Meet our team

Her extensive years in the senior living industry have shaped the infrastructure, programs and services that have benefited many older adults. Ms. Mills led her team in the repositioning of nursing and personal care, achieving a 5-Star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, and led the implementation of an $80 million expansion project.

Ms. Mills currently serves as executive director of Friends Village, a premier FellowshipLIFE community. Ms. Mills has a strategic mindset and innovative outlook for the future of senior living and bringing the highest level of service and hospitality to older adults. She places high value on operational efficiencies, quality of service, reinvesting in infrastructure, and supporting team members through recognition, open dialogue, and relationship-building while maximizing revenues.

Ms. Mills is a licensed nursing home administrator in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; she holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and a master’s degree in healthcare administration.

Ms. Kaizar advanced and developed her leadership ability throughout her years as Administrator/Executive Director in Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care communities. She takes pride in history of high satisfaction rates from team members, residents, and families. She enjoys all aspects of administration and is well versed in marketing, memory care, training, and person-centered care.

She serves as the Assisted Living Administrator at Friends Village. Ms. Kaizar supports her team through mentoring and positivity by modeling and inspiring those around her. She firmly believes that high expectations and a strong work ethic work hand in hand to lead for a success environment to live and work.

Mr. Morin has over 40 years of experience in public accounting and taxation, and is still active in the professional practice with offices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has been a frequent speaker on various accounting, auditing, tax and estate-related topics. His concentrations are primarily in not-for-profit, corporate, and taxation matters. Mr. Morin is a graduate of Husson University in Bangor, Maine, with graduate work completed at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is chairman of the board and finance committee of FellowshipLIFE. He has served on the board and committees of various local and national not-for-profit and charitable organizations. He is a trustee/treasurer of the Jack Weisberg Charitable Foundation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He is an active member of the New Jersey State Society of CPAs, having served as a trustee, and was past chairman of the society’s professional conduct and ethics committees. Mr. Morin resides with his wife in Bluffton, SC, and has three children, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

After law school, he completed a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Mahlon Fast, J.S.C. Since joining the firm, he has received a Master of Laws degree from New York University School of Law.

Mr. Zenna is a member of the Essex, Hudson and Morris county bar associations. He was also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit). As a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, he has lectured on their behalf with regard to trial advocacy, and in 2010 lectured for the New Jersey Association for Justice regarding the use of rebuttal testimony. Mr. Zenna has also been a member of the William J. Brennan, Jr. Inn of Court since 1997. He is a long-standing member of the New Jersey chapter of The Miami Project, dedicated to the cure of paralysis, and he was approved in 2013 to sit on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s 10B Ethics Committee for Morris County for a four-year term.

Walter is a Master Elite IRA advisor of Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group℠, he also is an active member of the Elite POZ Advisor Group, a group of top advisors in the industry at helping their clients mitigate tax-rate risk and longevity risk. He is a Certified Wealth Strategist^®, Professional Plan Consultant™ & holds membership of both SOFA (Society for Financial Awareness) plus the National Association of Tax Preparers (NATP). Walter holds Series 7, 66 and 63 licenses. Walter is licensed in fourteen states and also holds active life and health Insurance licenses.

Since 1999, Walter has been a resident of Basking Ridge, with his wife, Suzanne, and two daughters, Isabel, and Natalie. Mr. Pardo is very active in his community in central New Jersey as a member of the Summit Lions club, & he served on the Board of Directors of Eversight. Since 2017, Walter has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, New Jersey, where he is also the Men’s Retreat Coordinator for the Morristown Ignatian Spirituality Project.

Dr. Shugg is the CEO of Teleplus HealthCare, a medical software company that enables hospitals and providers to manage chronic care illnesses on a population level. She focuses on disease prevention and preservation of quality of life. Dr. Shugg has practiced various aspects of acute care and cardiology across the healthcare spectrum. She has also served as a consultant to several hospitals to establish preventive care, chronic care management and telemedicine. Dr. Shugg earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, her master’s degree at Seton Hall University and her doctorate at Rutgers University.

Mr. Lawrence is a licensed nursing home administrator and a certified public accountant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Seton Hall University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He also holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration in finance from the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University.

As president and CEO, Mr. Lawrence is currently leading FellowshipLIFE’s senior leadership team with responsibility for overall Healthcare and Medical Services, Independent Living, and Home Community Based Services operations and performance. Mr. Lawrence actively participates with the FellowshipLIFE board of directors, ensuring the execution of strategic planning and development initiatives. His vision and number one priority is providing a high level of care and services to seniors and maintaining the sound financial health of the organization.

Mr. Lawrence received the “President’s Award” from LeadingAge NJ in 2019 for his outstanding accomplishments in the senior living industry. He is a member of the American Society on Aging, LeadingAge, Healthcare Financial Management Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants. He resides in Millburn, New Jersey, with his wife, son and daughter.

Recent honors include being named Person of the Year by the Warren Chapter of the NAACP, an Honorary Alum by the Centenary University Alumni Association, reception of the first “Beacon” Award given by the Warren County Human Relations Commission and Granting of Entrance to the Village by the Elders of Brahabebome, Ashanti, and Ghana. Dave was ordained a priest by The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Tenth Bishop of Newark, on June 9, 2018.

Dave earned his undergraduate degree at Montclair State University, his Masters of Divinity at Drew Theological School, and completed courses in Anglican Studies at General Theological Seminary.

Mrs. DiFrancesco was the first recipient of Joan Vagelos Currie Award for Excellence in Teaching, the volunteer of the year award in Somerset County and the Educator of the year award in Somerset County. She is a longtime active member of Somerset Hills Baptist Church.

He was a vice president and trader at Goldman Sachs on the Loan Trading desk in New York from September 2005 until April 2009, and was a managing director and head of loan trading at Wachovia Securities from October 1998 until September 2005. Bill has a Bachelor of Science in finance from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Mr. Acquaviva’s initial skills were developed in the fast-paced kitchen at the Short Hills Hilton in Short Hills. In 2002, he opened Delicious Heights, a small delicatessen in Berkeley Heights. Five years later, he opened up his first full-service restaurant bar and grill — also in Berkeley Heights and also named Delicious Heights. Today, he is the part-owner of three successful restaurants and two sophisticated banquet venues.

Mr. Acquaviva credits his parents for his cooking talents and ambitious work ethic. If he had a personal motto, it would be, “Dream it, think it, do it. Repeat.” He lives with his wife and their two daughters.