Jake Quigley

Jake Quigley is currently the Vice President of Operations for Benchmark Senior Living in Waltham, MA. Benchmark is a leader in senior living throughout the Northeast, offering independent living, assisted living, mind and memory care, and continuing care retirement communities in 67 communities across eight states. He is also an adjunct professor at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, where he teaches courses in gerontology, health care management, and public policy.

Previously, Quigley served as the director of senior living asset management for an alternative asset management company on behalf of a senior housing REIT. Quigley also served 10 years as an executive director for numerous senior living communities throughout the Northeast. He is a five-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served in healthcare operations in Spain, Rhode Island, and Cuba. He started his career in long-term care as a licensed nursing home administrator as part of a continuum care retirement community in Kansas.

Jake earned his Bachelor’s degree in Gerontology: Long-Term Care Administration and also earned a Master's degree in Gerontology and a Master's degree in Community Development all from Kansas State University, and a Doctorate in Law and Public Policy from Northeastern University. He holds nursing home administrator licenses in Kansas, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.