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Senior Vice President, Global Sales

Premier Senior Living, LLC, is a senior housing owner and operator with headquarters in New York City. The privately owned company began with a single assisted living facility in New York. Today, Premier and its affiliated companies provide a spectrum of senior housing services including independent living, assisted living, and dementia/memory care. Premier has been successful in acquiring both high-end stabilized properties as well as troubled properties, improving their operations and creating value. Premier operates in markets with extremely favorable demographic trends and a preference for seniors to either age-in-place or come back home via a reverse migration.

Wayne joined Grant Thornton as a Supervising Senior in October 1995 with the merger of Grant Thornton’s Philadelphia office and AG Epstein Company, a local accounting firm based in Jenkintown, PA. He was promoted to Manager in 1996, Senior Manager in 1998, and Partner in 2000. In 2002, Wayne became the Audit Practice Leader for the Philadelphia office. Effective August 2011, Wayne became the Philadelphia Office Managing Partner and in August 2014 he moved into a market and client-facing role as Partner-in-Charge of Markets, Industries and Clients for the region. In 2015, Wayne assumed the role of Atlantic Coast Market Territory Industry Leader for Consumer and Industrial Products. Wayne has over 30 years of professional experience. Client responsibilities included SEC and non-SEC clients in the Consumer and Industrial Products (CIP) and Services industries. Wayne served many of the Philadelphia office’s most prestigious clients. Specialties: Wayne has historically and consistently assisted dynamic organizations to help unlock their potential for growth by providing distinctive client service in the areas of audit, tax and advisory.