{"id":735,"date":"2025-08-14T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/?post_type=location&#038;p=735"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:18:16","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"location","link":"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/location\/minnetonka-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\/08\/Kersten_Edelbrock_nu40da.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kersten_Edelbrock_nu40da.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kersten_Edelbrock_nu40da-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>Kersten Edelbrock<\/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>Kersten worked in the hotel industry for 20 years before finding her passion in senior living more than four years ago. Her love for working with older adults started when she became the primary caregiver for her 90-year-old grandmother. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and a Master of Business Administration from Augsburg College. Kersten is a Licensed Assisted Living Director in Minnesota. She enjoys fishing, playing with her French bulldog named Dibbs, and spending time with her family and friends at the lake.<\/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\/finaleditlisa_upvhyh.webp\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/finaleditlisa_upvhyh.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/finaleditlisa_upvhyh-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>Lisa Rae<\/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>Lisa has worked as a pharmaceutical representative, owned and operated a College Nannies &amp; Tutors Franchise, and more but her true passion began with her first job in senior housing more than 18 years ago. She has helped hundreds of seniors make the life changing transition to assisted living and memory care. Lisa is an avid reader, loves antiquing, collecting crystals and rocks, and travel. Her favorite place to visit is Greece where she once lived \u2013 and where her daughter lives now!<\/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\/AmiraChoice_Minnetonka_Logo_Team-1.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AmiraChoice_Minnetonka_Logo_Team-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amiraliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AmiraChoice_Minnetonka_Logo_Team-1-150x150.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>Bee Kang<\/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\">Interim 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