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alemtowne is operated by a well-trained and experienced management team. A brief summary follows:

The Salemtowne Executive Team

Joseph P. Lydon, President
Joe joined Salemtowne in 2003 having served as the administrator/CEO for St. Catherine's Nursing Center in Emmitsburg, Md., and as a long-term care consultant for its corporate partner, Ascension Health in St. Louis, Mo.

For nine years, he served as the executive director of Kendal at Longwood, a Quaker-sponsored CCRC in Kennett Square, PA. Joe is a licensed nursing home administrator in Maryland, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. He holds master's degrees in gerontology from the University of Southern California and in American History from Temple University.

Carolyn J. Twisdale, Chief Financial Officer
Carolyn joined Salemtowne in 2002 having previously served as director of financial planning, payroll and accounting for WakeMed, a private, not-for-profit health system in Raleigh, N.C. She also served as director of accounting and controller for Rex Healthcare, a private, not-for-profit health system, and as staff accountant and senior accountant with Deloitte & Touche, an international public accounting firm. Carolyn earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from East Carolina University. She has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1988.

James "Jay" Matthews, II, Administrator
Jay Matthews joined Salemtowne in July 2007 having previously served as administrator for Carolina Rehab Center of Cumberland in Fayetteville, N.C. Mr. Matthews earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - concentration in Health Care Management as well as a minor in Sociology from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. Jay is licensed as a Nursing Home Administrator for North Carolina.


The Salemtowne Board of Trustees

Ms. Anne Adkins
Author, Retired reporter/columnist
Salemtowne Resident
 

Mrs. Lucy Paynter
Retired Director of Christian Education
St. Paul's Episcopal Church

 
Mr. S. Douglas Beets
Professor of Accounting
Wake Forest University
 

Dr. Tim Pennell
Retired Chief of Professional Services and General/Thoracic Surgery
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Salemtowne Resident

 

Dr. Vardaman M. Buckalew, Jr.
Chief of Professional Services
Wake Forest University Baptist
Medical Center

 

Ms. Gina Ramsey
Vice President of Financial Services
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

 
Mrs. Sylvia Cardwell
Church/Civic Volunteer
  Mr. J. Howell Smith
US History Professor
Wake Forest University
 
Mr. David Cotterill
Chairman - Executive Advisory Council
for the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
  Mrs. Mary Williams
Retired VP of Equal Opportunity Employment
Novant Health System
 
Ms. Anne Geis
President
Salem Kitchen, Inc.
 

Mr. B. Jeffrey Wood
Attorney
Wood, Rabil & Johnston, L.L.P.

 

 

Rev. David Guthrie
Executive Director
Board of Evangelism and Home Missions
for the Moravian Church
Southern Province

  Mr. William Z. Wood, Jr.
Forsyth County Resident Superior Court Judge
 
Ms. Kathleen Mathis
Small Business Owner
 

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