Owner and Founder: Mike Hudman and his mother June Beyerlin founded Gateway in 1991. Although June has since passed away, Mike continues as the President and Chief Executive Officer for Gateway. Mike spent the first 20 years of his career working for the Springfield Fire Department as both a fireman and fire marshal. Mike grew up in Lane County and has continued to live and work here ever since.

Owner and Administrator: Soon after completing college degrees in Health Care,
Mark Kinkade started with Gateway in 1995 as an administrator. Mark orchestrated the growth of Gateway Living and the development of Gateway Gardens. Mark is still the administrator of Gateway Living and also serves as the Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Gateway. Mark is also a current board member of the Oregon Health Care Association and is an active advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association. Mark also grew up in Lane County and has spent most of his life living and working in Lane County.

Gateway Gardens Administrator: Sherry Johnston came to Gateway in 2001 with over 15 years of management experience. After spending over four years as the assistant administrator at Gateway Living, Sherry accepted a position as Administrator of Gateway Gardens in early 2006. Sherry is an active member of the Alzheimer’s Association and she is an advocate for our communities seniors. Sherry is very knowledgeable in senior care as well as Alzheimer’s and dementia care.

Gateway Nursing: The Gateway team of nurses has been providing care to seniors for more than 100 years of combined experience. Although our nurses have a variety of health care experience, the common thread is senior care. Our nurses were instrumental in developing our corporate vision as it relates to the care we provide. As stated our vision is as follow: “Gateway is a sanctuary for individuals seeking a supportive environment where care and services are delivered with compassion." Our nursing team strives each day to fulfill our vision.

Staff Development: The Gateway Living staff development team is anchored by Renee Musselwhite (on right in photo). Renee started with Gateway Living in 1999 as a caregiver and rapidly advanced within the administration team to her current position as assistant administrator. Gateway Gardens Assistant Administrator Bette Daline (on left in photo) started at Gateway in 1997. Her compassion and work ethic has earned her substantial recognition within the Gateway community.

Our dynamic team of professionals is leading the industry in the field of staff development. The staff development team was instrumental in developing our corporate vision as it relates to the staff we employ. As stated our vision is a follows: "Gateway is a supportive environment for individuals seeking a career where they are mutually respected on a cohesive team and have the opportunity to learn more about providing care to our communities residents.” Further, our mission is to find, attract and retain quality, caring and loving staff.

Activity Department: Both Gateway Living and Gateway Gardens activity departments are led by long term employees of Gateway. Sheryle Dinger (on left in photo) came to Gateway Living in 1998 with more than 10 years of experience as an activity professional. Now at Gateway Gardens, Suzie McDaniel (on right in photo) was one of the first employees ever hired by Gateway Living in 1992.

Our activity department strives each day to give resident’s the opportunity to enrich their lives with meaningful, creative and uplifting pursuits. Through both resident and family feedback we are consistently evolving our activity department to fulfill the needs of our residents.