Dr. Shumway has close to thirty years of experience in the post-acute health care, residential, and long-term care industries. His background encompasses feasibility, development, marketing, and management. In addition, he has administered several comprehensive community service programs. Prior to founding Revere Healthcare in 1985, Dr. Shumway served as Director of Older Adult Services for Lutheran General Health Care System. He also was senior consultant for Parkside Associates, Inc. He has also been Chief Executive Officer for a large retirement community and long-term care facility managed by Alexian Brothers Health Management. Further, he has directly supervised hundreds of strategic planning and feasibility studies, assisted in the financing, design and development of close to a billion dollars in construction and directed the marketing and management of thousands of units.
John Smith, C.A., Reimbursement
Consultant
Mr. Smith has over thirty years experience in health care finance. Prior to joining Revere in 1999, Mr. Smith served as a Vice President of Finance for a 556-bed nursing home chain. Mr. Smith has an extensive background in post-acute health care reimbursement through positions at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois, Alexian Brothers of America, Aetna, and Debes Corporation/Alden. Mr. Smith has a degree from the London School of Accountancy and is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (CPA equivalent).
Pamela
A. Shumway, N.H.A., R.N., M.S., Operations Consultant
Mrs. Shumway has more than twenty-five years experience in the
health care and long-term care industries. Since joining Revere
in 1988, she has served as Executive Director, Administrator, Assistant Administrator, and Director of Nursing within various projects in
both turn-around situations and standard operating situations. Currently,
she is responsible for overseeing the operations of multipleindependent, assisted living, dementia, skilled nursing and sub-acute units. Mrs. Shumway also has assisted in the development of multiple retirement communities, as well as, facilities providing all levels of long-term care. Prior to joining Revere, she served as Assistant Health Care Center Administrator, Administrator of Home Health and Assisted Living at Friendship Village in Schaumburg, Illinois (containing 624 independent living units, 30 assisted living units, and 180 nursing beds,) and as Director of Nursing at St. Paul’s Retirement Community located in South Bend, Indiana. Mrs. Shumway has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Care Administration and a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from the College of St. Francis.
Christopher
J. Dials, N.H.A., M.S., Marketing Consultant
Mr. Dials has conducted hundreds of strategic planning, market feasibility, and marketing studies since 1994 when he joined Revere. He has strong research, writing, and analytical skills. Christopher Dials has designed numerous specialty marketing projects for sponsors throughout the nation, including pioneering work on quality indicators, clinical pathways, and DRG analysis. Mr. Dials also provides marketing consultation to independent living, assisted living, and nursing care providers. His marketing expertise includes media campaigns, public relations, sales training, and special events development.
Carol A. Sichterman, M.A., R.D., L.D., Dietary Consultant
Ms. Sichterman, who joined Revere in 1990, has more than thirty-five
years of experience in the health care industries. Her background in health care encompasses Administrative Dietitian positions in both hospitals and retirement communities. Ms. Sichterman has served as a consultant dietitian in the health care field for over twenty-eight years. She has served as an instructor at Western Michigan University and Kellogg Community College. She has been an active officer and member of the Michigan Dietetic Association for over twenty years.
John A. Dials, B.F.A., Graphic Design & Marketing
Consultant
Mr. Dials is a graphic and web designer with eight years of experience providing marketing materials to clients in the health care industry. He joined Revere in 1998 after graduating with a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Dials has designed collaterals for numerous marketing campaigns including complete identity/image creation or overhauls. Mr. Dials utilizes his experience and creativity to provide effective client solutions to design projects such as logos, letterhead, business cards, tri-folds, brochures, newspaper ads, web sites, multimedia presentations, postcards, surveys, posters, and signs.
Rhonda Dimos, M.B.A., Marketing & Operations Consultant
Mrs. Dimos, has been with Revere Healthcare since 2005 and has worked on multiple projects as an interim director of facility operations and as director of marketing. Rhonda's career spans more than 20 years and she has served many diverse populations from older adults in independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities to troubled youths, special needs populations, and individuals with autism. Her strengths include identifying target populations, developing marketing strategies, increasing sales, and fixing troubled operational systems. Mrs. Dimos has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Purdue University and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. She currently has an executive position on the board of Illinois Continuity of Care Association (COCA), a non-profit organization that is working toward greater continuity in meeting ongoing health related needs of individuals leaving the health care system. Born a Hoosier, she is married with three adult children and has lived in Griffith Indiana for the past 25 years.