Alex Salabarria

Chief Executive Officer, Alex Salabarria was born in Miami, Florida in 1967 to Nelson and Miriam Salabarria. The Salabarria family immigrated from Cuba when the Fidel Castro Revolution toppled the Batista regime. The youngest of three siblings, Alex resided for most of his childhood in Ocala, Florida. He graduated from Ocala Forest High School in 1985 and went on to attend college at the University of Florida and Florida State University.

After college, Alex worked in the restaurant industry managing for Steak & Ale and Brinker International in Florida and Georgia for 7 years. In 1996, Alex moved to the Atlanta area to work with his father, Nelson Sr., to achieve his dream of developing and managing an assisted living community for the elderly. In 1998 their dream came to reality when they opened their first community in Woodstock, Georgia.

Alex is currently developing and managing multiple assisted living and memory care communities in Georgia. His brother Nelson and brother-in-law Douglas Shook have joined him over the past few years in the family business to manage the financial and development side of the company.