John Erickson

Founder & Current Resident

Erickson Senior Living

ohn Erickson is the Founder of Erickson Senior Living, one of the leading developers and managers of full-service, campus-style communities in the country. John developed the idea of the retirement community in 1983 and the company’s flagship in Catonsville, MD grew into the largest continuing care retirement community in the U.S. In addition to Erickson Senior Living, John launched the first approved Medicare Advantage Plan specific to senior living communities. He also founded the Erickson Foundation, which helped launch the Erickson School of Aging Studies at UMBC. In 2008, the Wall Street Journal named him one of 12 people changing retirement and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living named him one of the top 40 notable newsmakers from the past four decades. John and his wife Nancy live in Highlands Ranch, CO at Wind Crest, one of the communities built and managed by Erickson Senior Living.