Arizona LeadingAge

Board of Directors 


President

John Thorhauer

Glencroft Center for Modern Aging

Chief Executive Officer


President-Elect

Joe LaRue

Sun Health Communities

Chief Executive Officer


Vice President

Tamara “Tami” Bohannon

FSL

President and CEO 


Treasurer

Tom Dorough 

Mirabella ASU

Executive Director 


Secretary

JonScott Williams 

 Fellowship Square

Executive Director


Immediate Past President

Tom Winkelman

Westminster Village

Chief Executive Officer

Members at Large

2026 - 2029


Carter Smitherman

Royal Oaks

Chief Financial Officer


Dr. Buddy Messer

Alliance Behavioral Care

Founder/Owner 


Beth Ernst

La Posada

Chief Operating Officer


Deb Shumway

Hospice of the Valley

Chief Executive Officer


Emily Garba Collins

Friendship Village Tempe

Associate Executive Director

Michelle Just

Beatitudes Campus

President and CEO

Sherri Friend

Oakwood Creative Care

President and CEO


Dr. Eric Luster

Seniors Rising Homes

Founder and CEO

Joanne Byers

Benevilla

President and CEO


Cole Marvin Ex-Offico

Friendship Village 

Chief Executive Officer 

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