Linden Ponds Board of Directors

Mary Helen Lorenz, Chair

Ms. Lorenz is a city planner who has worked in community development and management, and has chaired school, town, and church boards including the Lincoln Housing Commission and First Parish, in her town of Lincoln, Massachusetts. Ms. Lorenz has worked for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Stubbins Associates, Inc., and Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Inc. She holds master’s degrees in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania and in management of human services from Brandeis University. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in United States studies from Wellesley College.

Bruce J. Beardsley

Mr. Beardsley is a principal at Next Step Healthcare, LLC, where he has provided advisory, consulting and valuation services to investors in the skilled nursing and senior housing sectors. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at Harborside Healthcare Corporation which operated 76 skilled nursing centers. He has served as Chairman for the Board of Assessors for the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, and as a member of the Owner/Operator Advisory Board and Market Area Profiles Task Force for the National Investment Center (NIC). Mr. Beardsley earned his bachelor’s in Business and Economics at Lehigh University and his master’s of Business Administration from Boston University.

Wayne J. Craig

Mr. Craig has served as the Chief Financial Officer for SMV Management Company since December of 2009. SMV Management Company is responsible for the oversight of approximately 200 skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and long term acute care hospitals located in 23 states that are owned by a small group of private investors. Mr. Craig previously worked as CFO for a small family owned healthcare provider in Massachusetts and as VP of Finance for Harborside Healthcare Corporation. Mr. Craig began his career at Advantage Health Corporation as a staff accountant and ascended to Vice President of Finance. Mr. Craig has consistently been involved in numerous strategic financial endeavors throughout his career and directed an accounting staff in excess of 30 people for Advantage Health. Mr. Craig has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting from Salem State College.

Nathaniel J. Dudley

Mr. Dudley is litigation partner at McGivney & Kluger of Boston, where he coordinates and directs local counsel with respect to defense strategy in all 50 states. Previously, he served as general counsel for Landmark Health Solutions, LLC, and Harborside Healthcare Corporation. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Northeastern University School of Law, Mr. Dudley is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Senior Living of Florida, Inc. He is a volunteer assistant hockey coach at Babson College and is a member of the Board of Directors for Westwood Youth Hockey

Kirk B. Jones

A native of New Orleans, Mr. Jones currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at Boston University School of Theology and Andover Newtown Theological School, where he earned his Master of Divinity. He is also senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. In addition to authoring several books and articles, Mr. Jones is a member of the Academy of Homiletics and the Society of Christian Ethics. He received his B.S. at Loyola University in New Orleans, his Doctor of Ministry degree from Emory University and his Ph.D. from Drew University

Carolyn Markey

Ms. Markey was president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of America (VNAA) from 1997 to 2007. During her tenure, she led the 400 visiting nurse agencies throughout the country in the areas of advocacy, national image, clinical education and regulatory compliance. Ms. Markey has 30 years experience in home health and community care in both for profit and not for profit organizations. Prior to VNAA, she was the CEO of Special Care Home Health Services, a $100 million division of Advantage Health. She served on the board of Myomo, Inc, and was a member of Leadership 18 and National Healthcare Coalition in Washington, DC. She is a registered nurse and graduate of North Shore Community College.

Willow Pasley

Ms. Pasley is a finance and management professional with 20 years of experience in the banking industry. During her tenure with Citizens Bank and BayBank, she specialized in lending to healthcare and not-for-profit organizations, including continuing care retirement communities. She earned a BA from Hartwick College and an MBA from Simmons College.

Annette Sexton

Annette Sexton is a retired Town Administrator from the Town of Norwell, MA, a position she held for 17 years. After retirement, she was appointed to the Norwell Advisory/Finance Board serving as Chairman for two of her three year term. She and her husband moved to Linden Ponds in March 2005. Her activities at Linden Ponds include being a member of the LPTV-6 Crew and a member of RAC's General Services Committee. During the spring of 2007, she served as Moderator for Linden Ponds First Constitutional Convention.

Ron Walker

Mr. Walker served as President of Lyon, Conklin & Company in Baltimore until his retirement in 1993. Prior to that position, he was Treasurer and Controller of C.C. Dickson Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. Both companies were involved in HVAC equipment distribution. Mr. Walker started his professional career as a CPA with the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand in Charlotte after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.