Steve Lindsey named chair of Everence Board of Directors
Board also reaffirms incumbents
Dr. Emerson Lesher, who had served as board chair since January 2020, has concluded his term in that role and continues to serve as a member of the Everence Board of Directors.
The Everence Board of Directors provides mission oversight to Everence and its fraternal benefits affiliate, Everence Association Inc., ensuring the organization remains focused on empowering financial well-being for faith-inspired living. Everence serves more than 77,000 members and clients and more than 30 church denominations nationwide.
“I am deeply grateful to Dr. Emerson Lesher for his leadership on the Everence Board, and I am pleased to have Steve Lindsey step into the role as our new board chair,” said Ken Hochstetler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Everence. “We are fortunate to have someone with his experience, commitment to excellence and dedication to improving the lives of the people around him to lead our Board.”
As CEO of Garden Spot Communities, a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community committed to Christian values and principles, Lindsey has a proven track record of innovation and new ideas. He has nearly 30 years of administrative experience in retirement community and rehabilitation hospital industries and was instrumental in developing the new Guidelines for Residential Health, Care and Support Settings. He serves on the board of directors for the Society of Gerontological Environments (SAGE) as well as on the editorial advisory board for Environments for Aging. In July 2019, Steve was identified by Senior Housing News as a Changemaker, one of the pioneers driving the future of senior living. He holds a Master of Social Work from Temple University and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
“Everence has demonstrated a passion for serving people of diverse backgrounds with excellence, creating community and thinking innovatively about how to fully integrate a person's faith and values into their stewardship planning in a way that creates impact,” Lindsey said.“As someone who works in senior living and sees the real impact this can have, that idea of helping to shape the ways we improve lives and better communities resonates with me.”
Four other incumbents reelected to Board of Directors
Everence members reelected four other incumbents to the Board of Directors: D.J. McFadden,III of Millersburg, Ohio, is Associate Medical Director at Medical Mutual of Ohio; Jaime Rodriguez, of Fresno, California, is Chief Financial Officer at Fresno Surgical Hospital; Ruth Suter of Line Lexington, Pennsylvania, is Vice President, Asset Team Head, Neurology at UC Berkely; and Jessica Yoder of Portland, Oregon, is a CPA and Assurance Shareholder at McDonald Jacobs.