Cosentino named executive director of The Grand at Twin Lakes

F&F Realty, Ltd., owner and operator of independent living senior community The Grand at Twin Lakes n Palatine, has named Melissa Cosentino, MSW, CDP, the facility's executive director.

Most recently, Cosentino was director of social services at Central Baptist Village in Norridge, Ill., a 247-unit life plan community. Prior to that, she was regional operations manager of Quincy, Mass.-based Connected Living, where she oversaw the staff of senior living communities in the Midwest across five states. Early in her career, she worked for Brookdale Senior Living in Chicago in marketing and sales.

She earned a bachelor's degree in health services management, with a focus on long-term care, from Western Illinois University and a master's degree in social work, with a focus on gerontology and mental health, from Loyola University Chicago.