As Chairman, CEO, and Owner of J&M Family Management, Mitchell W. Warren provides overall vision, drive, and leadership. He also focuses on long-term strategy, leadership development, and business development and diversification.

Mitch prioritizes building relationships with residents, residents’ families, and team members at the company’s communities. With 20 years of experience in the real estate and healthcare sectors, and through the strong relationships he has built within the senior living industry, Mitch has been instrumental in J&M’s success and growth.

Always having a passion to help others and explore new opportunities, Mitch joined J&M Family Management on a part-time basis in 2000 as a Project Manager. He helped oversee several of the initial Autumn Leaves senior living projects. In 2003, he started full time as Vice President of Development, where he helped found Autumn Leaves’ design, development, and construction divisions, which created and drove the business model for expanding the Autumn Leaves brand. Since then, Autumn Leaves has set itself apart as a leader in memory care, dedicated to providing the highest-quality care, engagement, and home-like atmosphere to seniors with all types of dementia.

Throughout his career, Mitch has worked in nearly all of the company’s corporate and community positions, gaining valuable experience and insight. Under Mitch’s leadership, his companies have developed and managed over $1 billion worth of real estate in the senior living, apartment, and hospitality sectors, and employed thousands.

Mitch earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Michigan. He is very involved as a business, church, and community leader. Mitch currently serves or has served as a Board member at the Las Colinas Country Club, a member of the CEO Advisory Board at Argentum, a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), and a deacon at his church.

Mitch can be reached at 214-845-4550 or at Mitch@JMFM.com.

As Co-Owner and Chief Operating Officer, Jessica Akaah oversees the day-to-day operations of the company’s communities, including the organization’s healthcare, business operations, life engagement, and sales programs. In addition, Jessica also serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, providing organizational guidance and critical input on the strategic direction of the business.

Jessica joined the company in 2007, opening the first Autumn Leaves community in the Chicagoland area and serving as Executive Director at the community level for two years. With the company’s tremendous growth, she was promoted to Regional Director of Operations for the Midwest. She then progressed through several executive leadership roles before her promotion to COO in December 2018.

Prior to joining J&M Family Management, Jessica was a social worker for Thresholds in Chicago, a non-profit organization providing healthcare and housing to the mentally ill. She also supervised two safe haven programs at the organization. She began her career as an outreach worker serving Chicago-area homeless and mentally ill clients.

Jessica is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and an active member of the Life Services Network of Illinois. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in social work from Michigan State University and her master of arts degree in social service administration from the University of Chicago.

Tracy serves as Chief Financial Officer for J&M Family Management overseeing the Financial and Shared Services operations which include the Accounting, IT, Legal, and Human Resources departments. Over the last two decades, he has held key strategic roles, including Chief Information Officer for a national medical products company and as Director for a leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers.

Tracy earned his master of business administration degree from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin with a focus on information management. He received his bachelor of business administration degree from Eastern New Mexico University.

As Executive Vice President of Hospitality and Restaurant Operations, Bobby Jeffrey oversees all aspects of culinary and hospitality services for J&M Family Management including restaurant management following an affiliate’s recent signing of a six restaurant franchise contract with Williams Chicken®, one of the most established fried chicken chains in the North Texas market.  J&M Family Management was awarded the management contracts for all six locations planned for North Texas and Chicago, Illinois.

He is also instrumental to our senior living management hospitality and food operations, including innovative menu planning to meet/exceed dietary and nutritional standards; budget development and the selection and management of food and equipment suppliers across the country. He is also responsible for training in-market culinary teams, as well as providing operational oversight for our regional maintenance teams.

As a chef, Bobby is equally accomplished and creative, with a special flair for the art of presentation. He is known to dine with residents and families, listen to their requests and suggestions, and introduce special dishes and new takes on regional cuisines.

Bobby’s lifelong love of the culinary arts began in his family’s kitchen, where he observed and helped his chef-mother from a very young age. As a teen, his first job was a cook at Luby’s, during which time he earned his degree in hotel and restaurant management. He subsequently studied at the Culinary Institute of America. His nearly four-decade career includes an apprenticeship at Sodexho Marriott, as well as many culinary positions throughout the hotel and health care industries.

Bobby joined the company in 2004. He is a member of the American Culinary Federation, Texas Chefs Association, Argentum’s Chef Roundtable, and Intalere.