Chris Coates, the President and CEO of Abilene, Texas-based ER Senior Living, will be stepping down from those roles and retiring, effective July 1. He will remain a Principal and Board Member in the Evergreen Companies going forward, but Brian Dowd will add CEO to his title, already being the COO and CFO of the company. Mr. Coates founded the management company with Mr. Dowd in 2021 and has grown it to now include communities in Texas, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.
Mr. Coates is a veteran of the senior care industry, having previously served as the Chairman of both the American Senior Housing Association and of the Assisted Living Federation of America (now Argentum). He also helped start the first seniors housing PAC and was an early member of the NIC, serving on its Owner’s Advisory Counsel for several years. Mr. Coates served as President and COO of American Retirement Corporation where he helped take the company public via an IPO (NYSE “ACR”) in 1997 and helped grow the company to a $400 million owner/operator of 65 senior living properties that included several large entrance-fee continuing care or Life Plan communities.
