Martha Royal

Martha Royal joined Nexion’s Leadership Team in October of 2018 as the Vice President of Human Resources. Ms. Royal’s more than 20-year career as an HR Executive in long-term care began at Integrated Health Services where she served as Divisional Vice President of Human Resources, and continued with HR career with Maryland-based Perennial Consulting Services, and, most recently, PCPMG Consulting, LLC, located in Plano, Texas where she served in their top HR role. Prior to long-term care, she was a human resources leader and practitioner in managed care, acute care, and long-term acute care environments, working for such prominent healthcare companies as Kaiser Permanente, Select Medical Corporation and Children’s Medical Center (Dallas).

Ms. Royal is active in the HR Long-Term Care Roundtable, a forum for senior HR executives in long-term care to exchange information on strategies, trends and best practices in areas such as benefits, compensation, employee engagement and labor relations. She also served on American Health Care Association’s Payroll Based Journal Focus Group responsible for trialing CMS’ PBJ Guidelines, reporting issues and recommending solutions to AHCA Quality Cabinet Co-Chairs and AHCA’s SVP of Quality, prior to nation-wide implementation.

Ms. Royal completed her academic studies in Business Administration at East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas.