Todd M. Carsen Named Healthcare Administrator

Todd M. Carsen has been named healthcare administrator at Covenant Village of Golden Valley, a faith-based, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community operated by Covenant Retirement Communities. He will report to Covenant Village of Golden Valley Executive Director Gary Gardeen.

Carsen is responsible for directing and coordinating the daily operations at the senior living community’s higher levels of living, which include 40 assisted living apartments, 16 memory support apartments, and an 88-bed skilled nursing center. He directs a staff of 200.

Carsen brings to his new position 25 years of senior-level management experience in the senior living industry. Prior to joining Covenant Village, Carsen was a consultant at Pathway Health, White Bear Lake, Minn., providing interim management services. Before that he served 15 years as executive director for an Edina, Minn.-based skilled nursing center operated by Volunteers of America National Services.

A graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., Carsen also completed a pre-licensure graduate program for long-term care administration at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and is a licensed nursing home administrator.

Carsen lives in Golden Valley, Minn.

About Covenant Village of Golden Valley

Covenant Village of Golden Valley, a faith-based, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, is located at 5800 St. Croix Ave. N., Golden Valley, Minn. It is administered by Covenant Retirement Communities, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit senior services providers. Covenant Retirement Communities serves 5,000 residents at 15 retirement communities nationwide and is a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church. For more information on Covenant Village of Golden Valley, call (877) 804-7017 or visit www.CovenantVillageofGoldenValley.org.