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Our Leadership
| Steve Wannemacher, President & Chief Executive Officer |
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Steve Wannemacher is the President, CEO, and Director of Heritage Enterprises, Inc. Steve is a licensed nursing home administrator and a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Illinois State University.
Steve joined Heritage Enterprises in 1992 and assumed responsibility for managing facilities and purchasing, marketing, government and public relations, management information systems and risk management. Prior to working for Heritage, he was employed by Champion Federal for 16 years as the senior officer in charge of marketing, advertising, facilities management, human resources and branch operations. Steve currently serves as Chair on the Illinois Health Care Association Assisted Living Task Force and serves on the Regulatory Reform Task Force. He is also a Member of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Quality of Life Advisory Committee for the State of Illinois.
Active in the community, Steve is a trustee of Illinois Wesleyan University, and the commissioner/vice-chairman of the Bloomington/ Normal Airport Authority. In addition, he is a member of the Bloomington Kiwanis Club, and a trustee of the McLean County Historical Society. Previously, Steve served as commissioner of the McLean County Regional Planning Commission, transportation chairman of the McLean County 21st Century Committee, fund raising event chairman for the Kiwanis Club of Bloomington and fund raising for the United Way of McLean County.
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| Cheryl Lowney, Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer |
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Cheryl Lowney is Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, and Director for Heritage Enterprises, Inc. She has had more than 34 years of experience in the health care field, 33 of which have been with Heritage. Cheryl has held various positions throughout the years, including staff nurse, director of nursing, administrator, and Executive Vice President of Nursing before becoming Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. She is a licensed nursing home administrator and registered nurse. Her nursing degree is from Galesburg Cottage Hospital School of Nursing. She also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of St. Francis and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Illinois.
Cheryl is the immediate past president of the Illinois Health Care Association (IHCA), as well as a member of various IHCA committees. She serves on the Illinois Health and Social Services Subcouncil, the Provena Senior Services Board of Directors and Quality Assurance Committee, and on two committees for the American Health Care Association: the Facilities Standards Committee & By-Laws Committee and the Regional Multi-facility Committee. Locally, Cheryl sits on the McLean County Health Task Force.
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| Craig Ater, Senior Vice President, Finance |
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Craig Ater, CPA, is the Senior Vice President of Finance for Heritage Enterprises, Inc. Craig has been with Heritage for 11 years and is responsible for all accounting, budgeting, reimbursement, financial reporting, and information technology. In addition, he is involved with merger/acquisition analysis and financing and bank relations. Prior to joining the Heritage team, he worked for Frost and Company in Little Rock, Arkansas as an audit manager where he was responsible for clients in health care, financial institutions and agri-business. He also worked for Peat Marwick in Peoria, Illinois. Craig earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Millikin University.
Craig is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants. He previously served as President and Treasurer of the Center for Human Services.
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| Connie Hoselton, Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
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Connie Hoselton is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Heritage Enterprises, Inc. She has worked in the health care industry for over 14 years, all of which have been with Heritage. Connie is responsible for the human resource and payroll functions, managing the areas of personnel, training, compliance, education, compensation and benefit programs, recruiting and retention, HIPAA, and workers compensation.
Connie is a licensed Nursing Home Administrator. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Illinois State University. She also holds the designation of SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) from the Society for Human Resource Management.
Connie is a member of the Illinois Health Care Association. In addition, she is past-president of the Bloomington-Normal Human Resource Council and an advisory board member for the Illinois State University College of Business. She is a member of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce Women's Division, the Central Illinois Employers Association, and the Society for Human Resource Management. Connie was previously president and a member of the McLean County Center for Human Services.
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