Executive Officers
Laurie A. Bebo
John Buono
Eric B. Fonstad
Walter A. Levonowich
Laurie A. Bebo,age 38, became President and Chief Executive Officer of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. in 2006. From 1999 to 2006, Ms. Bebo held a variety of management positions with Extendicare Health Services, Inc., including: Vice President Sales & Marketing; Vice President Assisted Living Operations; Area Vice President Wisconsin/Minnesota; and Area Vice President Ohio. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Bebo was employed by Living Centers of America (Amerra & Mariner Post Acute Network) as Vice President Operations, Vice President Sales & Marketing, and Regional Sales Manager. Ms. Bebo serves on the Executive Board of Assisted Living Federation of America and on the Managers’ Board of Newton Falls Fine Paper Company, LLC.
John Buono, age 46, became Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in October 2006. Prior to joining Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., Mr. Buono was a consultant at Wind Lake Solutions, Inc. where he designed and implemented a number of new accounting systems. From 2003 until 2005, Mr. Buono was the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Total Logistics, Inc. and from 1988 until 2001 Mr. Buono was the Corporate Director — Accounting and Assistant Treasurer of Sybron International, Inc. Mr. Buono is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Marquette University.
Eric B. Fonstad, age 61, became Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in October 2006. Prior to joining Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., Mr. Fonstad was Legal Counsel for the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Fonstad was Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Joy Global Inc., a large publicly owned mining equipment manufacturing and service company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he specialized in corporate governance, securities law and corporate finance matters. Prior to 2000, he held a series of legal and corporate secretary positions with Joy Global and its predecessors. He graduated with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Law from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Walter A. Levonowich, age 53, became Vice President and Controller in January 2005. Mr. Levonowich became part of the Extendicare group of companies through the acquisition of Unicare Health Services in 1983. He has held a number of positions in various financial capacities including Vice President of Reimbursement Services and Vice President of Accounting for EHSI. He has over 28 years of experience in the healthcare industry.
