Edward Yarish, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Yarish is a Founder of RSL and has spent the last twenty years operating skilled nursing and assisted living properties. Beginning as an Assistant Administrator in a Hamburg, Pennsylvania nursing and retirement facility, Mr. Yarish rose quickly into roles as Regional Director, Vice President of Operations, and Executive Vice President in a variety of well-respected long-term care companies. Mr. Yarish’s experience encompasses all facets of healthcare facility management, including general management, marketing, and integration of acquired properties. Mr. Yarish’s record of success demonstrates a career-long commitment to balancing quality care with exceptional financial returns. He graduated with a degree in Health Care Administration from The Pennsylvania State University.
In 2002, Mr. Yarish co-founded Proformance Senior Living Management, a privately held company specializing in operation and management of assisted living properties. Proformance’s first acquisition, of four distressed assisted living properties, went from low occupancies and negative cash flow to 95% occupancies and positive margins within ten months of ownership. Proformance also provided extensive marketing consultation and design work for many prominent post-acute health care providers.