Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee with Vicki McAllister and Derrick Johnson and Amy Nicholls with ARC
Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee (SAGA) Inc. is organized as a charitable organization to provide resources, education, and advocacy for the senior population of Ahwatukee and its surrounding areas.
Vicki McAllister has worked in healthcare for over 40 years. . She was a licensed skilled nursing facility (SNF) administrator and licensed assisted living manager having worked in numerous settings that serve older adults including four continuing care retirement communities, SNFs, assisted living and senior living apartments in the Phoenix Metropolitan community and Wisconsin. Her executive leadership and administrator experiences include post-acute rehab, dementia care and person centered program development within all levels of licensed care and post-acute rehabilitation services and home care.
She has served in program development at Banner Health’s Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, as a Senior Consultant at a national healthcare consulting firm and recent Board roles included Vice President and Board Member at the Arizona Board of Examiners, NCIA/ALFM (Nursing Care Institution Administrators & Assisted Living Managers) and numerous other volunteer leadership activities. Vicki has been recognized with ACHCA as Distinguished Administrator National Award (1996) and AZ Chapter (1996) and Administrator of the Year for Arizona Healthcare (1994). She was a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Administrators.
Vicki holds a BS degree from Carroll University and is enrolled in the MBA program at Ottawa University. She has been the Board Chair of the Senior Advocacy Group of Ahwatukee since 2017.
Derrick Johnson is a first responder with over 35 years of experience. He has been a SAGA board member for the last 3 years. He also has served on Healthcare boards and been involved in healthcare and pre-hospital policy for over 20 years.
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Amy Nicholls, General Manager of the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, has a demonstrated history of working in the recreational facilities and services industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Case Management, Event Management, Volunteer Management, and Team Building. Strong operations professional with a Bachelors focused in Management of Information Systems from Iowa State University – College of Business.
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