Meet Our Team
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.
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.
Casey Shorten, Fitness Director. Casey Shorten is the Fitness Director for Cascade Living Group. Casey is certified by the American Arthritis Foundation as an instructor in group exercise. She has her Bachelor of Arts degree and has worked as a respiratory therapist in Seattle hospitals and nursing homes. Casey’s hope is for all the residents and employees of the CLG facilities to embrace an active lifestyle whether it is on their own or thru an EverFit class to enjoy the benefit of better health and happier lives.
Planned Positions. In the near term, the company plans to hire a Construction Manager to support current developments, operations and planned growth.
Consultants to Cascade Living Group
Faith Ott,
President/Founder Sage Age Strategies.Faith Ott has over 25 years experience in senior living strategic planning, marketing, branding and sales management. She has worked with every facet of the senior living lifestyle continuum. Faith’s area of expertise includes strategic planning, master planning, market analysis, program development, branding, marketing and sales management, sales training and census enhancement improvement. Faith is also experienced in the development of business plans for new programs and services. Finally, her extensive experience in managing client partner sales efforts and sales teams provides a well rounded and proactive approach to any and all client efforts or new development projects.
Theresa Partlow, Senior Consultant for the Washington Firm, Ltd. Ms. Partlow has over 20 years of progressive human resource management experience. Her background includes direct responsibility for policy development, recruitment and retention, employee/labor relations, compensation and benefits, multi-media and training. Theresa has held the position of Director of Human Resources for two national senior housing organizations and was most recently Vice President of Human Resources for a large national senior housing organization.
C. Mark Hannan, Sales Coach. Mark Hannan is the founder of MAGNOLIA Company LLC, a consulting practice devoted to helping leaders and organizations in the retirement living and healthcare space develop and strengthen their capability to create customer trust through organizational effectiveness as a way to create sustainable growth and success. Mark spent 17 of his 25 year career in Fortune 100 companies’ including Bristol-Myers, Baxter International, and CIGNA Healthcare where he served as a senior executive. He has led major successful business process transformations at Critical Care America, ManorCare Health Services, CIGNA Healthcare and Sunrise Senior Living, and works with numerous other healthcare-related organizations in a consulting and advisory capacity in a wide variety of organizational effectiveness contexts.
Mark is currently an adjunct professor at The George Washington University School of Business and Strategy, in Washington, DC where he teaches Organizations and Change Management to GWU Business School seniors; and the Montgomery College Department of Business and Economics in Rockville, Maryland where he teaches Principles of Supervision, Introduction to Marketing, and Principles of Business.
Maureen A. Boyle, MBA, R.D. The founder and president of Boyle Consulting, Inc. since 1996, Maureen Boyle brings more than 25 years experience to the hospitality and healthcare professions. During her career, Maureen has directed food and nutrition operations for over 350 senior living communities in over thirty states.
A graduate with distinction from Le Cordon Bleu’s Professional Cuisine program in Sydney, Australia, Maureen is also a Registered Dietitian. She received her M.B.A. from Boston College, and earned her B.S. in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management with highest distinction from Penn State University. In addition, Maureen earned her Dietitian Registration from Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital (an affiliate of the Harvard Medical School). Ms. Boyle holds active membership in both culinary and nutrition organizations, including The American Dietetic Association and Food and Culinary Professionals.