A newsletter for the employees of the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point and Sarah Chudnow Community
Kulanu - All of Us. Together. Meet Scott Bergin, Controller Becca Loss, Communications Specialist
April 2016 WELCOME New Team Members CP Maria Veloz, Dietary Shontierra Wren, Nursing SCC Duvaugh Chambers, Dietary LuVienna Edwards, Nursing Roberta Friedrichs, Nursing Alicia Johnson, Nursing Erica Kreunen, Dietary John Lawson, Administration Jessica Shine, Nursing Laura Triblett, Nursing Tyler Wallace, Dietary JHCC Sheree Belin, Nursing Scott Bergin, Finance Amy Biller Daniels, Social Services Samantha Bluford, Nursing Debra Melissa Brinkley-Lagrone, Nursing Dominique Copeland, Dining Monika deArteaga, Physical Therapy Danielle Elder, Physical Therapy Pamela Enea, Occupational Therapy Fantasia Gibbs, Nursing Kaitlin Gromacki, Physical Therapy Katie Hiller, Occupational Therapy Emily Hitchcock, Physical Therapy Miguel Morales, Dining Sandra Noll, Speech Therapy Kesley Scheller, Occupational Therapy Raychel Schulz, Nursing Susan Smith, Occupational Therapy Lakisha Taylor, Nursing
“Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.” ~ Steve Prefontaine, marathoner and running legend
electronic reporting. “Much of the current information is recorded and distributed manually,” he says. “The challenge will be transferring the records to electronic form without a fiscal reporting gap.”
Much like training for a Scott Bergin, Controller marathon, Scott Bergin, recently hired controller and marathon runner, plans to His track record prior to our make great strides for the finance organization includes serving department to be “fiscally fit” as it ten years as controller at the travels into the future. Lutheran Home and Harwood Place in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. In his short time at JHCC, Bergin In that capacity his responsibilities already has goals in place for his first included all financial reporting for year. “Ideally, I would like managers the organizations (i.e., financial to receive all their necessary financial statements, tax returns, Medicaid information at the touch of a finger,” & Medicare cost reports). He also he reveals. To achieve this, it would prepared the annual operating require a change from manual to budgets, managed the annual electronic financial record keeping. financial audit, presented financial Bergin continues, “The goal is to results to the board, participated in utilize our current technology, strategic planning, and managed resulting in a user-friendly program the business office staff. During his which electronically distributes time at the Lutheran Home, Bergin the most comprehensive, up-toalso served four years as CFO for the date financial information to the board. Prior to that, he worked in management team.” In the future, he accounting at Eastcastle Place. would like to see more services that are currently outsourced brought It was a lateral move for Bergin in-house, including tax return to change pace and join JHCC. “I documentation. was serving as interim CFO at the Lutheran Home. When a new CFO While distance running requires was hired, they planned on taking time, effort, and dedication, so does away the responsibilities I enjoyed: the transition from manual to see “Kulanu,” on page 4
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