Meet the Team
Paige Schroeder
Executive Director
Paige has worked in senior living for 6 years and joined the Madison family in 2023. She loves helping families navigate the search for senior living and finds great joy in watching seniors thrive in their new homes. She grew up in Massachusetts and has lived in Florida since 2020. When not in the office, Paige enjoys spending time with family, running, reading, and visiting Disney World with her husband Matt.
Elizabeth Guzman
Business Office Coordinator
Elizabeth was born and raised in central Florida and lives here with her husband Ken and 7-year-old son Emmett. She has spent the last 18 years in the medical field and looks forward to bringing to her experience here to Madison at Clermont, as the Business Office Coordinator. In her downtime, Elizabeth enjoys swimming, listening to music, and spending time with her family.
Mark Wright-Ahern
Lifestyles Director
We are so happy to welcome Mark as our Lifestyle Director. Mark Wright-Ahern has performed in several plays and operas throughout the east coast, with companies such as Opera Orlando, the Orlando Opera, and the Roanoke Symphony in Virginia. Mark has been featured in multiple Billboard musical recordings and has judged several vocal competitions throughout the state of Florida and nationally. He has appeared in television commercials for ABC, on the OWN network, a feature film for the SyFy network, and has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in entertainment. Mark is featured in The Youngest Evangelist as the Evangelist and casting director.
With a Master of Science in Business from Nova Southeastern University and Bachelor of Science in Religion with a minor in Musical Performance from Liberty University, Mark spent 4 years teaching in both public and private schools. Mark has been an Associate Dean of Admissions and Alumni Coordinator for Montverde Aca.
Sharna Smith
Wellness Director
Sharna recently moved from New York to Florida. She started at Madison at Clermont as a nurse and was promoted to the Wellness Director. Sharna is a mother of four children and loves having a large family. She recently earned the title of grandmother as her first grandson was just born. Sharna is a wonderful nurse and graduated nursing school with honors. In her spare time, she enjoys, cooking, traveling, and singing in her church choir.
Penny Velez
Memory Care Director
Penny Velez has been in the assisted living field for the last 12 years and has been a memory care coordinator for 9 years. She is from Roanoke Virginia and moved to Florida in 1972. On her time off, she enjoys spending time with family and going to the Beach.
Luis Diaz
Maintenance Director
Luis has been in the Maintenance field for nearly twenty years, seven of them in senior living. He has a passion for taking care of seniors, going back to when he volunteered in communities as a pianist throughout his teenage years. On his free time, you can find him on the lakes fishing and boating.
Ashley Taylor
Dining Director
Ashley has over 15 years of experience cooking in food service, much of that in a healthcare atmosphere. She believes that food is vital to the happiness and continued success of a resident’s health and well-being. It brings her so much joy to put a smile on a resident’s face when they sit down for a home-cooked meal. She has always had a passion to serve the senior population. She believes that “When you work as close as I do with the residents every day, they truly come to be family and I pride myself on taking care of my family.” In Ashley’s free time, she enjoys game and movie nights with her family, Ashley loves to travel to experience different cultures’ food!
