Johnson Named Chief Operating Officer at Covenant Retirement Communities.

CHICAGO -- Timothy A. Johnson has been appointed chief operating officer for Covenant Retirement Communities Inc. In this new position, Johnson will coordinate overall operations for Covenant Retirement Communities and its 14 retirement communities nationwide. He will provide long-term direction for the growth and management of the organization. Johnson will report to CRC President Rick K. Fisk.

Johnson has more than 25 years of management experience in the senior housing industry. For the past 16 years he worked at Presbyterian Homes, Evanston, Ill., a not-for-profit organization that provides housing, services and health care needs for senior adults. While there, he worked in various management capacities, most recently as vice president. Prior to that, he spent 14 years at Covenant Retirement Communities where he served as associate administrator and campus administrator, respectively.

A licensed nursing home administrator in the state of Illinois, Johnson is president of the Presbyterian Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, a nationwide association of more than 350 Presbyterian-related senior service organizations. He has worked on several committees for the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and served as president of Life Services Network of Illinois, a statewide trade association of senior services providers.

Johnson serves on several community-based organizations. He is on the board of directors of Meals on Wheels, Chicago; the advisory committee of North Park University's Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management; the advisory committee of North Park University's Center for Scandinavian Studies; and the national health guidelines review committee of the American Institute of Architects.

Johnson earned a master of science degree in studies in aging from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, and a bachelor's degree from North Park University, Chicago.

He lives in Deerfield, Illinois.

Not-for-profit Chicago-based Covenant Retirement Communities serves more than 5,000 seniors at 14 retirement communities nationwide. It is associated with the Board of Benevolence of the Evangelical Covenant Church. For more information, visit http://www.covenantretirement.com.