Jessica Pelligrino Tsoukalas Named 40 Under 40 Honoree

​Bridgeway Senior Healthcare Announces Executive Vice President as 40 Under 40 Honoree for 2024

Bridgeway Senior Healthcare, a leading senior living and healthcare provider in Central New Jersey, has announced that Jessica Pelligrino Tsoukalas, Executive Vice President, has been recognized by the Somerset County Business Partnership as one of its esteemed 40 Under 40 Honorees for 2024. 

Nominations were accepted from business people, professionals, entrepreneurs, elected officials, and community leaders whose successes and demonstrations of strong leadership have gone above and beyond within their jobs, families and community organizations. Nominees were evaluated for their commitment to business growth and development, professional excellence, leadership, achievements, and community service.

Pelligrino Tsoukalas grew up in the senior care and living industry, making her naturally passionate about delivering the highest quality care and services in a setting that feels like home. She lives with her family in Central New Jersey and is a third generation owner and operator of the Bridgeway Senior Healthcare family of senior living communities. Currently, the Bridgeway fully integrated continuum of services includes two Assisted Living Residences, two Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facilities, and a Home Therapy company.

She has been part of the leadership team at Bridgeway Senior Healthcare for the past 13 years. “As a third generation owner and operator of skilled nursing facilities and assisted living residences in Somerset County, I know I have big shoes to fill,” said Pelligrino Tsoukalas. “My grandfather and father built Bridgeway Senior Healthcare into a thriving local healthcare provider and one of the largest healthcare employers in Somerset County.”

Pelligrino Tsoukalas guided the company through the COVID-19 pandemic, providing essentials to staff and working hard to keep morale high during a challenging, sad time. She identified an opportunity to assist seniors in their rehabilitation beyond the doors of Bridgeway Senior Healthcare. This led Pelligrino Tsoukalas to start the newest part of the Bridgeway Continuum of Care in 2020 – Bridgeway Care at Home. Under her guidance, the company has grown to provide therapy services for hundreds of patients around Somerset County right in the comfort of their own homes. This means that patients who would not have had the ability to travel to a clinic for therapy are now able to receive services!

Pelligrino Tsoukalas has grown many strong relationships with local hospitals and physicians. She has worked to improve care throughout Bridgeway’s four buildings by partnering with Robert Wood Johnson hospitalists to encourage continuity of care between the hospital and Bridgeway.

She has been elected to the Health Care Association of New Jersey Executive Committee, appointed to Bridgewater’s Health Advisory Board and elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). Pelligrino Tsoukalas is a graduate of Future Leaders of Long-Term Care in America and has completed the American Health Care Association Political Advocacy program. She has participated in Leadership Somerset, completing a program aimed at enhancing leadership skills and broadening awareness about community resources. Pelligrino Tsoukalas is the Chairwoman of the New Jersey Healthcare Political Action Committee.

She has served as a Board member on the Somerset County Board of Social Services for six years, helping to steer the direction of the Board in service to Somerset County’s most needy and most vulnerable citizens. 

As a volunteer with the Health Care Association of New Jersey and the American Health Care Association, Pelligrino Tsoukalas travels around New Jersey and to Washington D.C. to advocate for the seniors she serves at the Bridgeway Senior Healthcare communities.

For more information about Bridgeway Senior Healthcare and its family of companies, visit www.BSHcare.com or call (908) 274-1090.

About Bridgeway Senior Healthcare

Family owned and operated, Bridgeway Senior Healthcare has been a respected leader in the senior living healthcare industry since 1981. Its mission is to care for people like FAMILY in communities that feel like HOME. Bridgeway’s award-winning family of senior-focused companies are located in Bridgewater and Hillsborough, New Jersey. Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation at Hillsborough, Avalon Assisted Living at Bridgewater and Avalon Assisted Living at Hillsborough have been recognized as 2024 recipients of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).

Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation at Bridgewater has been recognized as the #13 Best Nursing Home in New Jersey for 2025 by Newsweek and has been designated by U.S News & World Report as a Top Nursing Home and Top Short-Term Rehab in 2025. Bridgeway Senior Healthcare is a Top Workplace in New Jersey.  

About Somerset County Business Partnership

Founded in 1919, the Somerset County Business Partnership (SCBP) has evolved to meet community business needs over its 100-year history, serving as Somerset County's regional Chamber of Commerce. 

The SCBP enjoys a unique public-private partnership with the Somerset County Board of County Commissioners to also provide economic development and tourism services. This collaboration creates a single voice for active businesses in the county, helping it to speak with a unified voice in order to advance a strategic agenda that makes Somerset County an ideal place to live, work, learn, and play. It now serves more than 840 members and represents more than 70,000 employees in Somerset County.

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