Greg is a member of the Walker senior management and development team and directs work related to the technical review and construction administration for senior communities. Greg’s responsibilities include request for services proposals, program development coordination, development scheduling, contract development and administration, contract document management, construction project management, on-site management and project close-out/building turnover coordination. His career experience encompasses numerous residential and commercial senior housing projects in the Twin Cities and throughout the United States. Greg joined Walker Methodist in 1988, and his experience in the construction industry extends back to 1982.

At Walker Methodist, Greg has provided development leadership and construction management for a 99-unit senior congregate living facility for the city of Plymouth. In addition, he has taken the lead role in owner representation for two nonprofit church organizations in the development and construction of independent and assisted living communities in the greater Chicago area. Greg has provided both development and construction project management to all of Walker Methodist’s senior housing projects, including the addition of “The Village at Walker” Alzheimer’s unit on the Walker Campus.

Greg graduated from the St. Paul Technical Vocational School in 1985 and the Associated General Contractors Superintendent Program in 1989.

Denny oversees the operations of Walker’s senior housing and assisted living communities and is instrumental in the efforts of Walker ElderCare Services, Walker’s for-profit subsidiary that provides a complete continuum of consulting services.

He has extensive experience in the senior housing field and multi-property supervision. Denny supervised thirty senior properties in fifteen states and was involved in all areas of operations, including food service and marketing. For several properties, he developed and implemented comprehensive assisted living programs that enhanced revenue and reduced turnover. Denny is experienced with workers’ compensation and unemployment claims and has worked with managers to effectively manage claims to reduce costs. He is proficient in the development of pro-forma financials for new developments and retirement community property purchases.

Denny served on a development team that opened three new properties within one year, working closely with the general contractor, architect, and project manager. He has also worked with sellers, buyers, lending institutions, and government agencies through the due diligence process for acquisitions, refinancing, management contracts, and the selling of properties. In addition, he has produced budgets for potential acquisitions.

In addition to his vast and innovative senior housing experience, Denny has also worked with several national hotel management companies, gaining a broad range of experience in the areas of food and beverage management, operations, staffing, and safety programs.

Denny currently sits on the Care Providers Board of Directors representing Residential Senior Housing. In addition, he is the Chairman of the Housing and Community based Services Cabinet for Care Providers of Minnesota and the co-chair of the Assisted Living Committee for Minnesota Health and Housing Alliance.

Denny graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin-Stout with a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality Management.

As Corporate Director of Marketing for Walker Methodist, Cathrine develops and implements Walker’s corporate advertising plan, oversees marketing for Walker’s senior housing properties, and is a consultant for Walker ElderCare Services’ clients.

She has more than twenty-five years of experience in acute health care, managed care, and the senior living industry. Prior to joining Walker, Cathrine was Corporate Director of Marketing for The Goodman Group, where she oversaw marketing for thirty senior housing, assisted living, memory care, and long-term care properties in eleven states. In addition to serving on the development team, Cathrine managed start-up marketing for six new upscale retirement, assisted living, and memory care properties in three years.

Cathrine has a wide breadth of experience in both for-profit and nonprofit communities and organizations and has served as Director of Marketing for a company specializing in managed care for seniors, Walker Senior Services, and North Memorial Medical Center. She has an extensive marketing management background including experience in business and marketing plan development; strategic planning; sales training and supervision; and consumer brand loyalty programs.

Cathrine has received awards and recognition for her marketing achievements and has lectured at various conferences. She serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Minnesota Health & Housing Alliance.

Cathrine has a degree in social work from the University of Minnesota.