Speakers

Suzanne A. Koenig is president and founder of SAK Healthcare, a nationally recognized healthcare management and consulting services firm, with specific expertise in senior living, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. Koenig and SAK provide skills in operations improvement, staff development and quality assurance. Having previously served as a senior living facility owner herself, Koenig understands the challenges and opportunities confronting senior living and long-term care providers in managing the industry’s changing dynamics.

Koenig brings expertise in expense management, financial oversight, marketing, census development, clinical review and regulatory improvement to healthcare facilities in order to develop operational enhancements. As a nursing home administrator and social worker who is licensed in multiple states, Koenig has provided turnaround, consulting and restructuring services throughout the U.S., offering in-house management to restore care and fiscal responsibility while establishing administrative teams to lead each facility in the future. Koenig regularly serves as a court-appointed Receiver to oversee and manage healthcare facilities. Having participated in the writing of the Patient Care Ombudsman statute found within the United States Bankruptcy Code, Koenig frequently is appointed as a patient care ombudsman to oversee patient care in healthcare facilities across the country.

Koenig also holds a Master of Science degree from Spertus College. She is a frequent speaker for various healthcare industry associations and business affiliates where she conducts continuing education and training programs. In 2023, Koenig was honored with the University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award. In 2022, Koenig received the New York Institute of Credit Women’s Division Renaissance Award and was also inducted into the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation Hall of Fame that same year.