Our team.

Scott McAlister has been in the senior living industry for the past fifteen years. Prior to that he worked in the hotel business managing properties in the Caribbean, southern Florida, and in Mexico. Scott has a wide range of senior living experience as he has managed rental, entry-fee model, condominium, and cooperative communities.

As the 2020 Argentum National Leadership recipient, Scott has a simple philosophy toward senior living management which is he treats every resident how he would want his parents to be treated. He expects the management team and the staff at Freedom Village of Bradenton to work with purpose and passion in order to create the best senior living experience possible for our residents.

My name is Steven Levato, your Health Center Administrator.  A little professional background on me…I have been a licensed health care administrator for twenty-two (22) years.  My first experience in this environment came at the ripe old age of fourteen (14).   I served as a Maintenance Assistant working for my Dad during my summer vacation. I continued to serve during my high school years in Housekeeping as a floor technician on the weekends.  While pursuing a Management Degree from the University of Central Florida, I served full time as a floor technician and Housekeeping Supervisor before graduating in 1995.  After graduation, I began my Administrator training and later obtained my license in 1997.  From that point, I have worked for various health care companies across the continuum of services (Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing & Home Health) in the capacity of Administrator, Executive Director, Director of Operations and Regional Vice-President.  A little personal background…I grew up in Inverness, FL about 2 hours north of Bradenton where my parents, Tony and Linda, and younger brother, A.J., still reside.  My sister, Kim, and her family live in Parrish where I just purchased a home myself.  I have the most beautiful wife in the world, Holly, whom I married on my birthday, October 19, 2019!  We are mother and father to a black pug named Nigel and a blonde Morkie named Bentley.

Austin has been in the culinary arts industry for 18 years. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, he has mentored under some internationally renowned chefs and has formal culinary training from the Midwest Culinary Institute. He finished his education majoring in Finance as well as Business Management. He has held positions as a chef for worldwide corporations including: Marriot hotels, Compass Group, and Great Wolf Lodge Resorts. After relocating from Ohio to Florida, he worked as a director of dining services in the senior living sector which brought him to Freedom Village of Bradenton. He has a passion for food and is very results driven, all while having the stakeholders he serves always at his forefront. He manages with a purpose to develop the best team around him and provide an unrivaled dining experience.