Carol Griffin, BSN, RN
Carol is an accomplished healthcare executive with over three decades of experience leading clinical operations, quality improvement, and risk management initiatives within the senior living and long-term care industry. As Senior Vice President of Quality and Risk Management at Distinctive Living, Carol plays a critical role in shaping the organization’s quality strategy, ensuring regulatory compliance, and promoting a culture of clinical excellence.
With a clinical background rooted in nursing, Carol brings both frontline insight and strategic leadership to her role. She has built programs focused on patient safety, infection control, regulatory readiness, and performance improvement, achieving measurable gains in resident outcomes and operational integrity. Carol is skilled in policy development, risk analytics, survey readiness, and incident response, and she remains dedicated to professional development and staff empowerment.


