Jean Garboden

Jean is an elder advocate and Eden Alternativ educator with over 30 years of experience in not-for-profit and for-profit health care organizations. In the assisted living industry since 1999, Jean began as the Director of Marketing for a large senior housing company and later became the Chief Operations Officer for a senior housing company serving communities across the United States.

As a thought leader, Jean leads the development and implementation of the Compass Leadership Academy.

Jean lives in Las Vegas, Nevada where she volunteers with the Nevadans for the Common Good, advocating for caregivers and elders in southern Nevada. She spends her leisure time traveling to visit her grandchildren, and hiking in the High Sierra's, and in Red Rock Canyon, and discovering other outdoor nature adventures.