Leadership
Jillian Fitzgerald, Housing Director for Burnsville and Shakopee locations
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Kelly Rice, Housing Director for Minnetonka
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Liz Wendel, Admission Director
I have been working in senior care since 2015. I was a CNA at a memory care facility throughout college and discovered my passion for helping the elderly population and their families. I studied healthcare administration at Bethel University and completed a yearlong internship at a care center with Presbyterian Homes prior to starting my career at Cassia. I have been the admissions director since February of 2020 and have loved working with the staff, residents, and resident families at Emerald Crest. Helping families find a specialized memory care that feels like home for their loved ones has been my favorite and most rewarding part of the job.
Rev. Arlen Solem, Chaplain
I graduated seminary from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and completed a chaplaincy residency with Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee. I began my career with Cassia at the Augustana Health Care Center in Minneapolis in 2016. I love the work I do more than I could have imagined. Leading worship services and interacting with our residents has been incredibly fulfilling and life-giving. In spite of the fact that the worship services have a pattern that changes little, each service is unique and often filled with unanticipated moments when God’s blessings are felt so strongly. I am honored to get to know so many people in the latter stages of their lives. I consider many of the people we serve my friends even if sometimes they don’t quite know who I am.
