CANANDAIGUA – Aimee Ward of Canandaigua was recently named executive director of F.F.T. Senior Communities, a corporation of UR Medicine Thompson Health.
Ward, who first joined Thompson in 2013, was previously the director of operations and development for F.F.T. Senior Communities, which encompasses both the 84-apartment independent living community called Ferris Hills at West Lake and the adjacent, 48-apartment enriched living community of Clark Meadows.
“Since arriving at Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows five years ago, Aimee has accomplished amazing things in terms of occupancy, resident satisfaction and more. She gives new meaning to the phrase ‘above and beyond,’ and we are thrilled to now have her as executive director,” said Thompson Health President/CEO Michael F. Stapleton Jr., FACHE.
A native of Canastota in Madison County, N.Y., Ward holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from SUNY Geneseo. She co-owned a successful downtown Canandaigua business and was president of the Canandaigua Downtown Merchants Association prior to joining Thompson.
Ward is currently treasurer for the Ontario County Arts Council Board of Directors and is the former executive director of the Canandaigua Lake Music Festival as well as the former committee chair of the Finger Lakes Plein Air Competition and Festival.