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Leadership

Experienced Leadership.
Complementary
Expertise.

Aspen Alcove's principals bring together experience across senior living, acquisitions, real estate investment, asset management, finance, capital strategy, technology, construction and revenue performance. The strength of the platform is the ability to bring those perspectives together around a single asset and business plan, drawing on every discipline represented on the team.

Modern senior living residence with glass balconies, landscaped gardens, a wood bench, and flowering trees.

Our Team

Meet Our Leadership

Each leader contributes a distinct point of view to acquisition decisions, business-plan execution, active asset-management oversight, and the partnerships that support long-term portfolio performance.

Portrait of Thilak Then, Co-Founder and CEO of Aspen Alcove.

Acquisition & Capital Formation

Thilak Then

Co-Founder & CEO

Thilak Then brings more than 22 years of experience across technology, engineering, and business leadership. His experience includes ownership and oversight of more than 275 senior living units, along with leading teams supporting products that served more than 100 million users worldwide. At Aspen Alcove, Thilak leads acquisition strategy, financing, capital formation, and the long-term growth of the portfolio.

Acquisitions • Capital Formation • Financing • Technology • Business Leadership • Portfolio Growth

Portrait of Annabelle Lewis, Co-Founder and COO of Aspen Alcove.

Operations Strategy & Compliance

Annabelle Lewis

Co-Founder & COO

Annabelle Lewis is a Licensed Vocational Nurse with more than 25 years of healthcare experience and more than 18 years of senior living leadership. She is a Certified RCFE and ARF Administrator and has overseen communities totaling more than 230 beds across California, Kentucky, and Utah. Her experience encompasses compliance, licensing, staffing, training, and quality assurance. She brings an operator's view to the ownership platform: how to strengthen the business inside each community we acquire.

Senior Living • Operations Strategy • Compliance • Licensing • Staffing • Training • Quality Assurance

Portrait of MaryLou DePondicchello, Co-Founder and Chief Investment and Growth Officer of Aspen Alcove.

Asset Management & Investor Relations

MaryLou DePondicchello

Co-Founder & Chief Investment & Growth Officer

MaryLou DePondicchello brings more than 25 years of real estate investment and asset management experience across senior living, affordable housing, multifamily, hospitality, and commercial real estate. She has ownership and oversight experience involving more than 190 senior living units. At Aspen Alcove, MaryLou leads lender relationships, investor communications, and portfolio oversight.

Asset Management • Investor Relations • Real Estate Investment • Lender Relationships • Portfolio Oversight • Capital Strategy

Portrait of Traci Bild, Director of Strategic Growth and Occupancy at Aspen Alcove.

Senior Living Strategy & Value Creation

Traci Bild

Director of Strategic Growth and Occupancy

Traci Bild brings more than 25 years of senior living performance expertise to Aspen Alcove, with a career focused on helping senior living organizations improve occupancy, revenue, sales performance and market positioning. Through her work with senior living owners and operators nationwide, Traci has developed deep expertise in identifying the revenue and market barriers that prevent communities from reaching their potential. At Aspen Alcove, she applies that experience directly to acquisitions and active asset management, helping evaluate opportunities and shape strategies around occupancy, pricing, sales, marketing, competitive positioning and value creation.

Growth Strategy • Asset Performance • Senior Housing • Revenue Performance • Market Analysis • Competitive Intelligence

Building the Next Generation of Aspen Alcove

We are actively expanding through disciplined acquisitions and strategic partnerships. We welcome conversations with owners, brokers, lenders, capital partners, developers and operating partners who see an opportunity to create stronger senior living communities.

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