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John Capes Named Executive Director At Moosehaven Retirement Community
Appointment of veteran senior-care
administrator is effective April 16
ORANGE PARK, FL - The Board of Directors of the Moosehaven retirement community has named John Capes, an experienced administrator of multiple senior care facilities in several states, as Moosehaven's new Executive Director, effective Monday, April 16.
Capes, 57, comes to Moosehaven from Lincoln, IL-based Christian Homes Inc., where he has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. He had previously served as an operations vice president both at Eden Prairie, MN-based American Baptist Homes of the Midwest, and at United Methodist Homes of New Jersey.
Over his nearly two decades in senior-care-community administration, Capes has also served in executive capacities for facilities in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Most recently, with Christian Homes, Capes has supervised operations of 15 separate Continuing Care Retirement Centers (CCRCs) in four states, with an annual operating budget of $115 million. He is well-versed in the day-to-day administration of services in skilled nursing, assisted living and senior independent living, plus supervision of quality assurance, environmental services and dining services in senior-care communities.
"John Capes has a truly outstanding background as an administrator in all fields of senior services," said Moose International Director General William B. Airey. "His record is one of operating senior communities with care and compassion, as well as with efficiency and fiscal prudence. His friendly and down-to-earth demeanor make him a leader whom our Moosehaven seniors will welcome with open arms." Said Leonard J. Solfa Jr., Moose International's Chief Operating Officer, to whom Capes will report: "We're convinced that John Capes's depth and range of experience make him the ideal leader to develop Moosehaven into the best community it can become over the next several years."
Capes, who was selected from a field of 49 candidates, holds a master's degree in business administration from Michigan State University in Lansing, and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Rockford (IL) College.
He and his wife, Tina, will be relocating to the Executive Director's residence on the Moosehaven campus in early April.
Moosehaven, founded at Orange Park in 1922 by the Moose fraternal organization, is a comprehensive 70-acre retirement community on the shore of the St. Johns River, where nearly 400 senior members of the Moose and their spouses reside in apartment-like housing and have access to a broad range of recreational and occupational activities and options. Residents also enjoy access to a 135,000-sq.-ft. LifeCare Center complex, built new in 2002, which offers a full range of assisted-living through skilled-nursing care.
Moosehaven is supported almost completely through private donations - the great majority of which come from the 1.1 million men and women of the Moose fraternal organization, in nearly 1,800 Lodges and 1,600 Chapters located throughout the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Bermuda.
The Moose fraternal organization also supports the operation of Mooseheart Child City & School, a 1,000-acre community and school for children in need, located 40 miles west of Chicago.
Founded in 1888, the Moose organization has long offered its members an opportunity to do good for others while celebrating life, with family, social, and sporting activities. For more information on the Moose organization, visit websites at www.Mooseintl.org, www.Mooseheart.org and www.moosehaven.org, or call 630-966-2229.
