Mia Alba

GEORGETOWN, TX – The Board of Trustees of The Wesleyan, a nonprofit senior living and healthcare provider, announced the selection of Bethany Sisneroz as president and chief executive officer. Sisneroz had been serving as chief operating officer for The Wesleyan since June 2019. She succeeds Mark Lenhard who resigned in October to pursue another opportunity.

In announcing the decision, Board Chair Ed Komandosky said, “We were fortunate that we had many experienced applicants. In Sisneroz, we already had a proven leader with a deep understanding of The Wesleyan’s day-to-day operations.” The value of that experience comes at a critical time for The Wesleyan according to Komandosky.

On being named CEO, Sisneroz said, “My goal is that we maintain and fortify a financial foundation from which The Wesleyan can continue to grow and thrive.” The last years have been challenging everywhere in the healthcare industry. “Navigating through the global pandemic and aftermath has been a bit like riding a rollercoaster,” she said. “But, I am confident that The Wesleyan has a promising future in store and I am excited to be part of shaping that”, she added.

Sisneroz brings more than twenty years of experience in all levels of senior care. “My passion – transforming the culture of how care and how services are delivered – drives everything I do. Working with our staff, residents, board members, volunteers, and donors, will make The Wesleyan a place where people want to live and work for generations to come,” she said.

Sisneroz earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwest Texas State University. She is licensed as a Nursing Facility Administrator (LNFA) in the State of Texas. Prior to joining The Wesleyan, she served as Regional Vice President of Operations for organizations throughout Texas. She was the first administrator in Texas to receive the American Health Care Association’s Silver Quality Award for which she served as National Examiner. Sisneroz is a member of the College of Healthcare Executives.

The Wesleyan: Located in Georgetown, Texas, The Wesleyan is a faith-based nonprofit established by the Central Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church to create a retirement home for seniors. Today, in its 60th year of operations, The Wesleyan provides a full continuum of care, which includes Independent Living, Assisted Living, Long-term Care, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, Home Health, Personal Assistant Services and Hospice.

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The Wesleyan’s President and CEO Mark Lenhard announced his resignation Friday, September 30.

“The reason is both personal and professional”, Lenhard explained in his video announcement to teammates, residents and family members. “As my wife and I move into the next season of our lives as ‘empty-nesters’ and considered our next steps, I was contacted by a search firm to consider a President/CEO role for a faith-based, non-profit organization serving seniors in the Northeast. This relocation will bring us closer to our extended family. I will be completing my service to The Wesleyan Friday, October 21.”

Lenhard expressed his appreciation to all who have been a part of his five years with The Wesleyan. “To the residents, I would like to say thank you for sharing your home with me. To my fellow teammates, I cannot tell you how much you have shaped who I am and I have incredible faith in your continued calling to serve in this ministry. Our Board of Trustees’ high level of engagement is only matched by their passion and compassion for The Wesleyan and its mission of service. And, to our donors, constituents and community leaders, please know the incredible gift to Georgetown that The Wesleyan has been for 60 years and will continue to be as it recommits itself to the achievement of abundant life for all those that we serve and for those with whom we serve. Thank you and God bless you.”

Bethany Sisneroz, The Wesleyan’s Chief Operations Officer has been appointed Interim President and CEO. Sisneroz has worked for The Wesleyan for three years and is intimately familiar with the organization’s operations and relationships.

GEORGETOWN, TX – The Wesleyan, a faith-based, nonprofit senior living and healthcare provider that has served Central Texas residents and patients since 1962, welcomes Scott A. Russell, MD, FACS.

Dr. Russell will be performing weekly bedside wound management rounds at The Wesleyan Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Georgetown, TX.

A board-certified general surgeon, Dr. Russell is on staff at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital and is affiliated with Vohra Wound Physicians, whose wound management program has been noted by Ostomy Wound Management as greatly improving healing times, reducing infection and amputation rates, and reducing wound-related hospitalizations. Their wound outcomes are tracked and reported.

Founded in 2000, Vohra Wound Physicians is the leading physician network devoted to post-acute wound care in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Vohra’s 300 physicians provide bedside care for patients in more than 3,000 facilities across 27 states, providing physician-led weekly wound rounds and bedside conservative debridement and wound treatments.

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GEORGETOWN, TX – The Wesleyan, a faith-based, nonprofit senior living and healthcare provider that has served Central Texas residents and patients since 1962, appointed Julia Kellcy, DO, as Hospice & Palliative Care Medical Director.

Dr. Kellcy grew up in Tuscola, TX, where she still resides and owns a farm. She graduated from Jim Ned High School and then attended Angelo State University. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree at Angelo State and graduated from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth with a Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 1991. She completed residencies in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, leaving the army in 1998 to pursue a private practice in New Braunfels, TX.

Dr. Kellcy’s medical experience is broad. She enjoyed a very successful private practice in New Braunfels, as well as serving as a physician in the intensive care unit at Christus Santa Rosa in New Braunfels for over 10 years. She currently works primarily as a hospice and palliative care physician, and is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine.

Dr. Kellcy has been practicing medicine for over 30 years, and views it as a gift she can use to serve others and fulfill her mission — the pursuit of which she plans to continue for many years.

Along with her medical experience, she also has over 30 years of business management experience ranging from landscaping and construction to entertainment venues, boutiques, medspas, fitness studios and mobile home parks. She enjoys tennis, dancing, church, community activities and spending time with family.

GEORGETOWN, TX – In March, The Wesleyan, a faith-based, nonprofit senior living and healthcare provider that has served Central Texas residents and patients since 1962, appointed Mr. Frank Woods as Chief Financial Officer.

“I am excited to have him join our senior leadership team and The Wesleyan community,” says President and CEO Mark Lenhard. “When I was introduced to Frank, the incredible breadth of experience and financial acumen that he would bring to The Wesleyan was readily apparent. What made him our final candidate was the way he spoke so passionately about using his gifts to serve a nonprofit community, helping it to grow while maintaining a legacy of caring.”

Mr. Woods began his career in venture capital and since has held a variety of leadership roles including CFO, VP of Operations and Finance, Director of Finance, and Controller in entrepreneurial startups, growth and mid-stage companies in a variety of industries, both for-profit and nonprofit.
Mr. Woods played key roles in driving growth and value of numerous for-profit companies from startups to Inc. 500 listings. He had similar successes during his 20 years serving in the nonprofit space. Mr. Woods provided critical leadership in a human services organization serving the homeless and led a restructuring effort for a nonprofit organization providing math literacy to disadvantaged youth.
Mr. Woods holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Suffolk University in Boston, MA, a Master of Science in Finance (MSF) from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, and a BS in Accounting and Finance from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. Mr. Woods is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

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