PAUL PHILLIPS

Longview, an Ithacare Community, announced that its board of directors has named PAUL PHILLIPS as its new CEO, effective Jan. 11. He succeeds Mark Macera, Longview’s longtime executive director, who is retiring after 30 years. Phillips brings more than 30 years of expertise in nonprofit aging services to Longview. He began his career at Friendly Senior Living in Rochester. His responsibilities included nursing-home administration; managing moderate-income senior housing; and developing, opening, managing, and expanding an entire startup senior living campus. Phillips also served as CEO for the Lathrop Communities, a Kendal affiliate, in Northampton and Easthampton, Massachusetts, and served on the Kendal Corporation’s leadership team. Most recently, Phillips served as senior-living specialist at LECESSE Construction Services, where he performed client consulting and business development for senior-living campuses across the eastern United States. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in gerontology, the latter with an emphasis in long-term care administration and is licensed as a nursing-home administrator in both New York and Ohio.