About Unisen

Bill McDermott

As Human Resources Director, Ms. Peters works in partnership with all areas of the Unisen organization. She enables leaders, managers and staff to develop and maintain a responsive, accountable and positive organizational culture. Ms. Peters has 25 years of experience in human resources and management relations in diverse fields, including the financial, insurance and senior living industries.

Ms. Cronin serves as the Culture Development Coordinator for Unisen Senior Living. In her previous role as Director of Health and Wellness, she supervised social services, activities and health and wellness services. Prior to becoming a vital part of the Unisen team, Ms. Cronin’s roles included Assisted Living Facility Administrator, Chair of the Lifestyle Task Force for Greystone Communities and member of Greystone’s Health and Wellness Task Force.

Ms. Cronin has extensive experience working for the care and advancement of people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and similar needs. She earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Kentucky and her MBA in management from Saint Leo University. 

Jane Elizabeth, first joined the Unisen Senior Living team as Finance Director in September 2016. Since then, she has successfully helped the community recover from an $83-million dollar bankruptcy as part of a two-year plan. During this process, Ms. Elizabeth managed daily liquidity, significant budgets of operating funds, debtor in possession loans and MLR rescue funding, while also reconciling over $35 million in resident funds.

She is a strong asset to the Unisen community!

Mrs. Roeber’s vision for the Lifestyles department is empowered by guiding residents to achieve their best lives yet. With former experience as a Lifestyles Director for 5 years in Mississippi, she sees the purpose to provide for an exceling senior growth. She comes to Unisen with a vision of “Family” including residents and staff as one.  Her background history includes 15 years of instructing aerobics at the YMCA (including senior aerobics), 10 years with a local church teaching senior aerobics, 5 years in ministry as a Community Outreach Director, and Children’s Director. She also was an ambassador for Silver Sneakers for 10 years planning senior group trips to encourage an active lifestyle.

Ms. Johnson is an experienced licensed practical nurse with a demonstrated history in healthcare operations. Throughout her career, she has gained extensive experience in managed care case management. Ms. Johnson brings advanced knowledge of CHIP, Commercial, DSNP, Medicaid, Medicare care coordination and clinical affordability initiatives to the Unisen Senior Living team. Additionally, she has demonstrated leadership ability and talent for collaborating with a diverse interdisciplinary team.

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Mr. Chomka is proud to be Executive Chef at Unisen Senior Living. He has been an executive chef for 29 of the 35 years that he has been cooking professionally. His journey began as a student at the Johnson & Wales University Culinary School where he graduated with an associate degree in culinary arts and a bachelor’s degree in food services management.

Prior to joining the Unisen team, Mr. Chomka worked for Sodexo Food Service for over 15 years, mostly in the corporate services management. He also has experience with fine dining restaurants and catering.

Traci has always had a great interest for the food service industry. Growing up she could always be found in the kitchen with her mom helping with meals and learning. In high school she led her culinary classes for two years. Traci graduated high school in the top 10 of her class and from there she began her career path at a young age accepting her first Assistant Kitchen Manager position at an assisted living facility in her home state of Ohio. Here she had a wonderful opportunity and the privilege of working alongside an accomplished Executive Chef who took her under his wing teaching and guiding her to success! She took over the Kitchen Manager position at that facility and was part of their family for 7 years.

She continued her path gaining more and more knowledge and experience over the years.  Her career has included the positions of Site Catering Manager, Sr. Food Director, Multi-Unit Charter School Cafeteria Manager, and now having over 20 years of professional experience, she has joined the Sodexo and the Unisen team as General Manager III. 

Ms. Duquette is the Executive Director of Sales and Marketing for Unisen Senior Living and has been in the industry for over 10 years. Previously, she held Sales Director positions at some of Florida’s most well-known CCRCs. In all her roles, she developed a consistent track record of leading and coaching sales associates to achieve census and development goals.

Ms. Duquette received her bachelor’s degree in graphic design from the State University of New York at Purchase. She is a Licensed Florida Real Estate Professional who specializes in construction, commercial and capital improvements.

Mr. Tran, originally from Saigon, Vietnam immigrated to Louisville, KY at the age of 19. Not knowing a single word of English, but through tenacity and perseverance earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Louisville.

After college, he became Project Engineer for Machine Vision Ltd. Shortly thereafter he joined the YMCA of Greater Louisville, as IT System Administrator. Before joining Unisen Senior Living, Donie held various positions in the IT field such as Implementation Engineer, Senior IT Tech, and IT Business Analyst. In his most notable role, he served as IT Director for Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA.

In his previous roles, he provided strategic leadership on projects, while meeting organizational annual goals along the way. He has a solid technical background and is very knowledgeable in IT and computer systems.

Mr. Shuck is a Principal with Windermere Strategic Partners and a development consultant. He has dedicated his life to the advancement of aging services and brings 40 years experience to the senior living industry.

Ms. Ward brings 26 years of management experience in the senior living industry and is Co-CEO of AgeWell Solvere Living.

Ms. Wasserlauf is an Executive Director and licensed Nursing Home Administrator with over 30 years achievement performing a full range of operational functions at not-for-profit multi-site and single-site CCRCs, as well as corporate oversight of skilled nursing homes, assisted living and resident nurse clinics. Her expertise includes financial forecasting, strategic planning and budgeting, marketing, policy and procedure development, quality assurance and regulatory compliance. 

Ms. Wasserlauf’s background also includes, expansion and renovation of existing infrastructure, and construction of new buildings such as rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing homes, memory care assisted living, and assisted living. 

Mike Stump recently relocated to Tampa from Michigan. Mike is married and has two daughters. He has worked in some form of maintenance for over thirty years and began his maintenance journey working for the City of Hillsdale on their street department. Later, Mike and his wife started an Assisted Living community. While owning and operating the community, he handled all subcontracting, vendor needs, maintenance, and repairs inside/outside of the buildings, as well as fire safety, marketing, and sales. After fourteen years, he sold his business and decided to test his skills in the restaurant and real estate world.

Most recently, Mike was the Maintenance Director for a large Senior Living community. In this position, he was responsible for all maintenance issues inside/outside of the building, for independent living, assisted living, and memory care. This included fire safety and rules and regulations. Mike looks forward to building long-lasting relationships with other coworkers and the residents who live here.

Glenn Palacino is the Environmental Services Director at Unisen Senior Living. He has over 25 years of experience in environmental and housekeeping services. He served 17 years in a full-service hospital setting and eight years in senior living including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Long-Term Care. Glenn’s passion for working in the Senior Living Industry is evident in his strong work ethic and dedication to providing an enjoyable environment for residents.