Our Team
Michael Schonbrun – President & CEO, Balfour Senior Care
Michael Schonbrun, Balfour’s Founder, President and CEO, has extensive experience in housing and health care services for seniors. For more than 25 years Michael has worked at the executive level in assisted living, long-term care, hospital, HMO, home health and hospice care environments. His vision for Balfour was – and is – to provide a continuum of quality options for seniors that meet their housing, social and medical needs.
Sandy Christensen, RN, NHA – Executive Director, Balfour Retirement Community
Sandy Christensen is the executive director of Balfour Retirement Community. She is responsible for all operations and customer service activities, including the assisted living, skilled healthcare and advanced memory care segments.
Paula Enrietto, PhD – Executive Director, Independent Living at Balfour
Paula has a long standing commitment to advocacy for the elderly and an intimate knowledge of medical and social issues facing seniors. A native of Louisville, Colorado Paula previously served as president and is a current member of the Louisville Senior Foundation. In addition, she is a member of the Community Medical Center Board of Directors.
Megan Carnarius, RN, MT, NHA – Executive Director, Balfour Cherrywood Village
Megan Carnarius is a nurse, licensed nursing home administrator, and a much sought after speaker on the topic of Alzheimer’s care, a specialty that she has focused on in her training, management, and program design for more than a decade.
Elinda Dennis – Executive Vice President and CFO, Balfour Senior Care
Elinda Dennis joined Balfour’s executive management team as controller in January 2004. She is responsible for all finance related aspects of the company, including fiscal operations at Balfour Senior Living.
Greg Morris – Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Greg joined the Balfour Senior Living team in January, 2010 and will be responsible for managing and growing sales and expanding the marketing efforts for Balfour’s independent and assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care properties and its continuum of care services. Greg is a veteran of the senior living industry. In his most recent position with Classic Residence by Hyatt, he successfully led the development and pre-opening sales process for several of the company’s luxury continuing care retirement communities.
Susan Juroe, Esq. – General Counsel, Balfour Senior Care
Susan E. Juroe, Esq. is General Counsel for Balfour Senior Care. Prior to joining Balfour in 2003, she was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Holland & Knight, LLP, specializing in real estate development and finance. Her area of emphasis is affordable and senior housing development and the programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Jane Drury, SPHR – Director of Human Resources
Jane Drury, Balfour’s Director of Human Resources, is responsible for all human resources aspects of the company including employment and staffing, compensation and benefits, employee relations and compliance.
Advisory Board
Balfour’s advisory board is comprised of five individuals who meet quarterly to discuss key strategic, financial and operational aspects of the business. Besides founder Michael Schonbrun, it is comprised of Mr. James Krantz, a business psychologist and consultant from New York City; Mr. Charles Wilke, an investment banker from Seattle; Mr. Zach Neumeyer, an entrepreneur in the hotel and hospitality sector; and Ms. Susan Juroe, an attorney with special expertise in housing finance and currently Balfour’s legal counsel.
Balfour’s Leasing Team
Independent Living
Peter Torrens
Kim Tyler
Balfour Retirement Community
Candy Riedel
Kristine Wert
Balfour Cherrywood Village
Debbie Askegren, New Resident Advisor