A look at the people behind the numbers in area business:
SHELLEY KENDRICK ECUMEN
Title: Chief operating officer/senior vice president of operations
Age: 52
Shelley Kendrick is continuing to help develop diversified offerings as newly promoted chief operating officer and senior vice president of operations at Ecumen, a Shoreview-based leader in senior housing and services.
Kendrick, who joined Ecumen in 2012 and previously was the nonprofit's vice president of operations, has 25 years of experience in health care, 21 of which have been in senior services.
"I've stayed with it over the years, having a passion for senior services and trying to find a new way to help people live well and in places where they want to live and in their own homes," Kendrick said. "So I'm very aligned with Ecumen and their mission."
Kendrick oversees operations at 38 Ecumen sites in seven states. She is responsible for management of all housing and care center communities, including quality of care, financial performance, facility maintenance, procurement, innovation and strategic development.
Ecumen's new approaches include Awakenings, a dementia care program that seeks to reduce patients' medication use, Kendrick said. Others include Abiitan Mill City, an independent living and memory care project in Minneapolis, and Zvago Glen Lake Cooperative, a senior housing project on Glen Lake in Minnetonka. Both are to open next year.