Brian Flornes served as the chief executive officer and co-founder of Vintage Senior Living, an owner and operator of senior housing communities specializing in independent senior living, assisted living and memory care services for Alzheimer’s and other dementia patients with 24 communities in California and Washington. Founded in 1998, Vintage grew to become one of the largest assisted living providers in California and consistently ranked in the “Top 50” owners and operators of senior housing across the nation, according to the Assisted Living Federation of America. The Vintage portfolio of communities encompassed in excess of 3,200 resident units with more than 2,000 associates before the sale of the majority of its assets in 2016 to two of the country’s largest publicly traded healthcare REITs for $1.3 billion.

From 1995 to 1998, Flornes served as founder and principal of American Housing Concepts, a real estate development firm directly associated with ARV Assisted Living, one of the largest senior living providers in the early 1990s. Prior to American Housing Concepts, Flornes served in several roles and ultimately as president of development, from 1992 to 1995, of ARV Assisted Living.

Throughout his career, Flornes has directly contributed to the acquisition and development of more than 8,000 units of senior living in 11 states and has been responsible for $1.5 billion in financing. He has been a longstanding member of the American Senior Housing Association, currently serves on the board of the California Assisted Living Association, and is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization.

Flornes received a bachelor’s degree in communications as well as his M.B.A. from Loyola Marymount University.