Yountville Veterans Home administrator Lisa Peake announced Wednesday during an Allied Council meeting on the campus that she has resigned and will be leaving her post at the end of the month.
Peake shared few details about her departure with the veterans group, according to former Yountville Sun owner and publisher Sharon Stensaas, who happened to be attending the Allied Council meeting on another matter at the request of a friend and council member.
The news came just ahead of the Sun’s print deadline Wednesday afternoon. Home spokesperson Joshua Kiser said he could not provide any additional details at that time but said a statement from Peake would be forthcoming later in the week.
Peake, a retired U.S. Army colonel with 33 years of service was named administrator in Yountville on July 8, 2019, according to her biography on the Home’s website.
The Sun learned two weeks ago that longtime Veterans Home employee Jeremy Kirk had been named deputy administrator of the facility.
Established in 1884, the Yountville Veterans Home is the oldest and largest facility of its type in the U.S. Some 600 veterans reside and receive care there.
Peake has overseen the construction of a new 240-bed skilled nursing facility on the campus that is expected to open in early to mid 2025, according to multiple sources.
The Yountville Veterans Home is overseen by the California Department of Veterans Affairs.
