{"id":35915,"date":"2023-05-16T04:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=35915"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:34:19","slug":"changemaker-sevy-petras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/changemaker-sevy-petras\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Changemakers 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The annual Changemakers series<\/a> has officially begun! This year is particularly exciting for us at Yardi<\/a>, as it\u2019s our fifth consecutive year as sponsor. The series celebrates the most innovative and dynamic leaders in the industry today \u2014 recognizing those who have created leaner operations, improved efficiency and transformed the way they do business. From technology and staffing to mergers and acquisitions, these Changemakers are taking risks and embracing innovation, and you get an inside look at their stories through exclusive interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We\u2019re proud to join Senior Housing News<\/a> (SHN) in presenting the 2023 Changemakers class \u2014 a group of dynamic leaders who are breaking the status quo and driving positive change today. With that, meet the first Changemaker: Sevy Petras, CEO and co-founder of Priority Life Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through her in-depth interview with SHN, Petras talks about her background in senior living and the ways she believes the industry is evolving. Enjoy the following snapshot before heading to her full interview (linked below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sevy Petras named 2023 Changemaker  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHN: What are some ways you think senior living needs to change in the next five years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petras: I feel that senior housing right now is in a bit of an enlightenment period. We\u2019ve been around for 40 years now. We\u2019ve been around long enough to have a decent data set. The reason I feel that it\u2019s enlightenment is because we\u2019re really trying to utilize science and automation to figure out how we can take that data and really apply it to be forward-thinking and proactive. Now, whether it\u2019s active adult, independent assisted living or in your individual home, the consumer or resident family members are able to decide where they want to have that care delivered to them. That is a swift change. Part of that comes as a result of the fact that our consumer is changing. Those boomers that we\u2019ve been looking for, waiting, know is coming, the silver tsunami, it is truly, truly here. However, the goalpost has shifted. Now utilizing that data and being able to apply it that\u2019s really where I think this enlightenment is coming at.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back when the iPhone was invented, the problem with the internet was that we did not yet have the catalyst to make it easy to do those things. It wasn\u2019t until 2006 when the iPhone came out, it was the catalyst for us to be able to harness all the power that the internet has. It was like a 10-year lag between all of this being invented and then having the device that made it easy to do it. I feel like we\u2019re a little bit in the same place right now in senior housing, as we have all of these different things, all these new technologies coming out, all this data coming out, but we don\u2019t have our iPhone to harness that information and to really be able to take it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHN: Changemakers tend to be risk-takers. Do you agree with that statement? How do you describe your own appetite for risk?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petras: Sure. What\u2019s the quote, well-behaved women rarely make history? I always think of that. I do think that changemakers are risk-takers. For myself, I\u2019m not throwing caution to the wind risk-taker. I am what I would consider to be a calculated risk-taker. I\u2019m a bit of a neurotic pre-planner. I\u2019m going to run through every possible scenario that could ever come from taking whatever risk. Part of that is probably the banker in me. You can take the girl out of the bank, but you can\u2019t take the banker out of the girl.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything is always weighted and calculated. There\u2019s always a scenario where there could be failure, but in certain circumstances, I think given the DNA that I come from, my family, as a Petras and a small-town Midwestern girl, in some situations and scenarios, there\u2019s just no room for failure. Success could look differently, and learning from failures is I think part of being a risk-taker and part of being a changemaker. Part of being a business owner. Part of being a participant in life, you\u2019re going to have things that don\u2019t work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means that when you learn from that, that\u2019s where I think that you become a calculated risk-taker.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That comes from experience. It comes from failures. It comes from trying things that don\u2019t work. I am a big proponent of having mentors and reaching out to people who have tried, failed, and succeeded before me. I don\u2019t need to reinvent the wheel. I like to come up with better ways to make the wheel more efficient.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full interview with SHN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get more insights, read Sevy Petras\u2019 full interview with SHN.<\/a> And be sure to follow the Changemakers site<\/a> to find all the newly-published interviews, released in batches! We\u2019ll be sharing highlights from each interview here as well, as the series progresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like more information on Yardi and the senior living solutions<\/a> we offer, reach out anytime<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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