Redmond-based Aegis Living, a national leader in senior living and assisted living communities, has announced that Judy Meleliat has joined the company as its chief marketing officer. She will lead all marketing and sales efforts for the companies 35 senior living communities in Washington, California and Nevada.

Prior to joining Áegis Living, Meleliat was CEO of Hat Tip Consulting, a strategic marketing practice helping clients increase awareness for consumer product and service brands. As chief marketing officer at InSpa, she increased revenue from $1 million to $10 million, reaching over 100,000 unique visitors per year.

Meleliat served as senior vice president of marketing at Xylo Corporation creating the Xylo trademark and all branding components, and achieved over $3 million in program revenues. She also held senior vice president marketing positions at Starbucks and Egghead Discount Software.

Meleliat holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

“Áegis Living’s success and commitment to the highest quality services and care in the industry attracted me to this position,” said Meleliat. “I’m very excited to be joining the Áegis family. This is an incredible group of people with an obvious passion for taking care of their residents and their employees.”

“Áegis Living is extremely pleased to have Judy Meleliat join our team” said Áegis Living founder and CEO Dwayne Clark. “With her broad range of talent and experience, Judy’s sound strategic sense will help drive the company’s future growth and success.”