The Glenmeadow community has bid farewell to Timothy V. Cotz, its beloved president and chief executive officer for the past 23 years.
On Oct. 5, there were poignant and tearful goodbyes with team members, residents and community members, and the exciting announcements that $18,000 was raised in Tim’s honor within the Glenmeadow family for our Team members Education Fund, which makes scholarship funds available for employees returning to school. And the largest gathering room, formerly known as Great Hall, has been renamed Timothy V. Cotz Hall.
“I am so grateful for the opportunity to have worked at Glenmeadow,” Tim told us on his last day, before he and his husband, Ken Moffett, were whisked away in style on a decked-out golf cart. “I have grown professionally as well as personally because of my interactions with Board members, residents and team members. What a magnificent experience! I can’t begin to recount the number of deep, meaningful friendships that I have formed here.”
Tim says much has changed in the industry since he began work with us; residents are coming to the Life Plan Community later in life, they expect more in terms of quality, and they are healthier and more active.
Tim also noted that the nonprofit itself, known for its holistic mission and innovative programs and outreach to the wider community, has greatly expanded. Once offering services only to residents, the organization now provides services to people living across the greater Springfield area. Through such innovations as Glenmeadow at Home, the Lifestyle Pass and Glenmeadow Learning—all programs Tim helped found—area residents have access to services from transportation and care management to education.
“We serve more people who don’t live on site than we do who live on site,” Tim says. “By expanding the number of people we’re serving, we’re better able to fulfill our mission of meeting the needs of elders. That’s been a real positive.”
What has not changed over several decades, Tim says, is Glenmeadow’s mission, vision and values. “Our mission of providing premier services and meeting the needs of the whole person has not changed, and the organization’s values of caring, compassion, quality, integrity and stewardship remain very much in place.
These guiding principles, coupled with the longevity that’s evident in the team members team, and a committed Board of Directors, will provide consistency and stability as Glenmeadow transitions to a new president and CEO.
“The 200 employees of Glenmeadow are diverse in so many ways, but they all share one commonality—genuine compassion and kindness,” he says, adding, “Our board members are so willing to share their talent and expertise. They bring such a depth of knowledge and talent in areas that are not my areas of expertise.”
Glenmeadow has always operated from a strategic plan, and lending further stability is the fact that the board recently approved a new, two-year strategic plan that offers a guideline for the organization through October 2018.
“The plan is focused on further expansion of community services, staffing levels—because we know that if you look at projected numbers of elders compared to projected numbers of available workers, there’s an ever-growing gap between the two,” Tim says, noting, “We are also going to be looking more closely at how we provide services to people with cognitive loss. As people live longer and longer, the older people live, the odds of developing cognitive loss increase.”
Tim says his work over the past 23 years has been both a passion and a joy. “The absolutely enriching part of this job is getting to know both the people we serve and the people we employ. It’s been a real gift to me to share the life’s wisdom of the people we serve—they’re role models for me on how they deal with loss, how they age with dignity.”
Tim plans to spend the next three months traveling with Ken. He continues to sit on the board for Girls Inc. of Holyoke, and he is a lay reader and member of the altar guild at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Holyoke, where is also serves as a trustee of the church’s investment portfolio.
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The Glenmeadow community has bid farewell to Timothy V. Cotz, its beloved president and chief executive officer for the past 23 years.
On Oct. 5, there were poignant and tearful goodbyes with team members, residents and community members, and the exciting announcements that $18,000 was raised in Tim’s honor within the Glenmeadow family for our Team members Education Fund, which makes scholarship funds available for employees returning to school. And the largest gathering room, formerly known as Great Hall, has been renamed Timothy V. Cotz Hall.
“I am so grateful for the opportunity to have worked at Glenmeadow,” Tim told us on his last day, before he and his husband, Ken Moffett, were whisked away in style on a decked-out golf cart. “I have grown professionally as well as personally because of my interactions with Board members, residents and team members. What a magnificent experience! I can’t begin to recount the number of deep, meaningful friendships that I have formed here.”
Tim says much has changed in the industry since he began work with us; residents are coming to the Life Plan Community later in life, they expect more in terms of quality, and they are healthier and more active.
Tim also noted that the nonprofit itself, known for its holistic mission and innovative programs and outreach to the wider community, has greatly expanded. Once offering services only to residents, the organization now provides services to people living across the greater Springfield area. Through such innovations as Glenmeadow at Home, the Lifestyle Pass and Glenmeadow Learning—all programs Tim helped found—area residents have access to services from transportation and care management to education.
“We serve more people who don’t live on site than we do who live on site,” Tim says. “By expanding the number of people we’re serving, we’re better able to fulfill our mission of meeting the needs of elders. That’s been a real positive.”
What has not changed over several decades, Tim says, is Glenmeadow’s mission, vision and values. “Our mission of providing premier services and meeting the needs of the whole person has not changed, and the organization’s values of caring, compassion, quality, integrity and stewardship remain very much in place.
These guiding principles, coupled with the longevity that’s evident in the team members team, and a committed Board of Directors, will provide consistency and stability as Glenmeadow transitions to a new president and CEO.
“The 200 employees of Glenmeadow are diverse in so many ways, but they all share one commonality—genuine compassion and kindness,” he says, adding, “Our board members are so willing to share their talent and expertise. They bring such a depth of knowledge and talent in areas that are not my areas of expertise.”
Glenmeadow has always operated from a strategic plan, and lending further stability is the fact that the board recently approved a new, two-year strategic plan that offers a guideline for the organization through October 2018.
“The plan is focused on further expansion of community services, staffing levels—because we know that if you look at projected numbers of elders compared to projected numbers of available workers, there’s an ever-growing gap between the two,” Tim says, noting, “We are also going to be looking more closely at how we provide services to people with cognitive loss. As people live longer and longer, the older people live, the odds of developing cognitive loss increase.”
Tim says his work over the past 23 years has been both a passion and a joy. “The absolutely enriching part of this job is getting to know both the people we serve and the people we employ. It’s been a real gift to me to share the life’s wisdom of the people we serve—they’re role models for me on how they deal with loss, how they age with dignity.”
Tim plans to spend the next three months traveling with Ken. He continues to sit on the board for Girls Inc. of Holyoke, and he is a lay reader and member of the altar guild at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Holyoke, where is also serves as a trustee of the church’s investment portfolio.
