Meet Our Team
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| Tom Stanley, Dale Zulauf, Clark Claypool, Bill Shorten |
Bill Shorten, Principal and Founder. Bill Shorten is one of the founders of the company. Prior to launching the Cascade Living Group venture, he spent 10 years as the Director of Real Estate Finance for a large national senior housing company. His direct responsibilities for the Cascade Living Group include acquisition and development, finance, budgeting and accounting.
Tom Stanley, Principal and Founder. Together with Mr. Shorten, Tom Stanley formed the Cascade Living Group. Mr. Stanley is an attorney with 20 years of experience in the senior housing field. Prior to forming the company, Mr. Stanley was the legal counsel to a large national senior housing company. His direct responsibilities include development and construction, legal, risk management and human resource functions.
Dale Zulauf, Principal and Founder. Mr. Zulauf is also one of the founders of Cascade Living Group and brings decades of operational experience to the company. Mr. Zulauf has served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations for several of the nation’s largest assisted living, retirement and skilled nursing/subacute providers. Mr. Zulauf is also a co-founder of A Place for Mom, Inc., the nation’s premier senior housing placement and referral organization. In addition, he is founder of Zulauf Health Ventures, Inc., providing operational/sales consulting and executive search services to the senior housing industry. He participates in the evaluation of all potential acquisitions and developments for Cascade Living Group and is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Cascade communities .
Clark Claypool, Principal and Vice President of Construction and Asset Management. Mr. Claypool joined Cascade Living Group in early 2007 as a principal and officer. Prior to joining the company, he was the Development Manager for a national senior housing company. Prior to that, had his own development and construction firm. With 14 years of senior housing development, construction and asset management experience, Mr. Claypool is ideally suited to guide Cascade Living Group’s efforts in these areas.
Kim Wagner, Director of Marketing and Sales. Ms. Wagner has over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, both in and out of the senior living industry. In addition, Kim has held positions as a multi-site regional sales manager with emphasis on sales coaching and consulting. She has worked with a number of regional and national senior housing organizations.
Diane Hill, RN, Director of Wellness Services. Ms. Hill’s nursing career spans more than 30 years with 20 of those in nursing care of seniors in home health, memory care and senior housing. She has held positions as Wellness Director, Executive Director and VP of Resident Services providing leadership for wellness and life enrichment services, primarily for west coast regional providers and recently served as Regional Wellness Coordinator for Cascade Living.
Marie Tooker, RN, Wellness Consultant. Ms. Tooker brings over 30 years of experience in nursing care for seniors. Prior to joining Cascade Living Group, Ms. Tooker served as a senior corporate nurse/QA consultant for several national senior housing providers.
Ron Sheldon, Controller. Mr. Sheldon has over 23 years of experience in financial accounting and auditing. This experience includes positions as head of the accounting and auditing department of a local Certified Public Accounting firm, controller of a local cable TV company with multiple locations in several western states and, most recently, ownership in a construction company.
Gayle Edwards, Executive Assistant. Following a successful and multiple decade career in corporate executive support, Ms. Edwards joined Cascade Living Group in May of 2007 as its Executive Assistant. Ms. Edwards continues to expand her role and responsibilities and provides administrative support for all company functions.
Planned Positions. In the near term, the company plans to hire a Construction Manager to support current developments, operations and planned growth.