Catherine (Cat) Anderson
Executive Director
Catherine Anderson considers herself a Virginia Beach native, as she spent most of her life here, her father, who served in the Navy, was stationed in Virginia for several tours. While attending college, her grandfather was diagnosed with dementia and that’s when she knew she wanted to have a career in senior living. She wanted and still does compassionately help families through this challenging time with a progressive disease. She has a diverse skill set from serving in many roles such as Director of Social Services to Regional Director of Operations and currently as Executive Director. She leads with a servant heart and loves serving her residents, their families, and her team! When she is not at work, she can be found spending time with her husband and two small children going to various sport games and dance classes.
Jennifer Harris-Lee
Business Office Manager
Jennifer grew up in Chesapeake Virginia. She earned an undergraduate degree in Healthcare Administration from ECPI University and a graduate degree in Gerontology from the University of Southern California. Over the course of her career, she has worked in various business administration roles, spending the last 10 years working in the senior living industry. Jennifer began her career in the banking industry, but her career path changed over to the senior living industry when she realized the potential growth and new opportunities it offered. She is married with a grown son and a teenage daughter, and she enjoys motorcycle racing, gardening, weekends at a beach or a sport event.
Brooke Bravo
Senior Lifestyle Counselor
Brooke was born in Chesapeake, Virginia and spent most of her life in Virginia Beach. She graduated from Ocean Lakes High School. Brooke moved to California to complete nursing school. She has been working with seniors since 2011 in home care and hospice. In 2013, she found her niche when she started working as a Wellness Director in Assisted Living.
In nursing school, she often found herself gravitating to seniors, working part time in home health care and local nursing homes. She was especially passionate to residents whom wanted to go home, often spending time visiting with them and making them feel at home in her care. Once Brooke got her nursing degree, she worked in Hospice Care but feels as if assisted living chose her. In 2013, she was offered a job at an assisted living community and knew she was right where she is supposed to be.
Brooke met her husband while living in California and married in 2015. They have two children, daughter, Joanna and son, Juan Jr. and completed their family with a chihuahua named Sophie.
When Brooke is not at Discovery Commons, she loves spending time with her family with frequent trips to the beach and traveling to the Outer Banks each year for a family vacation. She is a Busch Gardens advocate, enjoying roller coasters among other rides.
Anna Lego Yoakam MSW
Director of Celebrations
Anna Lego Yoakam grew up in Pennsylvania. She attended undergraduate school at Pennsylvania State University and finish her education with a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Anna started her career part time in the activities department, eventually becoming a full-time employee. Nearly five years into her career at the community, she became the Resident Relations Director and has spent the last 3 years as the Director of Celebrations. She feels the most rewarding part of her career is spending time with the residents, helping them thrive physically, mentally, and emotionally, inspiring them to have their best day possible.
Anna has three adult daughters and two granddaughters. Travel is a true passion for her, and does it whenever the opportunity arises. Anna also has a love of jigsaw puzzles, is a lifelong learner with a particular interest in natural history.
Carol Willoughby
Director of Health and Wellness
Velma Mccallum
Memory Care Director
Sarah Sarillana
Director of Culinary Services
Sarah Sarillana is a self-titled Air Force brat. She was born in California, but her family moved a lot, as her dad was stationed in Texas, Michigan, England, Nebraska and finally Virginia. Sarah graduated from Denbigh High School in Newport News and Johnson & Wales University in Norfolk. She did her culinary internship at The Trellis Restaurant in Williamsburg, VA.
Sarah has always been in the culinary field, but migrated into Senior Living through a former boss, who was working at a senior living community and reached out to her. Sarah was initially excited about the flexibility that came with the shift, but quickly fell in love with working with seniors.
Sarah is married to husband, Jason, they have a daughter, Lily, dog, Barda and cats, Bella and Daniel Tiger. Sarah spends her free time reading, doing all sorts of crafts: crochet, knit, sewing, cake decorating, building small projects, painting, and gardening. She takes pride in homeschooling her child and being a Disney adult, as well as researching the history of her nearly 100-year-old house in historic Phoebus.
Katelin Ott
Resident Services Director
Katelin grew up in Norfolk, VA and still lives there. She attended Old Dominion University and after graduating with her bachelors, she started her career in senior residential care working as a CTRS specializing in dementia care. During COVID she decided to go back to school, attending Virginia Commonwealth University, to get her master’s degree in Gerontology and focus her studies on Assisted Living Administration. Katelin holds a license as an Assisted Living Administrator in the state of VA. She is proud Gerontologist and strives to continue to improve services offered to older adults through her work and relationships.
Katelin has worked in healthcare/senior residential living for just over a decade and came to Discovery Commons VB through completion of a professional internship. She fell in love with the team, residents, and the community overall and says, “Everyone feels like family!”
She has a husband and one daughter, along with a dog which she calls “her fur baby”. She enjoys spending time with her family, being outdoors, playing with her dog, playing volleyball and other group sports, listening to music, and gardening.