Ruth Farrago, CMC
Vice President of Operations

Ruth Farrago has over 20 years of experience in health care administration. She was the Administrator of an inpatient and outpatient comprehensive Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Division at Downstate Medical Centers in Brooklyn. She has an extensive background in home care marketing and management having worked for St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers as the Director of Intake and was then the Branch Manager/Administrator at New York Health Care. Ruth was also the Executive Director of Sunrise Assisted Living of East Meadow where she was responsible for the daily operations of the facility, client and family satisfaction, management of the sales and marketing team and coordinated community outreach and events. Ruth has a Bachelors of Science from SUNY College of Oneonta where she majored in Business Economics and she is currently completing a Masters Degree at Long Island University specializing in Gerontology. Ruth has received her certification in Geriatric Care Management (CMC). She is a current member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and the Case Management Society of America.

Odalis Cortes, RN, CMC
Director of Client Services

Odalis is a Registered Nurse who most recently worked in Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, where she managed an inpatient geriatric unit that implemented the Hartford Institute’s “Best Practices in Care for Older Adults” guidelines. She was also previously a Home Care Nurse at Mount Sinai’s Home Health Agency, assessing the comprehensive needs of adult and geriatric patients and at Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services, providing case management for both geriatric and pediatric/maternal health patients. As well as earning an Associate Degree in Nursing from Orange County Community College, Odalis obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Lehman College School of Nursing. She gathered data on the prevention of pressure ulcers for a Mount Sinai Hospital study and presented findings on the importance of mouth care in the elderly population at a Mount Sinai geriatric conference.

Eileen Zenker, LCSW
Director of Client Services

Eileen joins SeniorBridge with 23 years' experience as a social work administrator and health care planner. Most recently, she served as Acting Director of the Department of Social Work at NYU Langone Medical Center, responsible for leadership and management of social work programs at Tisch Hospital and Rusk Institute, having been promoted from positions as Associate Director and Assistant Director. Earlier, Eileen was Senior Health Care Program Planner Analyst at the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, working as internal consultant to 11 municipal hospitals and 4 long-term facilities in the HHC system. She earned a BA in Psychology at SUNY Oneonta, a Master's degree in Social Work at the Hunter College School of Social Work, and completed a certificate in Bio-Ethics at Montefiore Hospital. Eileen has presented papers on elder care, discharge planning, and bioethics at professional meetings.

Christienne Mills
Director of Professional Relations

Christienne comes to SeniorBridge from Sunrise Senior Living, where she has been Director of Community Relations at its Brooklyn and Austin, TX, assisted living facilities. Previously she was also Director of Marketing at Ashwood Retirement and Assisted Living in Austin, and Marketing Coordinator at Hearthstone Health Center in Round Rock, TX. Christienne served as Business Development Manager at Harder Consulting in Austin, a professional employment consulting firm. Earlier, she was Staffing Manager/Team Leader and Customer Relations Supervisor for Staffing Now, Inc., West Hartford, CT, where she hired and trained office staff, planned and monitored business development, and supervised employees. Christienne holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication from Syracuse University and was a teaching assistant in the Department of Reading and Language Arts.