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10/14/2026

What keeps great team members at Kendal? According to Deb McCardell, Senior Director of Human Resources at TKC, it’s much less about the perks and much more about connection.

Deb recently joined leaders from The Aspenwood Company and Viva Senior Living for a Senior Housing News webinar on the future of staffing in the field of aging services. She shared how Kendal focuses on flexible scheduling, career growth, and stable leadership teams, starting with real conversations about where each person wants to go next.

Looking ahead, Deb believes that “some of the best solutions come directly from the employees themselves.”

Thank you, Deb, for sharing your insight and for championing Kendal team members.

Read the full article: Redefining Staffing for Industry's Next Chapter (https://hubs.ly/Q04B8KYN0)

Senior living providers are adapting staffing strategies in 2026 to enhance flexibility and offer a career ladder while matching labor costs to resident

10/10/2026

Please join us in welcoming Nick Chapman to The Kendal Corporation as our new IT Operations and Automation Engineer on the Kendal System Service Desk.

With more than ten years in IT, Nick has worked his way from helpdesk and field support into systems engineering, automation, and platform operations. Along the way, he has helped IT teams support thousands of users and improved how organizations run.

Technology is what Nick does, but helping people is what keeps him going. He loves solving problems and cutting out the complexity that makes work frustrating. At TKC, he’ll support Affiliate IT teams and help make the Service Desk faster and smarter over time.

Welcome, Nick! We’re glad you’re here.

10/07/2026

A new community is taking root in Humboldt County, and we would love for you to be part of it.

The Kendal Corporation is hiring a Sales and Marketing Consultant to help bring Humboldt Commons, a new Life Plan Community, to life. You will lead the sales and marketing strategy, work alongside a passionate local team, and help the people of Humboldt County see themselves in this story.

It's a beautiful place to do meaningful work, with towering redwoods, rugged coastline, and a creative, community-minded spirit. At Kendal, you will join a team guided by Quaker-inspired values, where people are seen, heard, and supported.

Hybrid, with at least 10 days per month on site in Humboldt County. Full-time.

Learn more and apply:
https://hubs.ly/Q04znTQR0

Know someone who would be a great fit? Please share!

09/24/2026

The culinary team peer group recently gathered for two days that combined strategy, learning, and a little friendly competition, and it went well beyond the kitchen.

The days centered on two things we care deeply about:

🌱 Sustainable sourcing. We're working to grow our sustainable sourcing across the Kendal system, currently at 10% and climbing. The team met with our strategic sustainability partners to talk through how to get there, including partnering with farmers and ranchers who use regenerative practices and cutting back on herbicides and pesticides.

🍎 Food as medicine. We learned from culinary medicine experts about a new certification that connects nutrition to real health outcomes, from how healthy soil creates more nutrient dense food to how a Mediterranean style diet can support long term brain health.

And then the fun part: five culinary teams cooked up their best dishes, and a panel of judges, including Entegra Chefs and TKC leadership, picked their favorites. Congratulations to Executive Chef Eddy Dias from Kendal on Hudson and Director of Culinary Jennifer Hickey from Kendal at Lexington on winning this year's Kendal Wooden Spoon cooking competition. This year's focus was sustainable vegetarian cooking techniques, and their Korean-style eggplant steak with vegetable udon noodle pad Thai, garnished with pomegranate and toasted cashews, took the top spot. Second and third place also brought incredible flavor to the table with dishes built around fresh vegetables and bold spices.

At Kendal, we believe what's on the plate matters just as much as what's on the calendar. Grateful to our culinary teams for bringing this much heart, creativity, and expertise to the table.

09/23/2026

We're excited to introduce the inaugural issue of Kendal Leadings, a new quarterly newsletter from The Kendal Corporation.

We're not here to tell you we have all the answers. We're here to start a conversation. Kendal Leadings shares perspectives, questions, and ideas from across the field of aging services, rooted in the Quaker tradition of "leadings," the sense of direction that comes from careful listening and reflection.

Read the first issue and subscribe to get every future issue delivered straight to your inbox. https://hubs.ly/Q04y1L210

Kendal Leadings is TKC's quarterly publication, sharing insights and conversation on aging services from voices across the Kendal System. Each issue

09/22/2026

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Jodi Wallman Leeser.
We were saddened to learn of Jodi Wallman Leeser's recent passing, and we want to honor her life and legacy. We are deeply grateful for her service on the Board of Trustees at The Kendal Corporation since January 2022, and for over 15 years of dedication to Quaker governance and community.

During her time at Kendal, Jodi served her second term on the Board of Trustees. She served as Secretary and most recently served on the Governance Committee. She brought a keen eye for detail, making sure documents were aligned and language stayed consistent. She raised thoughtful questions with Kendal's best interest at the heart of every one, always wanting the best for Kendal and its mission.

Jodi brought a joyful smile and a wonderful sense of humor to everyone she met. She led with a steady, compassionate presence and a deep generosity of love for the people around her. Her commitment to integrity, community, and continuing revelation shaped how she showed up, whether at Kendal, with Quaker schools, or as Treasurer of the Trustees of Byberry Monthly Meeting since 2012. She carried a deep sense of gratitude that she shared freely with everyone she encountered.

We are grateful to Jodi for her thoughtful leadership and lasting commitment to the causes she loved, and we thank her family for sharing her with us. Her presence and her spirit will be deeply missed.

Memorial gifts in Jodi's honor can be made to the Jodi Wallman Leeser Memorial Endowed Fund at Sandy Spring Friends School.

09/22/2026

Grateful to see this from Barclay Friends on World Alzheimer's Day. Memory support means seeing the whole person, not just the diagnosis.

This World Alzheimer's Day is a reminder that presence, dignity, and belonging aren't extras in memory support. They're the care itself.

Across the Kendal System, we're grateful for every team member, family, and community working toward a future without Alzheimer's.

09/11/2026

Please join us in welcoming Ashley Lander, our new ITSM Service Desk Director at The Kendal Corporation!

Ashley leads the new Kendal System Service Desk and is accountable for the systems and tools that keep service delivery running smoothly across the Kendal System. She brings more than 20 years of experience in operations, service delivery and technology enablement, most recently as Senior Director of Client Operations at ISOutsource, and before that, 12 years at Deltek leading client onboarding and enablement.

Ashley also joins us as a certified subject-matter expert in Microsoft licensing, expertise that will be a great asset in supporting the Kendal System.

Welcome, Ashley! We're glad you're here.

09/04/2026

Finance leaders from across the Kendal System came together this summer for our annual CFO Gathering, hosted at Kendal at Lexington.

The days covered a lot of ground: strategic direction from CEO Vassar Byrd, data analytics, procurement, and the investment and capital markets landscape. A full day was dedicated to hands-on AI training, and an afternoon focused on the Radical Candor framework, a skill set that matters just as much for a CFO as any technical topic.

Hosting at Kendal at Lexington gave the group a chance to tour the community and honor Felicia Bush, who is retiring after years of dedicated service as the community's CFO.

One of the best parts of the Gathering is simple: time together. The Affiliate CFO role can be a solitary one, often without an internal peer who understands the full weight of the job. A few days of shared context, candid conversation, and relationship building makes the rest of the year easier for everyone involved.

Grateful for this peer group and the knowledge they share across the Kendal System.

09/03/2026

The TKC Board of Directors recently gathered at Kendal at Oberlin for an in-person Board meeting, along with time to tour the community and meet with residents and team members.

Among discussions on the aging services landscape and growth opportunities for Kendal Affiliates, with Varsity Marketing and TKC Senior Director of Marketing Morgan Lamphere, TKC Chief Growth Officer Max Ault previewed research and philanthropy opportunities in the emerging area of brain health and wellness.

It's inspiring to see the depth of perspective offered by the Kendal Board. The best boards look forward, not just back, and while reviewing what's already happened matters, real value comes when a board also helps shape what's next. It's a true opportunity to have a Board that shows up as a generative partner in that way.

That spirit carried into time spent with Kendal at Oberlin residents, whose engagement and perspective adds depth to the conversation, a reminder that community members aren't just part of the visit, they're part of shaping Kendal's future too.