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Tina Sandri, MHSA, LHNA, QCP, RYT 200 (she/her/hers)

President
Forest Hills of DC
Washington, DC, United States

Tina Sandri, MHSA, LNHA, QCP, RYT-200 is President of Forest Hills of DC, a continuum of senior living services that has served residents for 135+ years, including assisted living, memory care, long- and short-stay skilled care, respite, and hospice care. A second generation healthcare leader, her career began when she volunteered in a nursing home and hospital while in high school. She has led in for-profit, non-profit, chain, and free-standing healthcare environments, including hospitals and CCRCs. Sandri currently serves on the AHCA Board of Governors. She has served on the Board of DCHCA, the DC affiliate of AHCA/NCAL, and the Board of Leading Age DC. She is pursuing her 500-hour certification as a yoga instructor and integrates her yoga practice into her leadership style. Past successes with her teams include achieving the 4th Magnet/Pathways to Excellence certified nursing home in the USA, introducing a robot to a senior living community that became a Time Magazine cover story about resident engagement, and being awarded global Ambassador of the Year by Aging2.0 for mentoring entreprenuers at the intersection of aging and innovation. Her team's person-centered approach to employee vaccinations was featured on the front page of The New York Times, CNN, Becker’s Hospital Review, McKnight’s Senior Living, and globally. Her passion for workforce solutions incorporates a mind/body/spirit approach to optimize resilient teams. A QAPI certified professional and Baldrige Gold Quality Award Examiner, she is focused on teaching positive process change management. As an AIT preceptor, she has trained diverse leaders to become NHAs in senior living. As an Asian-American, as she was taught to respect and care for her elders since early childhood. She co-developed the city-wide Fun Run Relay in DC to celebrate Older Americans' Month, which won the AHCA Program of the Year Award in 2022. Sandri's personal and professional mission is to do good, create abundance, and have some fun along the way.

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