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Presbyterian Senior Living CEO Bernardo to Retire in 2022

Presbyterian Senior Living CEO Jim Bernardo is leaving his post at the end of the year to retire after spending 37 years with the organization in various roles.

With Bernardo’s retirement on the calendar, the Dillsburg, Pennsylvania-based organization’s board of trustees has convened a special committee to plan for the transition. Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) provides senior housing and services to about 6,000 older adults at 30 locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and Delaware.

Bernardo first ascended to the CEO role in 2019. Before that, he spent time in different parts of the organization, including as executive director and COO.

Looking back on his time leading the organization, he said he is most proud of the team he has helped bring together.

“We have embraced how our consumer has changed,” he told Senior Housing News. “The team has been very dedicated to transparency to staff and resident engagement, and I think that they’re well positioned to move forward.”

Though his departure is still many months away, Bernardo believes he will leave PSL in good hands given the fact that occupancy and demand appear to be holding up well in 2022. Earlier this year, the operator saw its assisted living inquiry-to-tour conversion rates jump “through the roof,” PSL Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kristin Hambleton said during an SHN Sales Summit panel in January.

“Demand continues to be strong,” Bernardo said. “I’m fairly confident that we have the processes in place and the product in place to get back to where we need to be.”

He also believes that the wider senior living industry is better-positioned now to serve the future need of older adults than it was just five years ago.

“There still is a significant need to address how we will serve people who … don’t have the resources that some of the people that we currently serve have,” Bernardo added. “I think we all as an industry recognize that … but I think we have a long way to go before we find a way to crack that nut.”

In terms of what comes next, Bernardo said he plans to revisit several passions that he has put on hold in recent years, such as becoming more fluent in other languages. He also plans to use his time on projects such as spending time with a local food bank and potentially mentoring others.

But in the meantime, he is focusing on the work he has left to accomplish with PSL.

“If I was stopping my work, I would retire next month, not at the end of the year,” Bernardo said.

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