Meet Our Team

Larry Lillo has been the Executive Director for Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Campus since the summer of 2009. He has brought over seventeen years of experience in the assisted and independent living arena to this position. He has managed three assisted living communities for Sunrise Senior Living, served as a Regional Mentor, as well as an operational trouble shooter for the organization. He also has had the opportunity to manage an independent community for the Spectrum Retirement Company and been involved in the home health/Hospice business as an administrator. Larry is a past Chairman of the National Masonic Communities and Services Association and is a past Board of Director member for the Leading Age of Colorado Association; he has also served in leadership positions in a variety of community organizations over the years. His expertise in developing caring communities through effective operations and management skills has led to success in all of the communities that he has managed. Larry played a critical role in the development and construction of the Mary Barry Assisted Living building added to the Eastern Star Campus in 2014. Larry’s ongoing goals for Eastern Star include; working with the Board of Trustees on the replacement of the Robert Russell Center with a new AL building in the near future and playing an important role in the development of an Independent Senior Building on the Eastern Star Campus; continuing to offer a variety of high-quality living environments for residents on the campus to meet their changing needs; and to meet the strategic, operational and financial goals of the organization as set by the Board of Trustees. Larry and his wife have 5 children, enjoys camping with his family, spending time boating at Lake Powell, traveling throughout the US and vacationing in Las Vegas.

Patti Hayford started as the Controller for ESMRC in October 2019. She is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years experience in management positions in the not-for-profit healthcare-related industry. She enjoys working with the ESMRC team and using her skills to use to help the organization meet its goals and fulfill its mission to serve the residents and community. When not working Patti enjoys spending time with her husband and their pets. She enjoys traveling to places both new and familiar and spending time relaxing in her garden.

Pati Sawyer Boex has been the Fraternal Relations Director at the Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Community since 2009. Her position is unique to the ESMRC and was developed to perform community outreach, not only within the Fraternal Family but the entire community. She has brought a new energy to the community and is inspiring, not only to the Fraternal Family to get them more involved with the community, but in garnering interest from outside the fraternal family. While originally from Amityville, Long Island New York, her work experience has taken her many places while working for Club Med in their global resort villages, as Director of Activities for Sandstone Creek Club in Vail, Colorado, Heritage Eaglebend Golf and Country Club in Aurora, Colorado, the Event Coordinator for the Parker Chamber of Commerce. She is married to Steve and they live in Aurora with their two daughters. Pati loves to inline roller blade, play inline hockey, snuggle her girls and paint pottery.

Please contact Pati [email protected] if you have an activity that you would like to share with the residents of the community or if you would like to know what our wish list items are for the residents of the ESMRC.