Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
Dr. Heather Renter, PhD, is the Director of Education and Research at Heritage Community of Kalamazoo since May 2023, where responsibilities include directing and coaching a team serving the regional Southwest Michigan population and overseeing a budget of approximately $180K annually for programming. Holding a longstanding affiliation with Grand Valley State University since 2011, Dr. Renter also serves as a Fellow in Adult Learning, Co-Chair of the Art and Science of Aging Annual Conference, and has held roles as Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in the College of Health Professions focusing on Public Health. Prior academic experience includes positions at the University of Lethbridge and the University of Kentucky, where Dr. Renter earned a PhD in Gerontology, Rural Health, and Health Behavior. Additional experience includes roles in clinical data management and research health science at Eli Lilly and the Veterans Health Administration. Dr. Renter holds a BS in Sociology from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo offers a continuum of care that encompasses every need from maintenance-free senior apartment living to full-time skilled nursing care that celebrates life and honors the soul. Heritage Community is a vibrant retirement home community of older adults that is rooted in a 60-year tradition of generations caring for one another. Over the years, we have grown to include seven Michigan Senior Housing communities designed to meet the vastly different needs of Kalamazoo's older adults: ◾Wyndham Apartments ◾Directors Hall ◾Wyndham West ◾Amber Way ◾Amber Place ◾Upjohn Care and Rehabilitation Center Still led by a volunteer board of directors, Heritage Community of Kalamazoo is the oldest and only locally governed nonprofit Michigan senior housing community in Kalamazoo. Today, Heritage Community of Kalamazoo continues to be an innovator in customer-focused care for older adults in the Kalamazoo community. We are an organization of people who celebrate life and honor the soul: a continuum of caring.