Tonya Landry

With almost 30 years in healthcare, I have built my career on the foundation of discipline and structure I gained from 7 years of military service right out of high school. When I transitioned to civilian life, I was drawn to healthcare because it offered the same kind of structure with regulations and procedures that I was accustomed to. I started as a CNA and became a licensed occupational therapist, earning my bachelor's degree through vocational rehabilitation with VA support. I then pursued my MBA from the University of Phoenix online back when doing business online wasn't cool, all while working full-time and raising two children under five. Throughout my career, I have worked across home care, long-term care, post-acute care, hospital psych, and outpatient settings. Today, as an executive director of a Continuing Care Retirement Community, I run multiple business lines with a primary focus on operations, ensuring we provide a safe and comfortable environment for our residents while maintaining fiscal responsibility and building a strong culture for my team members. I am most proud of the expansion we recently completed at my current organization, where we restructured the bed count from a predominantly long-term care model to a more clinically complex post-acute rehabilitation model. This 2-3 year process involved extensive interviews and information gathering from team members, transitioning beds without discharging patients, complete remodeling, and successfully filling the beds after our grand opening. What drives me most in my work is mentoring, educating, and building team members to take my place.