You might say that senior living is Katie Piperata's family business. At the bright young age of 12, she visited her mother, a Director of Nursing, at work and stayed on to volunteer. From that point on, her entire career has been serving seniors and those who serve them. Her very first job was in long-term care, as a dietary aide at the same facility where she had been a volunteer. It was no surprise when she met and married her husband, who is also a nursing home administrator.
Immediately following graduation from the University of South Florida with a degree in Gerontology, she held her first job as licensed nursing home administrator. Her accomplishments in that position led to a rapid promotion to executive director of a five-star rated long term care facility.
Katie joined MedBest as an executive recruiter, and was promoted to Senior Partner three years later. There, Katie interviewed thousands of people and learned how and what made people disgruntled. These insights would later be essential to the framework of what KPV & Associates would be founded on.
An MBA graduate of the University of Tampa, Katie formalized procedures and methods that contributed to MedBest's growth as a nationally recognized executive recruiting firm serving the senior living industry. After years of observation as an Administrator, and most recently a senior partner at a national recruiting firm, she noticed that companies did not have the dedicated manpower to take care of their people and were oftentimes distracted by “critical” issues that arise in senior living.
Katie founded KPV & Associates which focuses on workforce development in senior living communities across the country. She wanted to provide a solution to retain and manufacture better leaders, so she partnered with her long time organizational coach, Debbie Forcier-Lynn, to develop a program that improves leadership competency. She looks forward to using her education and industry experience to provide a better solution to retain and manufacture better leaders.
