Rachel Thuerk to head risk management at senior living firm

Rachel Thuerk, director of risk management at Vicinity Energy, will join Benchmark Senior Living at the end of June.

Ms. Thuerk will succeed Tom Masiello, who retired in May, as vice president, risk management at Waltham, Massachusetts-based Benchmark, which operates 65 assisted living facilities in eight northeastern states.

Ms. Thuerk joined Vicinity in 2020 after seven years in risk management at Harvard University. In 2023 she was named one of the Business Insurance Women to Watch.