Executive Team
Ted Tanase, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to founding Total Living Choices in 1999 Ted Tanase was Chairman of Superbuild.com the first-to-market e-commerce hardware company in the USA. Earlier Ted was the CEO of Lanoga Corporation, a $3.0 billion lumber and building material company at the time of its sale, and Chairman of Lanoga’s parent, the Laird Norton Company. Ted received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University.
Kyle Salem, PhD, President
Kyle Salem joined Total Living Choices in 2010. He earned a doctor of philosophy and an undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Steve Chambers, Chief Financial Officer
Steve Chambers graduated with Distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1986. He is a certified public accountant. Steve is active in the community through his church and little league coaching, including serving as treasurer of a local soccer club.
Lindsay Cosimano, vice president of marketing
Lindsay Cosimano holds a master’s in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a bachelor of science degree in business communication from the University of Kansas. She has more than ten years of health-care marketing experience. Lindsay is past president of the Nebraska Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, a member of the American Marketing Association and serves on the Wellness Council of the Midlands board of directors.
Emily Hollyday, Operations Manager
Emily Hollyday has more than 10 years experience in customer service and management having worked for IBM Global Learning Services and Sears. She has extensive experience in customer service management, training, program development and implementation. Emily received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.
Board of Directors
Ted Tanase, CEO, Total Living Choices
Mike Cassling, President and CEO, Cassling
Malcolm Gleser, MD, PhD, Chief Applications Architect, GE Healthcare/IDX
Paul Hogan, President and CEO, Home Instead Senior Care
Kay Seim, Elder Care Consultant
Ross Taylor, Investment Banking Consultant
Advisors
Ray Crerand, is a consultant with a number of health services related companies, including VizX Labs, a bioinformatics company. He is a chairman of the Washington State Hospital Association and has been involved in policy initiatives on behalf of the American Hospital Association and has served as Governor of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He received his bachelor’s degree from the City University of New York and his master’s degree in Healthcare Administration at Washington University in St. Louis.
Nancy Hooyman, is the Dean Emeritus and Professor of the School of Social Work at the University of Washington. Dr. Hooyman is a Board Advisor and is actively involved in the Company’s system development. She is the person in charge of appointing various state university social work department personnel throughout the USA to the healthcare and provider/facility industries. Dr. Hooyman also provides articles for and advice to Total Living Choices, and her textbooks—Social Gerontology and Taking Care of Aging Family Members are widely read in University settings. Her area of specialty is care of the caregiver.
Hal Daub is an attorney with Blackwell Sanders Pepper Martin, LLP. He is the past President of the American Health Care Association, former Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, and former member of the US House of Representatives. Hal has extensive personal contacts with key hospital executives throughout the US and provides important introductions for the Company.
Howard Mahran is the President of Deep Domain, and was the Founder and President of NexCura an online educational and informational website for people with cancer and for those organizations whose goals are to help relieve the pain of cancer patients and solve the mystery of the disease.
Charles (C. J.) Marr is retired CEO of Alegent Health, a not for profit corporation encompassing seven hospitals and thirty five primary care clinics in the Omaha Nebraska area. He previously served as President and CEO of Immanuel healthcare Systems and Regional West Medical Center and has extensive personal contacts with key hospital executives throughout the US.
Meredith Mathews, MD, MPH, is the Chief Medical Officer of LifeMasters, a health care informational system for employees of large corporations. Dr. Mathews was the Chief Medical Officer for the Allina Healthcare Systems, the largest system in Minnesota. Dr. Mathews brings the viewpoint of doctors to the Company.
Geoff Schmidt, CPA, is the Global Cohead of Capital Markets Origination - National Australia Bank (“NAB”). Prior to joining NAB Geoff was a Director and key member responsible for the successful startup of Nomura Securities’ private placement business. While at Nomura, Geoff was responsible for all private placement activity for Australia and the Americas. Geoff started his career in private placements at Deutsche Bank Securities, He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Northeastern Illinois University.