delivery bonds to tender options and taxable debt to maximize savings. We also will explore refinancing options for HUD-insured projects, including the Section 232/223(f), 223(f) and 223(a)7 mortgage insurance programs, and HUD’s streamlined Interest Rate Reduction (IRR) protocol.
Featured Speakers:
- Andrew Nesi, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
- Anthony Luzzi, President, Sims Mortgage Funding
Contacts:
- Andrew Nesi, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
- Anthony Luzzi, President, Sims Mortgage Funding
- James Bodine, Executive Vice President, HJ Sims
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LeadingAge FL Annual Convention
2021 Conference
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend, exhibit, sponsor and speak on a session panel.
Visit us at Booth #903.
Session Date & Time: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm ET
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
Moving Forward: A Successful Affiliation Case Study – Westminster Communities
As the COVID-19 pandemic has brought some communities to the brink, more and more communities are considering affiliation for varying reasons. In this session, we will explore how Westminster Communities of Florida successfully turned around Glenmoor – a community that had been through two bankruptcies and had significant entrance fee liabilities at the time of acquisition.
Westminster Communities of Florida was not only able to turn the community around ahead of schedule, but they brought it into their obligated group ahead of schedule as the addition of Westminster St. Augustine (formerly Glenmoor) was accretive to the Obligated Group. This session will focus more on financial, operational and marketing strategies executed at the operator-level, overcoming negative market sentiment surrounding the outstanding entrance fees, and will briefly touch on the 2020 financing that brought WSA into the Obligated Group.
Featured Speakers:
- Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President, HJ Sims
- Hank Keith, CFO, Westminster Communities of Florida
Contacts:
- Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President
- Tom Bowden, Senior Vice President
- Kerry Moynihan, Senior Vice President
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InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast
2021 Conference
HJ Sims is proud to be able to attend, sponsor and speak on The Power Panel.
Session Date & Time: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 from 8:50am – 9:45am ET
Thought Leadership and Educational Session:
The Power Panel: CEO’s Discuss the State of the Industry
The power panel will examine trend lines in investment, development, operations and finance. Attendees can expect an inside look at the challenges and opportunities across the seniors housing continuum when some of the biggest names in the industry come together to talk about the state of the industry.
Featured Speakers:
- Jeff Sands, Managing Principal and General Counsel, HJ Sims
- Judd Harper, President, The Arbor Company
- Jesse Marinko, CEO & Founder, Phoenix Senior Living
- Douglas Schiffer, President & COO, Allegro Senior Living
Contacts:
- Jeff Sands, Managing Principal and General Counsel
- Curtis King, Executive Vice President