NADSA Board, Staff & Committees
NADSA’s New Executive Director Tia Sauceda
On behalf of the National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce that Tia Sauceda will be assuming the role of Executive Director at NADSA, effective August 1st. Tia currently serves on NADSA’s Board of Directors where she is the Education Committee Chair and Chair of the 2025 Conference Task Force as well as Senior Director of Services at Seniors Resource Centers (SRC) in Denver, CO where she has worked since 2015.
Tia brings over 25 years of Adult Day Services (ADS) experience to her new role with NADSA. Under Tia’s leadership at SRC, the services provided include specialized Adult Day Programs for individuals with dementia and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), Care Management, In-Home Care Services, and Chore Services. She supervised the launch of several innovative programs including a hospital transition program which improved post-discharge care coordination and resulted in program growth. Tia also managed the integration and acquisition of the Johnson Adult Day Program, expanding SRC’s service capacity.
Currently, she is a Steering Committee Member, Dementia Friendly Denver, Virtual Dementia Facilitator, and a Member, Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Advisory Committee. Previous external positions included HCBS Expert, Medicaid Provider Rate Review Advisory Committee, Caregiver Committee Member, Jefferson County Aging Well Project, and Steering Committee Member, Alzheimer’s Association Conference Planning Committee.
Tia earned a Certificate in Gerontology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and studied Sociology with a concentration on Gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado.
We look forward to working with Tia as she leads NADSA through its adoption of the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan and her vision for the growth of Adult Day Services. We want to thank retiring NADSA Executive Director/CEO Donna Hale for her years of service and dedication. She will continue at NADSA through the end of the year in a supporting role with the 2025 NADSA Conference and membership recruitment and retention.
Sincerely,
Bill Zagorski
Chair, NADSA Board of Directors
C.E.O. – American Senior Care Centers, Inc.
Serving on the Board
Service on the NADSA Board of Directors is a unique and vital leadership opportunity to help drive the decisions of our Association and shape the future of Adult Day Services (ADS). The opportunity to work with other leaders in NADSA allows you to be on the cutting edge of ADS and to be part of the decision-making process on the national level, driving the strategic goals for the organization. This is an exciting time to join the leadership of NADSA and help us map our ambitious future.
Board service also provides these unique opportunities: Provide leadership in shaping the direction of Adult Day Services nationally; Develop valuable skills in non-profit governance, program planning and strategic planning; and, Expand your network of professional contacts.
Expectations of Board Members:
- Ability to annually attend two (2) in person and at least four (4) teleconference Board meetings. One of the in-person meetings is in conjunction with the fall conference (locations vary) and the other is generally in the spring months. Note: covering travel and hotel expenses for Board meetings is the responsibility of each Board Director.
- Engage as a working member of two committees and dedicate 2-4 hours per month for committee or task force work.
- Willing to be involved in soliciting sponsorships/exhibitors and/or advertisers for the national conference.
- Board Directors typically serve for a term of three (3) years.
Officers
Chair
William Zagorski – CEO/Executive Director
Centennial Adultcare Center
Nashville, TN
Vice-Chairs
Matt Donnelly – Vice President of Operations
Active Day, Inc.
Trevose, PA
Joan Marie Granato – President
Future Focus, Inc.
Bayonne, NJ
Treasurer
Kathleen Kolenda – Vice President, Government and Community Relations
Easterseals Southern California
Irvine, CA
Secretary
Chrissie Schettini – Senior VP/Program Director
Complete Care Health Services/Palace Adult Day Health Center
Allston, MA
NADSA Staff
Donna Hale – Senior Advisor
director@nadsa.org
11350 Random Hills Road, Suite 800
Fairfax, VA 22030
Toll Free: 1-877-745-1440
Lance Roberts – Senior Director
lroberts@nadsa.org
Cell: 858-335-1893
Policy Advisor
Sen. Roy C. Afflerbach (Ret.)
The Afflerbach Group, LLC
York, PA
Board Members
John Buckley – Executive Director
Independence Health Therapy
Woodstock, IL
Shihwan Chung – President
MedTec Healthcare & Private Duty
Morton Grove, IL
Dr. Merle Griff – CEO and President
Sarah Adult Day Services, Inc.
Canton, OH
Melanie Miranda-Lusby, MHA, CDP – Director of Franchise Operations
Town Square
Cape Coral, FL
Susan Redd-Garcelon – Vice President – Quality Improvement Adult Day Health Inc. – Connected Care
Sevita
Foxborough, MA
Katie Scott – CEO
CarePartners Texas
Houston, TX
Kathleen Wyatt, RN, MSN, MBA, LNHA – President
Hale Hau’oli Hawai’i
Alea, HI
Michael Zawadski, JD – President
RTZ Systems
Lafayette, CA
Matthew Zuraw – Chief Caregiving Officer
CareVirtue
San Diego, CA
Join a NADSA Committee
The National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) is seeking to expand it’s current committees with at-large Members from our membership. Share your knowledge, experience and expertise while helping to shape NADSA’s future by participating on the Membership, Research, Marketing, Policy/Advocacy, and Education Committees and the Data Collection Task Force.
Click here to download the Committee Interest Form. Please forward the completed form to NADSA Senior Director, Lance Roberts, at lroberts@nadsa.org.
Committees
Membership on NADSA Committees is open to current NADSA Members. Committees meet either monthly or bi-monthly on specific dates and at specific times. If you are interested in joining one or more NADSA Committees, please contact Lance Roberts at lroberts@nadsa.org so he can share your information with the Committee Chair(s).
Education Committee
Chair: Tia Sauceda
Marketing Committee
Chair: Melanie Miranda-Lusby
Membership Committee
Chair: Chrissie Schettini
Policy/Advocacy Committee
Co-Chair: Joan Marie Granato
Co-Chair: Kathy Wyatt
Research Committee
Chair: Bill Zagorski