Top 10 Life Enrichment Directors - 2026

Claudia Levins serves as Life Enrichment Director at Cedarhurst Senior Living, where she helps create opportunities for residents to stay engaged through meaningful daily experiences. Her professional background includes community service and resident-focused work, reflecting a career centered on supporting older adults through programs that encourage participation, connection and personal fulfillment.

Brian Wakefield serves as Life Enrichment Director at Aegis Living, where he focuses on creating meaningful experiences that support residents’ daily lives. His professional background reflects a commitment to senior living and community engagement, with his current role centered on developing activities that encourage participation, connection and individual well-being. His work reflects an understanding that quality of life is shaped through consistent human interaction rather than occasional

Alyssa Renaud has built a career around creating inclusive, community-focused experiences that empower individuals and foster meaningful participation. With a background in recreation, disability services, and program development, she is passionate about building environments where people can connect, grow, and lead active, fulfilling lives.

Jennifer Senior, CDP, is a Director of Life Enrichment at Trilogy Health Services, LLC, with more than 15 years of leadership experience in senior living. As a Certified Dementia Practitioner, she specializes in resident engagement, dementia-focused programming, wellness initiatives, and leadership development, helping create meaningful experiences while strengthening team performance and operational consistency.

Sherry Summerville is a licensed long-term care administrator and senior living leader with experience in community operations, team development, and resident engagement. Her leadership focuses on creating vibrant, respectful communities while helping teams achieve professional goals. She brings a coaching-oriented approach to senior living, shaped by experience in fitness, team leadership, and continuous improvement.

Nancy Kotarski is Life Enrichment Director at Friendship Village Kalamazoo in Michigan, bringing a diverse professional background to senior living programming. A lifelong learner driven by new challenges, she designs activity and event experiences for residents, drawing on broad career experience to enrich community life and resident engagement.

Marlon Zapanta is Life Enrichment Director at CareOne, where he plans and directs resident programs, activities, and special events across skilled nursing and assisted living. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience, he has led recreation, dementia-care, and community initiatives that support meaningful, person-centered engagement for older adults.

Emily Jewell is Director of Life Enrichment at Morningside House Senior Living, where she oversees resident services and person-centered programming. A Certified Dementia Practitioner, she creates experiences spanning physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual wellbeing, with particular focus on meaningful engagement, connection, purpose, and quality of life for older adults.

Sarah Rozario, MA, MT-BC, is Director of Life Enrichment at Sequoia Living, where she designs and oversees programs that support connection, purpose, and wellbeing for older adults. A board-certified music therapist, she brings experience in senior living, rehabilitation, and activity programming, using music and therapeutic engagement to strengthen community life.

Selene Roa is Director of Life Enrichment at Ciel Senior Living, a role she has held since 2019. Based in Libertyville, Illinois, she leads programs intended to enrich residents’ daily lives and foster an engaging community environment. Her work centers on creating meaningful experiences for older adults in senior living.