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Westminster at Lake Ridge Names New Director

LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Westminster at Lake Ridge today named Libby Bush its new executive director for the continuing care retirement community.

Here’s more in a press release:

With more than 20 years of experience in the senior-living industry, Bush comes from Westminster Canterbury in Richmond. As a Vice President for 12 years, she was a key member of its executive team and oversaw four divisions including independent living, assisted living, memory care and nursing. She joined Westminster Canterbury in 1992 as a Personal Care Unit Manager.

“I’ve known and admired this community from a distance, so I’m delighted to be joining the Westminster Ingleside family,” said Bush, whose mother was president and CEO of a non-profit retirement community in Kansas City for more than two decades. “Residents and staff show great pride in Westminster at Lake Ridge and I’m honored to be part of this campus.”

Lynn O’Connor, President and CEO at Westminster Ingleside Retirement Communities and Foundation, said: “We are thrilled to have Libby Bush as Westminster at Lake Ridge’s Executive Director. Libby brings a philosophy of resident centered care and service, balanced with a demonstrated track record in successful business performance, operations, and leadership. Libby has the experience, skills, and passion to lead Westminster at Lake Ridge into the future, sustaining its mission into perpetuity!”

Bush holds a B.A. in Sociology from the College of Wooster and expects to earn an M.A. in Management of Aging Services in 2014.