Kathy Powers
05/24/2023
Kathy is the Chief Financial Officer for Chelsea Senior Living. She leads the financial strategy and helps lead the overall management of the company.
In her role, she is responsible for budling a sustainable and profitable long-term growth plan, allocating capital to maximize value creation, managing risk for the entire company, overseeing the utilization and effectiveness of applied systems, and forecasting the company’s finances for short-term and long-term success.
Kathy joined Chelsea Senior Living in her current position in 2023 and has proved vital in transforming processes and creating efficiencies across the organization.
Prior to this role, she was the Chief Financial Officer for Matheny Medical and Educational Center. Before that, she was the Senior Account Manager for Baker Tilly.
She currently serves as President of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA).
Kathy is a 2023 NJBiz Leaders in Finance award recipient, on the 2023 ROI Influencers Power List, and has been on the NJBiz Accounting Power 50 list for two straight years from 2021-22.
Additionally, she has been appointed to the Governor’s Independent Developmental Disability Fee for Service Transition Oversight Board, which she served from 2018-22, and appointed to the Governor’s Independent Mental Health & Addiction Fee for Service Transition Oversight Board, which she also served from 2018-22.
Kathy received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Thomas Edison State College. In her free time, she enjoys the beach, listening to financial podcasts, reading (a lot), and spending time with her husband and two daughters.