About Wendy Liverant, MA, MBA Aviv Supportive Services Manager
Wendy Liverant is the Aviv Supportive Services Manager for Aviv Older Adult Services. She earned her M.A. in Gerontology (Program Administration) from the Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University and is a Member of the Georgia Gerontology Society. She earned her B.S.B.A. (Accounting) and M.B.A. (Finance) degrees from the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, and has maintained the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation since 2001.
Bio
As the Aviv Supportive Services Manager, Wendy brings an interdisciplinary career background in both aging and financial services to her new position. In 2013, she repurposed a career in personal financial planning to fulfill her passion to support older adults and caregiving families with innovative community programs and services to promote aging in place and respite options for caregivers.
Prior to joining JF&CS, Wendy spent four years as the Founding Director of Respite Care Atlanta, where she developed, implemented, and directed a nonprofit social-recreational adult day program for families on the dementia journey. Her primary focus and commitment also extended to building strong and supportive relationships with family caregivers through ongoing communications, newsletters, educational resources, referrals to service providers and area support groups.
As an elder advocate for person-centered and person-directed care, she is an Eden at Home® Associate and received train-the-trainer education in managing dementia behaviors at the Rosalynn Carter Institute. For several years, Wendy facilitated a Dementia Caregiver Support Group and has utilized GEMs®, the Best Friends™ Approach and Montessori Principles to train volunteers in best practices to preserve dignity, foster active engagement, and enhance well-being for people living with dementia.
Wendy earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Master of Business Administration (concentration in Finance) from the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, and a Master of Arts in Gerontology from the Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University. She is a Member of the Georgia Gerontology Society and an Associate Member of the Aging Life Care® Association. - earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation in 2001.