Optima Living
Cheryl Ann Grigg is an accomplished hospitality and healthcare professional with extensive leadership experience. Currently serving as General Manager at Optima Living since February 2022, Cheryl previously held the position of Executive Director at Christenson Communities from April 2017 to June 2021 and at We Care Home Health Services from April 2010 to December 2016. Cheryl also contributed as Branch Director at We Care Home Health Services for a brief period in 2009. Additional experience includes General Manager at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Halifax Airport, where Cheryl successfully opened a new 115-room hotel in 2008, and various managerial roles at Atlantica Hotels & Resorts from 2003 to 2008. Cheryl holds a degree from the University of Prince Edward Island, obtained between 1994 and 1997.
Optima Living
Optima Living—founded in 2007—owns and operates innovative seniors’ living communities throughout Alberta and BC, taking an unprecedented approach to senior life. Their unique company culture is one where both residents and team members are family. Optima Living’s North Star, Let us welcome you home, speaks to their underlying principles and the experience seniors discover in their communities. When residents are home, they feel safe, respected, and welcome. Home is where one’s voice is heard, their views matter, and they have freedom of choice. Optima Living’s mission, vision, and values—respect, dignity, teamwork, and doing the right thing—support and build upon their North Star. Optima Living operates over 2,200 beds providing congregate living options for seniors. These options range from subsidized to luxury, Independent to Assisted Living, Long-term Care to Memory Care, and Residential Mental Health. For more information, visit optimaliving.ca. Optima Living is also an approved service provider with both the interior Health Authority (IHA) and the Fraser Health Authority (FHA), is a licensed care provider under the BC Community Care and Assisted Living Act, and is registered as an approved Assisted Living (AL) Operator with the AL Registrar of BC.