Christopher M. Keysor
Chris Keysor was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of Lenbrook in January 2014. He had served as Chief Financial Officer since 2010, and was named President-Elect in July 2013 when Becky Webster announced her plans to retire by the end of the year. Chris first joined Lenbrook in 2009 to serve as its Interim Chief Financial Officer. That same year Lenbrook completed its $160 million renovation and expansion, opening 140 new residential living apartment homes.
Chris is a seasoned senior living executive having served in the healthcare and senior living industry for 25 years–first as a certified public accountant and then in executive capacities as a provider, developer and investment banker.
He began his career as a CPA in the healthcare and life sciences practices of KPMG Peat Marwick, progressing on to become a partner at BDO Seidman in Atlanta, and later became the national principal-in-charge of the senior living practice for LarsonAllen, the largest national accounting firm specializing in the senior living sector.
On the provider side, Chris was vice president of business development for CareLink Management Inc., a post-acute care subsidiary of a 1,500-bed hospital system, during its expansion into senior living campuses and nursing facilities. During his tenure as a managing director with BB&T Capital Markets healthcare group, he led healthcare providers through tax-exempt financings of major projects.
Chris earned his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Florida and was a certified public accountant in Florida.