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Please join the PALA Board in welcoming Mark D. Miller as PALA's Executive Director. Mr. Miller assumes his new position on October 5th, 2009. "We are delighted to have Mark as part of our PALA team given his demonstrated working knowledge of assisted living and personal care. Mark has firsthand experience in both directly providing service to residents and as an active participant developing public policy that governs the important work we all do." said, Orla Nugent, President, PALA Board of Directors.
"I'm excited to have this opportunity now as Pennsylvania's public policy, that defines service to seniors and their families, faces unprecedented change. PALA has a great reputation of working to advance a better long term living environment for our assisted living and personal care residents that is predicated on the values that have been important to each of those residents all of their lives. Those values are promoting their independence, respecting their privacy, enhancing their dignity, and ensuring that they choose how they live their life. I appreciate the opportunity to try and contribute any way that I can to that cause." Miller said.
Mark joins the PALA team with over thirteen years of professional experience, including "hands-on" caregiving, residence management in both non-profit and proprietary settings, public policy development, senior advocacy, public relations, and professional development through education. Having operated Personal Care/Assisted Living levels of care both here in Pennsylvania and in his home state of Tennessee, his diverse experience will add to the PALA support services our members hopefully value.
A native of Tennessee, Mark completed his undergraduate work and graduate degree in Organizational Management from Tusculum College. Since moving to Pennsylvania, Mark has continued his educational pursuits working to earn a PhD in Public Administration from Penn State. Mark's most recent experience is as a Policy Analyst in the Office of Regulatory Affairs at the Pennsylvania Association for Non Profit Administrators (PANPHA) where he has been actively engaged, among other responsibilities, in the development of Act 56, that defines Assisted Living Licensure standards as well as the proposed regulations associated with that hallmark legislation.
Please join us in welcoming Mark to PALA.
Welcome to Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association (PALA) website. The Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association (PALA) is a professional not-for-profit trade association representing Personal Care Homes and Assisted Living Communities for-profit and not-for-profit that vary in size from small owners to large state and national corporations. We are recognized as an association dedicated to helping Personal Care and Assisted Living Providers address relevant issues and challenges as they arise in the emerging industry.
PALA's membership allows for the recognition of different types of homes within the same industry to be represented by the only trade association dedicated exclusively to representing this very special residential care alternative. PALA provides a legislative voice in Harrisburg and our national affiliate- The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) carries the concerns of our members to the Nation's Capital.
State Affiliate of the
Assisted Living Federation
of America
(www.alfa.org)
Founding Members
- ALTERRA
- Balanced Care Corporation
- Culinary Service Network, Inc.
- Fosnight Retirement Home, Inc.
- IMC (International Management Consultants, Inc.)
- Klett Organization Architects
- Lakeview at Pine Run
- New Seasons Assisted Living Communities, Inc.
- Sunrise Assisted Living
- Windsor Place
- ZA Consulting
