Melissa Orello

Melissa Orello serves as an Executive Director and Consultant in Stockton, California, with more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare and senior living sectors. She began her career as a certified nurse assistant in a nursing home for four years before advancing to medication technician and resident care coordinator at Atria Senior Living, where she worked for 14 years and rose to memory care director. Orello earned a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration and later took on executive director roles, including turning around a struggling facility by obtaining its memory care license and achieving full compliance and occupancy. She also served in a regional position before founding her own consulting company, where she specializes in operations, building strong teams through empowerment, compliance, and acquisitions while offering hands-on execution to fix issues in struggling buildings. Her notable achievements include licensing a non-compliant Sacramento-area community within 60 days during the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing its shutdown. Orello holds an RCSE certificate and is a certified dementia practitioner; she began but did not complete a master's degree in gerontology at USC. She is a member of the Older Adult Council and attributes her success to hard work and motivation, often sharing the advice to 'just do it' even when challenges seem insurmountable.