Sanford Rose Associates – The Zike Group • National Search Firm | Headquarters : FL, VA, TX
Tom Zike MPH
President & CEO of The Zike Group
“Top Producing Partnership” has won the Gold or Silver Franchise Awards for productivity 8 years.
Tom is an entrepreneur with 22 years as the CEO and owner of Sanford Rose Associates – The Zike Group specializing in Senior Living Industry. Prior to this he was the CEO and owner of Zike’s Fitness & Aerobic Company Inc. In Indianapolis, IN. A few of Tom’s accomplishments are:
- The Zike Group is one of the ‘Top Producing” Senior living franchises in the country winning the Gold and Silver Awards 8 years in a row.
- Tom grew his fitness center from 300 members to over 5,000 members and was voted by the “Indianapolis Magazine” as the “Best Place to workout in Indy”. His Fitness Center was also selected as the place for celebrities to workout while in Indianapolis including superstars such as Bruce Springstein, Dolph Lundgren and Indy Race Drivers.
Tom’s first-hand experience of growing two businesses gives his firm an edge over other search firms without this entrepreneurial experience. This experience has helped his firm build C-Level and VP teams as well as facility management teams for some of the fastest growing Senior Living companies across the United States.
Tom has an MPH degree from Indiana University and before entering the business world he was a teacher and a coach. He has been married for over 30 years and has 2 sons. Besides spending time with his family, he enjoys working out and his wife’s gourmet cooking.
Chasen Zike
Senior Executive Researcher
Prior to joining The Zike Group in 2016, Chasen worked with one of the largest Temporary & Permanent Medical Staffing Services in the United States. After joining The Zike Group in 2016 as a Senior Research Consultant, Chasen has supported his Executive Search team, working on hundreds of Searches in the Senior Living Industry ranging from Chief Executive Officer to facility level positions.
Through his innovative research techniques, Chasen is able to identify and attract the top 5% of the candidate pool and present them to his partners.
He understands the urgency of his clients and has developed tools to accelerate the speed of the research process by 50% allowing him to present “top performers” in half the time.
Because his focus is on uncovering and presenting candidates that are performing at a high level, our clients have experienced an 80% plus retention rate for candidates placed.
When Chasen is not conducting research, he is out on the road with his wife, Megan, and dogs, Bonnie & Nimrod, hitting the mountain bike trails, hiking, and enjoying the outdoors together.
Bruce Hermans, MFA, Med
President & CEO of The Hermans Group
Bruce was invited to partner his work with Sanford Rose Associates – The Zike Group because of his prior success as the President and CEO of one the top producing IT Search Firms in the software space.
Before these endeavors, Bruce had a 15 year career in education as both a Principal and teacher. His love for kids, and desire to have an impart on their needed skills and character development allowed him to positively influence many young hearts and minds.
Since joining The Zike Group, Bruce has had a significant impact on the growth and profitability of both Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Companies throughout the US. Here are a few examples:
Upgraded the Executive Director positions for one of the largest Assisted living/Memory Care providers in Florida, increasing the overall company occupancy and NOI.
Placed a Senior VP of Operations candidate with a Senior Living Company in the Southeast who needed a strong operator who could grow into the COO position so one of the principals could move into a more strategic role. This candidate was promoted to the COO role within an 8 month period
Bruce also serves as the CIO for the partnership and has implemented the latest software and technology that has reduced the time to fill for our client’s critical openings.
Bruce has been married for 37 years and has two children. His hobbies include Golf, long distance running and seeing theatre with his wife.
JD Dipalma, LNFA, CALA
President & CEO of The Dipalma Group
An Administrator whose facility was awarded Newsweek’s Top 10 Nursing Homes in 2019, 2020 and 2021
Prior to partnering with Sanford and Rose Associates – The Zike Group, JD served as an Administrator in the Skilled Nursing Industry for 11 years accomplished the following:
- As an Administrator his facility was “Awarded Newsweek’s top 10 Nursing Homes in the US” for 2019, 2020 and 2021.
- Achieved Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 5-STAR Rating the last 9 out of 10 years
- Recognized as the top budget performer within his company by lowering expenses, especially labor costs, by 35%.
- At the peak of the Pandemic he personally recruited and filled every position in his facility which led to accolades from his company’s CEO.
Because JD has been one of the “Top Performing Administrators” in the Senior Living Industry he has the ability to identify the traits and skills that make up a “Top Performer” and deliver them to your company.
Jamie has been married for 25 years with three children. His favorite hobbies are coaching his daughter’s basketball team, trout fishing on the white river in Arkansas. He is also a Freshwater planted aquarium hobbyist and most weekends you will find him barbecuing various meats and seafood that he has smoked.