Meet the Team

Executive Director Rita Gronski is an 11-year Brentwood veteran leader with more than thirty years of experience in senior care and business ownership. She assumes her new role after managing the culinary department, res… Read More »

Jennifer Marcus is a Willmar native whose passion for seniors was influenced by her mother’s work in the field. Jennie has applied her passion and her experience to Vista Prairie at Copperleaf. During college in Mankato… Read More »

Cal joined Vista Prairie Communities in 2003, in the Memory Care unit of Goldfinch Estates, our Fairmont Minnesota community. In 2012, Cal moved to Fieldcrest Assisted Living in Sheldon Iowa as the Executive Director. Pr… Read More »

Colleen Marcus was promoted to Executive Director of Garnette Gardens after serving nearly six years as its Sales and Community Outreach Manager, welcoming new residents and ensuring that they became comfortable in the… Read More »

Kacey steps into the Goldfinch Estates leadership role as an innovative care provider and a veteran senior care executive director. She has served in similar positions in nearby Winnebago, Wells, Truman and Elmore, Minne… Read More »

David’s passion for serving older adults and providing quality care led him to the Executive Director position for Vista Prairie at Monarch Meadows. His first job in high school was a dietary aide in an assisted living… Read More »

Heather Kerl has returned as the Executive Director of River Heights, with 44 one and two-bedroom assisted living apartments and 16 memory care suites. Heather directed Memory Care services at River Heights in 2015. … Read More »

Born and raised in northern Minnesota, Chris Carter found a passion for working with the senior population after leaving the field of higher education. In her transition, she learned that her own values matched that of V… Read More »

Matt Cuba assumed his role as the Executive Director of Emerald Village in North Olmsted, Ohio in August 2019. He is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator in the state of Ohio, with an impressive professional and acade… Read More »