Meet the Team

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Jano Romero

Executive Director

Jano Romero is the executive director for Escalante at Coventry. Originally from Idaho, he was raised in the senior care industry; together, his parents owned an assisted living community. As Jano was growing up, he spent a lot of time around the community, and it initiated his interest in this career path. He loves how rewarding it is to work in senior care. Jano feels most accomplished when helping those in need, and helping employees succeed.
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Ashlee LaCharite

Director of Sales and Marketing

Ashlee LaCharite is Escalante at Coventry’s director of Sales and Marketing, having worked in geriatric health care for eight years. She began her career after graduating with her bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University, Long Beach, and realizing her love for helping seniors. Ashlee has held various roles in her career that have given her a broad knowledge base to help and support seniors on their journey of finding the perfect senior living community. Having been a part of the Escalante at Coventry team for over three years, she looks at our community and residents as her home and family away from home.   

Originally from Southern California, Ashlee has lived in Utah for five years and has thoroughly enjoyed her time in the state so far. In her free time, she enjoys camping and riding and racing off-road motorcycles.   

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Dana NeVille

Director of Sales and Marketing

Dana NeVille joins the Escalante at Coventry team having been in health care sales and marketing since she was 28. Starting as a CNA in high school, she became a home health aide before slowly starting to incorporate marketing in her career.

Dana was raised in Wyoming and is a country girl at heart, having done rodeo and owned horses. She has four children and six grandchildren who are her world!  

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Patti Rushton

Vibrant Life® Director

Patti Rushton serves as the Vibrant Life® director for our Assisted Living neighborhood. She has years of experience in health and wellness and is also a certified yoga instructor, specializing in seated senior yoga. Patti is an artist, an enthusiast of nature, pet-lover and more; she infuses these passions into her role, teaching a variety of art classes, hosting education classes on nature and the environment, and coordinating pet therapy visits from farm animals and therapy dogs. Often known around our community as “The Fun Lady,” Patti keeps our residents busy playing games, building relationships and having fun.  

Aubree Barlocker

Aubree Barlocker

Vibrant Life® Director

Aubree Barlocker has worked in senior living for over eight years. She began her career as a certified nursing assistant and moved into a director of Activities role before landing as our Vibrant Life® director. Aubree says her favorite part of working in senior living is getting to know the residents and their families, while building strong connections and relationships with them. She is passionate about planning fun events and bringing out the creativity of our residents. 

Nikki Weber

Nikki Weber

Resident Care Coordinator

Nikki Weber was born and raised in Utah and has worked at Escalante at Coventry for almost five years. She started as a medication technician for the team in 2018 and now serves as the community’s Resident Care coordinator. She works alongside our registered nurse on every aspect of resident care, from helping train our staff to communicating with family members and medical providers. Nikki loves every aspect of working with our wonderful residents.
Michelle Parks

Michelle Parks, R.N.

Director of Nursing

Michelle Parks has been a registered nurse for nearly 20 years, with over five of those being focused on seniors. She loves working with seniors and establishing relationships with our residents. In her free time, Michelle likes to spend time with her boyfriend, two sons and Boston Terrier, Bella. 

Chris Axbom

Chris Axbom

Culinary Services Director

As Escalante at Coventry’s Culinary Services director, Chris Axbom aims to serve dishes with flavors inspired by his global travels to France, Scotland, England, Mexico and more. His culinary career began early on, and he is inspired by his parents and their love and respect for quality and tradition. After attending the Culinary Institute of Las Vegas at age 19, Chef Chris sought opportunities to further develop his own creativity. His dishes have earned acclaim from journalists, and his Alfredo sauce is award-winning. 

Outside of the restaurant, Chef Chris works with the local men’s shelter and homeless support centers through their volunteer cooking program. This program provides nutritional resources, tips and recipes for the caregivers and residents of these centers, allowing him to channel his culinary expertise to help those in need.

Suzanne Ellison

Suzanne Ellison

Business Office Director

Suzanne Ellison serves as the Business Office director at Escalante at Coventry. She joins the team with over two decades of experience in human resources for the health care industry. She received her bachelor’s degree in human resources from the University of Phoenix. Suzanne is skilled in recruiting and staffing and has experience working within the senior living industry. 

In her spare time, Suzanne enjoys camping, fishing and spending time on the Oregon coast with her family. 

Manuel Kamai

Manuel Kamai

Building Services Director

As the Building Services director at Escalante at Coventry, Manuel Kamai oversees all facility maintenance needs. He has many years of experience working in senior living communities, most recently at another ISL property in Las Vegas.  

Originally from Honolulu, Manuel loves to share his Hawaiian culture with staff and residents. In his free time, he loves to work on and race cars.  

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