Information about Our Company at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Our Team

David Craik, Principal at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

David Craik - Principal

Mr. David L. Craik has been in the real estate development industry for over 40 years, and helps to oversee Avenir’s operations throughout North America as Avenir’s President. Mr. Craik specializes in the development, design and construction industry, building large, mixed-use, luxury senior living facilities in Western Canada and the Southwestern United States. David also has extensive commercial, multi-family, retail and hospitality development experience, covering a broad spectrum of disciplines including: overall development coordination, planning and management of real estate, land acquisition, interior design, construction, management, and final occupancy coordination, sales, marketing and operations. Mr. Craik has worked hard to build long-standing and loyal business relationships with banks, investment groups, third party vendors and subcontractors with whom we regularly do business.

Violet Craik, Design Director at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Violet Craik - Principal Design Director

Violet is our talented Design Director, with a specialty in high-end, luxury residential interior design, yacht design and luxury senior environments. She has also completed many multi-family, condo and townhome developments, as well as a number of commercial buildings and tenant improvements. Violet has been in the industry for over forty years, and her diverse and unique talents, travel and life experiences lend a special edge to all of Avenir's work. Violet's work is valuable for both her artistic sensibilities, and her ability to draw inspiration from her clients' life experiences to create warm and inviting interiors. Violet grew up in Jasper, Alberta, the daughter of a hotel owner and operator, so she brings a valuable and innate understanding of the hospitality industry to the team.

Violet divides her time between British Columbia and Arizona, in between worldwide travel and time spent on her yacht off the west coast of BC. She has two children, six grandchildren, and three beautiful Pekingese

Jason Gurash, Vice President of Operations and Business Development at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Jason Gurash - Vice President of Operations and Business Development

Jason has been in the Senior Housing industry for 12 years in both Canada and the United States. Coming out of the Vancouver real estate market, Jason entered the industry in 2005 when he joined Avenir Lifestyles and Avenir Retirement from their Vancouver, Canada home office. He joined Avenir with a Marketing & Sales Force Management Diploma and Real Estate & Mortgage Brokers License from the University of British Columbia. In his first five years he was the Vice President of Operation for Avenir overseeing their retirement communities in Western Canada along with managing the internal home office staff in various departments such as Construction, Design, Finance, and Accounting. In 2012 the communities were purchased by a public company named Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation (now called Sienna Senior Living (TSE : SIA) from Markham, Ont. He was then hired by Sienna Senior Living to continue as their Regional Operations Manager from 2012 to 2014. In 2014 Jason was approached by Life Care Services ( LCS ) of Des Moines, Iowa, the 4th largest senior housing care management company in the U.S.A., to be a regional consultant for them and assist in growing their Independent, Assisted, and Memory Care portfolio nationally. Jason worked with LCS from 2014 to 2017 on a three year contract where he was instrumental in opening up 8 new communities in various states such as Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona. He also assisted and collaborated with LCS on various other process improvements and developed new programs and policies to be implemented throughout the LCS portfolio. In 2017, Jason rejoined Avenir based out of their Scottsdale, AZ office where he was hired on to be the Vice President of Operations and Business Development. Since rejoining the Avenir team he has being diligently reestablishing Avenir’s brand along with overseeing all the Marketing and Sales Force Management for 3 communities in Arizona, 1 in Nevada and also 1 in Nanaimo, Canada.

Jason Craik, Principal at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Jason Craik - Principal

As Principal, Jason has helped to oversee both the US and Canadian divisions of the company. In this capacity, he has helped develop, build and operate Avenir’s many past and present independent, assisted living and memory care communities. Starting in real estate sales and marketing at young age, he executed campaigns for some of Canada’s largest development companies. Jason co-founded a sales and marketing firm, which quickly rose to become one of North America’s leading condominium marketing companies, selling close to $5 billion in dollar volume, and thousands of condominium, townhome and single family homes. In January 2008, Jason sold his shares of his company and became an active owner and leader with the Avenir Group.

Jaffy Raza, Regional Director at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Jaffy Raza - Construction and Corporate Accounting

Mr. Raza has been a member of the Avenir Family for over ten years. His is responsible for all construction accounting, contract administration, construction insurance compliance, and construction draw management from ground up construction and sees all the projects through until the turn over to the operations group. In his ten years with the company Mr. Raza has administered and managed construction projects ranging from 9 Million to over 43 Million in Construction Cost. His additional responsibilities include risk compliance, construction budget compliance and insurance audits.

Eric Bricker, CPA, MBA Chief Financial Officer at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Eric Bricker CPA, MBA-Chief Financial Officer

With more than 25 years of progressive financial operations management and executive consulting experience, his business operations and corporate accounting knowledge has been obtained through a variety of industries including real estate, construction, commercial building services, business & software consulting, manufacturing, staffing services and insurance. His diverse background includes ERP/business systems implementation and use, accounting operations, business operations, organizational design, annual audit management, year-end management of external tax CPAs, US-Canadian cross border compliance reporting, GAAP compliance, process flow re-engineering, budgeting/forecasting, continuous process improvement, treasury & cash management, financial modeling/analysis, strategic planning, insurance and benefits, internal controls & staff development. He is also an Arizona CPA and has a Master of Business Administration.

Nicole Gurash, Senior Designer at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Nicole Gurash - Senior Designer

Nicole has been designing interiors for over 20 years. From residential, commercial to healthcare Nicole can take a conceptual idea and make it into a beautiful, sophisticated and functional space. Nicole is passionate about creating environments where people will want to gather, find comfort and fellowship. She believes that great design can enhance the quality of life for families, residents and employees. Nicole is motivated, creative and a wonderful asset to the Avenir Design Team.

Victoria Callahan, Community Finance & HR Director at Avenir Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Victoria Callahan - Community Finance & HR Director

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