Passion & Experience is what makes LE3 different.

 

Dr. Sara Kyle

Founder & Principal

Sara Kyle is the founder and principal at LE3 Solutions, a strategic consulting and advising company specializing in lifestyle programming, supplemental technology and innovative solutions. She is a serial collaborator who works across three different verticals: Vendors and solutions, Owners and operators of communal living for older adults, and Investors; all who seek to better understand the aging landscape and well-being offerings.

With two decades of experience in senior living, Sara has led lifestyle and experience programs for some of the industry's largest operators. Her extensive background includes leadership roles at Senior Care Centers (110 skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care communities), Holiday Retirement (262 independent living communities), and Experience Senior Living (13 communities spanning independent, assisted and memory care). This breadth of experience across the entire continuum of care gives her unique insights into operational challenges and opportunities at every level of senior living.

Sara understands the operations and inner workings that affect end-user adoption for all key stakeholders. Having spent the last 15 years researching, designing, writing, and implementing older adult lifestyle programs for large operators, her knowledge and expertise are highly sought after. A self-proclaimed customer experience geek who thrives in challenging settings, she understands the critical need for integrated data and insights to drive business decisions.

Her deep operational experience, combined with her strategic consulting perspective, allows Sara to bridge the gap between innovation and implementation—ensuring technology solutions actually work in the complex, 24/7 reality of senior living operations.

Sara earned a BS in Exercise Science, MS in Sport & Recreation Management and PhD in Kinesiology. Her education and passion are the foundation for her philosophy that body, mind and community serve as the core tenets for quality of life. She is widely known and respected in the aging space, sharing her learnings at national conferences, notable publications, and various advisory boards.

TESTIMONIALS

  • "Sara is an experienced professional in the world of customer and resident experience. She understands the concept that older adults are so much more than a list of past accomplishments and if seniors housing wants to meet the desires of future consumers we must focus on an aspirational engagement model for lifestyle programming. If you are looking for someone to assist your team, and transform your engagement strategy into one of vitality, consider partnering with LE3 Solutions."

    Bob Kramer, Nexus Insights

  • "Sara Kyle is THE resident engagement expert for me. I have relied on her expertise and guidance to help my teams define and deliver game-changing engagement features, position new products in a highly competitive market and develop resident adoption strategies for those same products."

    Kim Rosengren, CEO Markentum

  • "Sara was one of those “random” connections on LinkedIn that actually created extreme value for me and my company. After meeting her about four years ago, it was apparent that she not only knew the senior living industry, but cared deeply about how residents need, and desire, to engage within their living, and local, communities. She understands what works, what is still missing, and what the possibilities are in our communities! She has now become a trusted advisor for me as she has true insight and wisdom into how our industry needs to evolve, and how we might harness the very best from, and for, our resident population."

    Darin LaGrange, Former CEO Sentrics & Current CEO of Resolved Leadership Solutions

  • "Sara’s expertise and experience has been very valuable for Link-age Connect. When working with Senior Living Clients, we have engaged her to enhance our offering. Her insights, from the resident perspective, as well as her experience as an operator, have helped to identify potential challenges as well as solutions for our clients."

    Sue Viox, Executive Director, Linkage Connect

  • “Sara and LE3 Solutions has been a tremendous supportive coach and educational guide to me at Benedictine as Chief Medical Officer. She met me where I was at with my limited knowledge of life enrichment/wellness design and value and helped me navigate the challenges of building buy-in at the executive level. Through Sara's authentic, empathic and practical coaching style, I have been able to move Benedictine through the stages of pre-contemplation, contemplation and into the planning and development stage in just over a year as we strive to build and implement a transformative life enrichment/wellness experience throughout Benedictine's senior living service line. We had our first ever life enrichment/wellness breakout session at our 2022 Annual Conference entitled, "The Business Case For Living Well With Purpose" that LE3 Solutions delivered with great attendance and impact. I and Benedictine would not be where we are today without LE3 Solutions and the knowledge and wisdom of Sara. LE3 Solutions is (and will continue to be) Benedictine's "go to" for building "Benedictine Purposeful Living"! Thank you Sara and LE3 Solutions!!”

    Neal Buddensiek, MD