Meet the Advisory Council

Keven Bennema

Founder & CEO – Charter Senior Living

Keven Bennema is the Founder and CEO of Charter Senior Living. After a humbling but formative beginning as a caregiver, Bennema rose to executive ranks in the senior living sector, working for several large national providers.

He worked in every functional department of a skilled nursing community before ultimately earning his Nursing Home Administrator License in the state of Ohio.

Concurrently, he completed his MBA in Health Care Administration from Cleveland State University. Keven continued his career in several senior living companies, serving as Executive Director, Regional Director and eventually becoming Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer of Senior Lifestyle Corporation in Chicago.

Now, with his own company underway and 14 properties (and counting) under his direct leadership, Keven is focused exclusively on advancing his team-inspired vision for senior living under the Charter banner.

Jerrold Frumm

Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer – Senior Lifestyle

Jerry Frumm is the Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Senior Lifestyle. In this role Jerry serves as the Chairman of the Senior Lifestyle Investment Committee, which reviews all investment activities for the company. Jerry has been associated with Senior Lifestyle since its inception in 1985. During his tenure, Jerry has been involved in all phases of the development and acquisition of Senior Lifestyle communities and has closed on innumerable debt and equity transactions. Jerry is responsible for key relationships with Senior Lifestyle’s diversified base of capital partners.

Jerry is an attorney who has practiced with both state and federal governments. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and he also currently serves as a member of the Public Policy Committee on The American Seniors Housing Association.

Jerry holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from The Ohio State University and a Law Degree from Washington University School of Law. He is also a licensed real estate broker.

Kai Hsiao

CEO – Eclipse Senior Living

Kai Hsiao is currently the CEO of Eclipse Senior Living, which is a national 3rd party manager of Independent, Assisted, and Memory Care communities across the United States. He also serves as a member of the Argentum Board of Directors, is on the Executive Board of the American Seniors Housing Association and was recently appointed to the NIC Board of Directors.

Kai was previously Senior Managing Director – Senior Housing Properties at HCP Inc., which is a fully integrated real estate investment trust that invests primarily in real estate serving the healthcare industry. Prior to HCP, Kai served as President and CEO of Holiday Retirement, the second largest senior housing operator in the United States. During his tenure there, he held several leadership positions, including: overseeing operations, field support functions, acquisitions, and new business strategy.

Kai graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Arizona.

Anne Tumlinson

Founder & CEO – Anne Tumlinson Innovations

Anne Tumlinson is the founder and CEO of the advisory services and research firm, Anne Tumlinson Innovations. She has 25 years of research and consulting experience in the areas of post-acute and long-term care financing and delivery. Her work has helped organizations respond successfully to payment and delivery reform, and to develop innovative ideas for public policy change necessary to prepare the country for demographic shifts.

Among other affiliations, Anne serves on the board of directors for the Caregiver Action Network, on the Aetna Medicaid Advisory Panel, and on the conference planning committee for the National Investment Center for Seniors Care.

Anne served previously as a Senior Vice President at Avalere Health, where she founded and led Avalere’s post-acute and long-term care consulting practice for 14 years. She created, developed and launched a data-based provider navigation tool for post-acute care placement and led many analytic and modeling projects for a wide variety of clients. Prior to that, she led Medicaid program oversight at the federal Office of Management and Budget.

Bernard Wess, Jr.

Founder & CEO – Perseid Software & ProtonCare

Bernard Wess Jr. is the CEO of Perseid Software and ProtonCare. He is currently working in the areas of Total Consumer Health Care, Rapid Application Development and “heavy” ion cancer treatment. His team has extensive expertise in the development of secure information systems, acute and post-acute care settings, and particle therapy for cancer treatment.

Bernie has been a founder of multiple companies related to Healthcare, Insurance, and IT. He has experience in strategy, business development, healthcare, clinical medicine, regulated information systems, applied statistics, commercial product development, insurance and clinical/bioinformatics. He has consulted in the design and implementation of mission-critical managed care, risk management, and clinical information systems for Reuters Experts, Blue Cross/Blue Shields, EDS, Microsoft, The Procter and Gamble Company, Ford Motor Company, and many others.

Bernie did his computer science graduate work at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and has a master’s degree in applied Statistics from the University of Maryland. He has been awarded both a CSP and CDP certifications from the Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals.