I made the decision to join OnePoint when I was at a crossroads in my career and I have never looked back! The opportunity to unite with so many people who I have gotten to know in the senior living industry throughout my career, now all under the OnePoint flag, is truly amazing. In addition to our awesome team, our clients are truly inspirational and I am so grateful to be able to work alongside them and help them to achieve their goals as they work tirelessly to improve the lives of seniors.

Sarah is a highly experienced finance executive with a career that has spanned twenty-seven years dedicated to the senior living industry. Throughout her career she has been largely focused on capital formation and strategy to support the operations and growth of the senior living industry. Her diverse experience includes 16 years in capital markets specializing in senior living and continuing care retirement community (“CCRC”) financing both as a direct lender to providers as well as an investment banker. She more recently spent 11 years working in various capacities for a large regional operator of senior housing providing her with an important operational perspective to complement her expertise in senior living finance.

Sarah’s career began in the commercial banking industry where she was a lender first at Fleet Bank and then Sovereign Bank (now Santander Bank). While at Sovereign, she developed the bank’s expertise in CCRC financing, growing its market share to cover the United States and Sovereign became one of the largest lenders to CCRCs nationally. Sovereign completed over $3 billion of financing to the CCRC and senior living industry under Sarah’s leadership.

In 2008, Sarah joined Ziegler Capital Markets, where she was an investment banker responsible for developing the firms investment banking business focused on for-profit CCRC owners and developers as well as supporting key not-for-profit clients.

In 2010, Sarah joined Benchmark Senior Living, the Northeast’s largest owner and operator of senior housing. She served in various capacities including as the company’s Chief Financial Officer where she oversaw all finance, accounting, capital structuring and raising, acquisitions, risk management, legal and regulatory matters for the company. Sarah joined the company as Senior Vice President, Capital and was made the company’s Chief Investment Officer in 2019. She became Chief Financial Officer in 2020. Under Sarah’s tenure at Benchmark, the company grew from 44 properties to 63 properties. Sarah led approximately $700 million in new investments activity for the company (both acquisitions and ground up developments) and led several recapitalizations of the company representing over $3.5 billion of debt and equity raised.

Sarah earned a B.S. in Accounting from Providence College, and is also a CFA Charter Holder. She is a trustee of Taylor Communities in Laconia, NH.

Q. What is your favorite cocktail/mocktail?

A. My favorite cocktail is a tie between a Bombay Sapphire Gin & Tonic or a glass of good Pinot Noir wine.

Q. Who is part of your fur family?

A. Currently my fur family consists of a toy schnoodle named Roxi, a miniature golden doodle named Teddy and a perfect rescue dog named Matty.....needless to say, I can't imagine not having dogs in my life!

Q. What is you favorite podcast?

A. My favorite podcast is anything by Dr. Michael Greger who is a lifestyle physician best know for his advocacy of a whole foods, plant based diet along with daily exercise, both of which I have mostly adopted and feel incredible as a result.