AL Industry News

Welcome Our Newest Board Member and Thank You to Our Departing Board Member

Many Thanks to Loretta!!

Loretta Kaes, BSN, RN, B-C, C-AL, LNHA, CALA
Loretta Kaes, BSN, RN, B-C, C-AL, LNHA, CALA has announced her retirement from the AALNA Board of Directors, after 13 years of service! We are so grateful to Loretta for all she has brought to our organization, especially her work in representing AALNA at the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL). Loretta, we wish you a glorious retirement!!

Welcome Our Newest Board Member!!

Gwen Wilburn, MBA,RN-BC

The National Board of Directors of AALNA takes great pleasure in introducing our newest board member. Her talents and experience will allow us the opportunity to expand our membership, programs and educational opportunities.Gwen Wilburn, MBA, RN-BC, is Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for The Aspenwood Company. Gwen has been a registered nurse for twenty-eight years. In those years she has worked in the home health and hospital settings, but in the last eighteen years, she has held a variety of leadership positions in Assisted Living. She is a board-certified gerontological nurse along with being certified in Assisted Living. She completed her MBA with a focus in Healthcare Management.

Welcome Gwen!!