Sandra Petersen is one of the long-term care industry's experts on risk and quality management issues. She has served as the Senior Vice President of Quality and Clinical Services for a large assisted living provider for almost ten years, overseeing a successful quality and risk management program in close to 200 residences nationwide. As a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant and expert geriatric clinician, Petersen is frequently consulted by the legal community regarding clinical and risk management issues in the long-term care environment and has served as an adjunct professor of nursing for both East Texas Baptist College and the University of Texas Tyler in East Texas. She currently serves as a member of the Assisted Living Federation of America's (ALFA) Government Relations and Education Committees, working closely with providers, state affiliates, regulators, and legislators regarding quality and risk concerns. Petersen is frequently sought as a lecturer on a wide range of clinical, legal, risk and quality management issues.

Jay Stowers has over fifteen years of experience in risk management, including his post as a Vice President with Aon Risk Services-- the world’s second largest insurance broker. At Aon he coordinated accounts and consulted in insurance program design, cost of risk analysis, and claims management, as well as risk identification and assessment. Prior to Senior Risk, LLC, he directed the risk management program for a national senior housing provider with 200+ locations. His responsibilities included the placement of insurance coverages, claims management, loss control and cost of risk analysis. During his three-year tenure, Workers’ Compensation claim costs were reduced by 70% or $2.7Mil and lost workdays due to employee injury were curtailed by 10,000 days (90%). During the same time period, this healthcare company with 6,000 residents, averaged less than one lawsuit per year.

At Senior Risk, Karen Kanis manages client accounts and partners with senior service providers to mitigate identified risks through quality assessment, clinical consultation, and client training. She has over 20 years of experience in healthcare-related businesses, including two of the nation’s largest assisted living providers. As a regional director of quality and clinical services in the Midwest, she prepared numerous facilities for initial residential care licensure and successful survey. With another leading operator, she advanced from community executive director to senior regional operations specialist/nursing consultant, during which time she guided communities in successful conversion from independent living to assisted living and memory care. Previously, as a senior manager of GuardiaCare, Kanis led its adult day care program expansion and joint ventures. She also has held leadership positions in healthcare association management, public relations and publishing-- including managing editor of Nursing Economic$ and several other publications. Her degrees are in nursing and journalism, and she has been honored by the International Association of Business Communicators, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Sigma Theta Tau and Today’s Woman Magazine for career achievements.