Meet Joe Bohac, the Senior Living Advisor at Salt Creek Senior Living (dialseniorliving.com).

Tell us a little about your business. – Salt Creek Senior Living is a brand-new community that just opened in October. Owned by Dial Senior Living based out of Omaha, who also own The Knolls. Salt Creek Senior Living offers Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care to seniors 55 and older.

How did you get started in the business? – I started in senior living as a certified medication aide, in a small senior living community just outside of Lincoln.

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced professionally? – Working in the senior living industry during COVID. Learning to navigate and adapt to change on the fly, while ensuring residents had a good quality of life and were in a safe environment.

Tell us a little about your family. -My partner Chris and I have been together 16 years. He’s a CPA at local CPA firm in Lincoln. We enjoy going out to eat and traveling. Our favorite place to travel is Fort Lauderdale, FL.

What is your favorite thing to do on a day off? – If it is summertime you will find me on my deck or in my pool. Other times of the year I love spending time in my kitchen cooking and baking.

What is the most unique or interesting thing about you that most people probably don’t know? – I was a professional makeup artist for 18 years. I traveled the country doing makeup for weddings and beauty pageants.

What is your favorite quote or the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? – “It takes a lot people doing a little bit, to make one team look so good.”

If you could choose only one descriptive word to be remembered as, what would it be? – Determined, once I put my mind to it, I will find a way to make it work.

If you had a theme song, what would it be? – AC/DC “Thunderstruck”, it really gets me hyped and going!

If you could have a super power, what would it be? – To know the winning lottery numbers.

Which talent would you most like to have? – I would love to learn to play the piano.

If you could choose any other profession to be successful in, what would it be? – I would own a bakery.

What is your favorite movie? – Bridesmaids.

What is your favorite TV show? – Yellowstone.

What is your favorite local Lincoln restaurant? – The Isles in Havelock. Pepperoni and cream cheese pizza is my go-to order!

If you could have dinner with one famous person from the past or present, who would it be? – Ina Garten, her story or being from a corporate background and leaving that to start a food store that turned into a successful TV show has always been intriguing to me.

If our readers would like to contact you, how should they do so? – Cell: (531) 510-8296 Email: joe.bohac@SaltCreekSeniorLiving.com.