Shared Vision

Brightwater 
Ownership Story

The Brightwater story is not unlike a lot of company stories from the standpoint of people seeing an opportunity to make a difference in an industry and coming together under a shared vision.

Steve Yates, Quintin King, and Randall Corwin were veterans in the senior living marketplace by the time they decided to unite under the Brightwater name. They had worked together in different capacities throughout their personal and professional lives, but it wasn't until they started to share in the idea that the industry they have loved so much was in need for trailblazing ideas.

They were able to step in together to plan and execute on a collaborative vision that senior living can be done differently and that the lives of seniors should be enhanced by a community and not just maintained. This passion exists today in everything that Brightwater does and the culture that is established with the team in the community and in the central office.

Steve Yates at Brightwater Senior Living, Bend, OR

Steve Yates

Steve Yates was raised working for his dad in construction. He started at 12 years old on building job sites and eventually spent many years in the family-owned heavy civil road construction business operating heavy equipment, project management and company growth. Eventually, with his brother, they owned the business and Steve would act as the company’s President. In 2018 they went on to merge the Road construction business with a family of infrastructure companies where Steve still has involvement as an advisor. In 1998 Steve and his brother became interested in the senior housing business and started their first senior housing company. They developed their first property that opened in January 2000. They went on to run and grow the company. In late 2007 they accepted an offer to sell the business to a REIT. Steve has developed, constructed, owned and operated Senior housing for 25 years. For Steve, Brightwater Senior Living is an opportunity to be in a business that serves a population deserving of care and respect.

Quintin King at Brightwater Senior Living, Bend, OR

Quintin King

Since 1996, Quintin King started working in the senior housing industry with direct experience in accounting, finance, and operations. He started his career with Holiday Retirement, the largest privately held senior housing companies at the time in North America where he played a key role in the re-implementation of back office accounting systems and processes. In 2000, Quintin joined one of the big six public accounting firms within their business consulting practice focusing on large and complex projects. In this capacity he specialized in strategic planning, system implementations, and process reengineering. 

Randall Corwin at Brightwater Senior Living, Bend, OR

Randall Corwin

Prior to Brightwater Senior Living, Randall Corwin acted as a skilled nursing home administrator and a regional director of operations for a large national senior housing company. He then went on to operate a senior housing company for a period of ten years in partnership with a group of principal investors and founders from one of the largest privately held senior housing companies in the U.S. and Canada.