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About Me: Evrett has been serving and guiding the Senior Living industry since joining GranCare Inc as general council in 1992 after 17 years in corporate law. In 1999 Evrett was founder and first CEO of Five Star Quality Care. For his work at Five Star in 2007 Evrett was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Healthcare for the New England Region. He has served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Board of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA). Evrett founded Stellar with his family in 2011.
Evrett lives in Park City, Utah with his beloved wife Cheryl. He stays busy with his four children and 16 grandchildren, as well as actively serving as CEO of Stellar Senior Living. Evrett holds a B.A in Economics from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from the University of Houston. He has also served as a mission president and missionary training center president for his church, both in Argentina.
Most recently, he functioned as a regional controller and senior manager of U.S. commercial operations for a division of Medtronic, a global medical device manufacturer. Ray has a B.S. in engineering from Brigham Young University, as well as an M.B.A. from the Marriott School of Management at BYU.