Corporate
Owner
With more than 35 years in the senior housing industry, Kendall Oliver has an insider’s perspective on what it takes to design, build, staff, and market a community for older adults. His in-depth operational knowledge comes from firsthand experience.
He received his Nursing Home Administrator License (#1121) in 1988 and managed nursing homes until 1998. In 2000, he opened his first assisted living facility, Cambridge Hills Assisted Living, in Roxboro and has operated his own since. After Cambridge Hills proved a success, Kendall was convinced that he could extend his vision and operational experience into independent living business for active older adults.
In 2008, Kendall found partners, Cary Oil, and launched what has now become the Cambridge Village Optimal Living Brand, beginning with Cambridge Village of Apex. Cambridge Village of Wilmington followed in 2015, and The Cambridge Brier Creek opened in the spring of 2022. Kendall developed, constructed and operates all his facilities. Apex was constructed over 4 phases, Wilmington was built in 2 phases, and Brier Creek has built phase 1 and has another phase to build.
Kendall’s diverse skillset has enabled him to venture into a variety of other real estate projects, including office, commercial and other land development. He and his family live in Raleigh, NC, and attend Providence Church. His son Davis just graduated Liberty in May 2023 and has now joined the Cambridge Team to follow along in the family business.
Executive Administrative Assistant
The passion to serve, along with the desire to assist with designing and developing senior living communities, led Anita to Cambridge Village. Having been in hospitality since graduating from Campbell University, Anita finds great pleasure in exceeding the expectations of those she serves.
Creating a culture and building teams dedicated to service, trust and compassion that withstands the test of time has been Anita’s motivation throughout her career.
Her experience as a controller, general manager, director of human resources and marketing director has given her a solid foundation for her role as Chief Operating Officer in which she served for over nine years. Recently Anita has taken on the role of Executive Administrative Assistant which will allow her the ability to focus on growing other areas of Cambridge. Being able to bring her passion, knowledge and experience to the leadership of Cambridge Village is a true blessing for Anita as she continues to serve, lead, teach and design Optimal Living® communities.
Brier Creek
Assistant Executive Director
Jessica comes to The Cambridge at Brier Creek as our Resident Relations Director with over 13 years of experience in the senior living industry. She has enjoyed serving residents and families in the past as Marketing & Sales Director, Community Relations Coordinator and Customer Service Liaison.
Jessica enjoys taking every opportunity to educate herself and has gone back to school to obtain a Business Administration Marketing & Sales Certificate and Business Administration Advertising & Digital Media Certificate.
Born and raised in sunny San Diego, California Jessica moved to North Carolina over 30 years ago where she then met and married her husband. They now have three grown children and have increased the family with a wonderful son-in-law.
Outside of the office you may find Jessica and her family walking, biking, hiking, or kayaking around the Raleigh area or in the North Carolina mountains.
Business Office Manager
Kim was born in Georgia and recently moved to Wake Forest from Glendale, Arizona with her family.
She attended Swainsboro Tech where she received her Bookkeeping Certificate and has over 20 years of experience the accounting field. Prior to moving to North Carolina, she was the Accounting Coordinator for a large property management company.
She also has a background in the Hospitality industry, so that experience combined with her accounting background makes her feel right at home in her role as Business Office Manager at Brier Creek.
She loves spending time with her daughter, Jacqueline and husband, Derek. In her free time, she likes to shop with her daughter, take family trips to the beach, hang out with her fur babies, read and watch HGTV.
Sales Director
Jamie, a native North Carolinian, was born and raised in Raleigh, NC. She attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she earned her degree in Recreational Therapy with a minor in Spanish.
Jamie has always desired to work with the senior population since she was a little girl. She has a passion for helping others. She has worked in the senior living industry for 6 years. She enjoys helping others and meeting new people. She enjoys meeting with families and future residents to help them navigate through the senior living process.
Jamie’s favorite slogan to live by is… “Be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too.”
Jamie is married and lives on a farm in Oxford, NC with her husband, Clay. They have a daughter named Dawsyn. When she is not working, Jamie loves to spend time with her family, bow hunt, boat, indoor cycle, tend to chickens, and hang out with friends.
Sales Director
Katie graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor’s in Nutrition and Dietetics. She also completed her Dietetic Internship through Meredith College. Katie’s passion for nutrition began early on in high school when she was ran track and learned how important it is to eat right to perform well. She has always been a big people person and knew that she wanted to one day take her passion for nutrition and use it to help others.
Katie enjoys riding horses, spending time friends and family, and travelling in her spare time.
Resident Relations Director
Amy was born and raised in Person County , N.C and has been working in Geriatric HealthCare for 30 years. She has had the pleasure of knowing and working for Mr. Oliver the majority of those 30 years. Amy started her career in Skilled Nursing in Durham in 1993 and when Mr. Oliver built Cambridge Hills Assisted Living Facility in Roxboro in 2000, she began working there as a Med Tech. Amy ultimately transitioned into a Resident Care Coordinator role and held that position for 19 years. She then moved into the role of Executive Director, where she remained for 3 years. Amy currently leads the Resident Relations department at The Cambridge at Brier Creek.
In her teenage years, Amy used to tag along with her sister and assist the elderly in their community. She always wanted to be a nurse but circumstances and situations didn’t allow her to take that path. She likes being hands on with the residents and she shares a true affection for each of them. Amy feels that the elderly are special and have an abundance of knowledge and skills to share.
Amy believes Mr. Oliver has done an amazing job with the Optimal Living concept and is glad to be part of the Brier Creek family.
When Amy is not at work, she spends a lot of time with her two amazing daughters and the love of her life, her 8-year-old grandson, Karsen. She is very involved in her church and enjoys service projects. She also loves to sit outside in her yard reading with her Yorkie, Mason, by her side.
Maintenance Director
Stuart joined the Cambridge Village team in December of 2018 as the Corporate Project Manager. Having graduated from Wake Tech Community College with an Associate Degree in Industrial Systems Technology, Stuart comes from a diverse background that includes working in tobacco, residential construction and the food and beverage industry.
Prior to joining Cambridge, Stuart was in Utility Construction Management for the past ten years. Helping to build the Optimal Living® vision and managing the expansion of the company is an exciting undertaking for Stuart as he strives for and promotes “Teamwork”. He understands that a business is only as good as the team players with a positive attitude striving for the same vision.
Stuart enjoys spending with family and considers his friends his extended family. He and his wife Caitlin have been married for four years and are expecting a son in September 2019. He and Caitlin attend his hometown church, Theresa Baptist Church in Roxboro, North Carolina.
Stuart enjoys most outdoor activities which include training his bird dog, gardening, deep sea fishing, grilling and traveling. He is excited to learn and participate in the explosion of Optimal Living® through Cambridge Village.