{"id":593,"date":"2025-08-14T17:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/?post_type=location&#038;p=593"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:17:34","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"location","link":"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/location\/bloomington-choice\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"inner-banner top-marge\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 text-center my-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"eyebrow\">OUR TEAM<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"h1\">The Faces Behind Our Community<\/h2>\n<p>Behind every Amira community is a team of dedicated professionals committed to enriching the lives of seniors. Meet our team members who are passionate about making every individual feel supported, connected and at home.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"alt-feat-community\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 pb-4 pb-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alees_Gleason_okjf7d.webp\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alees_Gleason_okjf7d.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alees_Gleason_okjf7d-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Alees Gleason<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"tag text-uppercase\">Executive Director<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Alees started her career as a nursing assistant and has worked in the senior living industry for nearly 20 years. Alees has a Bachelor of Science in Family, Life and Child Development, a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and is a Licensed Assisted Living Director in Minnesota. She was born and raised on a dairy farm in southeastern Minnesota and is a huge fan of the Twins and the Vikings. Alees lives in Eden Prairie with her husband and two young sons.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 pb-4 pb-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Final_Headshot_-_Dean_Miller_yizwhm.webp\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Final_Headshot_-_Dean_Miller_yizwhm.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Final_Headshot_-_Dean_Miller_yizwhm-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dean Miller<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"tag text-uppercase\">Director of Sales and Outreach<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Dean has worked in senior housing for more than 7 years. His career started in the US Navy working in accounting prior to moving into sales of a variety of products including night vision products, homecare, health insurance, employment advertising and floral arrangements. Dean grew up in Ohio before being stationed in San Diego with the US Navy. Dean and his husband love traveling and spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-4 pb-4 pb-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Levala-ACB-DON-2-2.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Levala-ACB-DON-2-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Levala-ACB-DON-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Ernestine Levala<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"tag text-uppercase\">Director of Nursing<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Levala began her journey in healthcare more than 12 years ago as a Clinical Assistant to the National HIV\/AIDS Coordinator with the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. After relocating to the United States in 2017, she worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant, Trained Medication Aide, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and graduated with an Associate Degree in Nursing (RN) from Ohio Medical Career College in 2019. 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