Robert Landsman

Vice President of Finance

Bob Landsman joined Presbyterian Homes as vice president of finance on January 3, 2002. Landsman started his business career in 1964 in the Chicago office of Ernst & Young LLP, where he progressed through the ranks to become an audit partner in 1978. He transferred to the Houston, Texas office in 1989 where he served as partner in charge of audit and business consulting services to health care industry clients until his retirement in 1991. Returning to Chicago, Landsman worked at West Suburban Hospital Medical Center in Oak Park for 10 years – nine years as Chief Financial Officer and one year as acting Chief Executive Officer.

Upon joining Presbyterian Homes, Landsman observed that there were a great number of similarities he saw between the health care industry and not-for-profit continuing care retirement communities. He cited his experience in tax-exempt financing, financial reporting, operating systems and procedures, Medicare reimbursement, budgeting, business planning and financial forecasting as skills he would be able to draw on to enhance the overall operations of Presbyterian Homes.

Landsman was born and raised in the Chicago area. He received his bachelor of science in commerce from DePaul University in 1962, at which time he also was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Army artillery. Landsman is a C.P.A., a Fellow in the Life Management Institute, and a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American Institute of CPA’s and the Illinois CPA Society.