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Juliet Fountain began her career as an administrator at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic after several years in finance. She has worked as a Medicaid specialist at a senior living community and a regional finance manager, eventually starting her administrator training in 2019. She made the jump because of a desire to further elevate skills, morale and quality of care within the industry. 

Today, she is an administrator and executive director for Harrison Senior Living (Harrison House of Snow Hill and and John B. Parsons Assisted Living) in Snow Hill, MD.

Despite the difficult timing of her transition to administrator in February 2020, Fountain has embraced the challenges and now leads two separate skilled nursing and assisted living communities in Maryland. At these facilities, she oversees more than 100 beds and 146 workers. She also is working with several other facilities in the region to improve performance and care coordination throughout the organization.

Beyond her extensive efforts to bring better care and working conditions to the staff and residents at Harrison Senior Living, Fountain is an enthusiastic volunteer for several community-based organizations, including Meals on Wheels, her local volunteer fire department and even small businesses in her area. Those efforts have helped build the community that Harrison Senior Living serves without limiting those relationships to the walls of the skilled nursing and assisted living centers.

The McKnight’s Women of Distinction program is jointly administered by McKnight’s Home Care, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. PointClickCare is the Diamond sponsor of this year’s program. PharMerica is the Silver sponsor. Additional sponsors include American HealthTech, Healthcare Services Group, Omnicare, Sentrics and ShiftKey.

Visit this web page to see lists of honorees from 2023 and previous years.