Evelyn Taylor-McNamara is Chandler House’s director of community relations. A Newport native, Evelyn has spent much of her career in health services, most recently with a local hospice organization that took her across East Tennessee offering spiritual counseling and support to patients and families in need. Read more about Evelyn Taylor-McNamara
Leadership Team
Nancy Nicholson, Chief Executive Officer
In 1997, Nancy Nicholson left a career in corporate banking to come home and help her husband Sam operate the family's commercial property management firm. It was during that time that she and Sam also experienced first-hand the challenges that families face in trying to care for aging loved ones... Read more about Nancy Nicholson
Carol Carroll is our Director of Resident Services. Carol joined Chandler House in September of 2000, a month before we officially opened. Carol was born and raised in Central Illinois, and graduated from Decatur School of Practical Nursing in Decatur, Illinois in 1973. Read more about Carol Carroll
Kim Shelton, BSN, RNC, MSN - Executive Director More than 10 years ago, Kim was already practicing her passion for senior health; a passion that would serve as the driving force behind Chandler House’s commitment to dignity, quality care and compassion for each and every resident who would pass through our doors. Read more about Kim Shelton
About Us
Chandler House is an assisted living community with a very simple mission: We are devoted to caring for you or your loved one in the same manner we would care for a member of our own family. Chandler House was designed from the ground up – and still managed today – by a family-owned company with a heritage that is deeply rooted in the Jefferson County community. Read more about Our Mission at Chandler Senior Services.
Of course any organization is only as good as the people who make up that organization. We are extremely proud and confident of our staff here at Chandler Senior Services. Click on any of links below to get to know the people that will be caring for you, a family member or loved one.