About the Staff

Meet The STaff

Joel Fox

Executive Director

Joel has been with Hope Landing since 2011. Since hired, he has served in multiple roles including caregiver, project manager, and now serves as our Executive Director. While he wears many hats, his primary charge is to manage the day to day business operations, he also enjoys assisting our owner with business development. Joel came to Hope Landing fresh out of college with a degree in Biology from Olivet College. He found his niche while caring for the residents of Hope Landing. Since graduating Olivet, Joel has received his Certified Assisted Living Director and a Certified Dementia Practitioner. His service extends beyond Hope Landing as he helps the Michigan Centers for Assisted Living as the Marketing Committee Chair. He is also a Board Member of The Charlotte Rotary Club. Joel is happily married with a daughter and a four-legged baby. Joel enjoys staying active through many forms of physical exercise. The area of his job he enjoys the most is one on one time with each resident. The time spent connecting, building relationships and sharing stories is why he loves coming to work each day.

Ashley Crowner

Director of Food Service & Operations

Ashley came to Hope Landing with over 7 years of experience in long term care as a caregiver. She has always had a passion for caring for others. Since starting at Hope Landing in 2016 Ashley has been able to care for the residents of Hope Landing in many different ways, from caregiving on both night and day shift, to cooking and now as the Director of Food Service and Operations.

When Ashley isn’t at work you can find her spending time with family, hiking, playing games or a reading a really good book.

Jessica Davis

Director of Life Enrichment

Jessica has been with Hope Landing since February 2023. She hired in as a caregiver and fell in love with the residents, as well as the company. She found her calling working in Assisted Living, building meaningful relationships with the residents.

Her background includes working for an audiology office, as a team leader in a factory, as well as a few years in childcare. This unique combination of caregiving and leadership makes her an excellent fit as our Director of Life Enrichment where she is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and executing meaningful daily activities with our residents.

In her free time, you can find Jessica spending time with her husband and son, playing games, enjoying the outdoors, or snuggling up with one of her 3 fur babies.

Amber Daily

Care Team Coordinator

Amber came into her own when she hired into Hope Landing. With no prior experience in caregiving, she made her way at Hope Landing by truly caring for her residents, having strong dedication to not only them but her teammates as well.

Amber earned quite a few achievements and awards while working at Hope Landing from Teammate of the Quarter to a slightly larger honor when she won the 2020 Caregiver Of The Year for the state of Michigan. All of this excellent work propelled her to her current role as Care Team Coordinator where she oversees our Day Shift Care Team. Amber enjoys staying active at home, she is married to her best friend Ryan and together they have a son Henry. Amber also has 2 fur babies.

We wanted to thank you again for all the care and thoughtfulness you gave to our mother over the last two and a half year of her life. She was at home there and greatly appreciated all that you and Cheri and the entire staff did for her. She wasn’t real hard to please, but I know she had her moments. We found your care superb and your generosity of… Read more
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