Lisa A. Hardy

Ms. Hardy joined Emerald Communities as president and chief executive officer in January 2008. Since joining Emerald Communities, Hardy has led Emerald Heights, a subsidiary of Emerald Communities, through successful master planning to reposition the community. Commencing in 2010 and completed in 2014, the $60M comprehensive master plan included extensive renovation of existing buildings, as well as new construction. Projects included renovation and expansion of dining venues, updating of interior corridors and common use areas, addition of a new multi-purpose/auditorium building, construction of new residential apartment homes, and replacement of the fitness and aquatic center. There is an additional $185M in expansion and capital upgrades planned over the next 7 years, started in 2021. The expansion currently will add a 3-story assisted living building with 56 one-bedroom apartments and the Courtyard independent living apartment building that will add 42 additional apartments to the 38-acre campus. A new Life Plan Community, Heron’s Key in Gig Harbor, also opened in summer 2017. Heron’s Key is a $145M community consisting of 194 independent living apartments and cottages, 36 one-bedroom assisted living apartments, 15 private memory care suites and 45 private skilled nursing suites. In early 2022, Ms. Hardy assumed responsibility for development of a new Life Plan Community in east Honolulu through a successful affiliation between Emerald Communities and the Luana Kai board of directors.