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Soft Landings, Solutions for Seniors offers specialized, compassionate move services for seniors and their families.

We understand and have great empathy for you when it comes to moving, organizing, selling your home, and much more. We are excited to bring this needed service and practical solutions to ensure your Soft Landing. You make the key decisions and we guide you with gentle expertise.

We can assist you every step of the way no matter where you live. We want the transition for the entire family to be as stress-free as possible. We handle the details without the emotional and physical distress that can follow. This expertise can help you avoid the costly mistakes and remorse that often accompany life changes.

We are a member of the National Association of Senior Move Managers. Senior Move managers have extensive, practical knowledge about the costs, quality and availability of various local community resources. We also assist individuals who choose to stay in their homes. You may simply require expert organizational skills and solid knowledge of “aging in place” concepts to help improve your quality of life while staying in your home.

Whether you’re a senior moving to another state or downsizing locally, whether you’re getting ready to retire or to be closer to your family, Soft Landings can assist you with every aspect of the move. Soft Landings is currently licensed in Oregon, insured, and bonded.

Mother with her daughter
Soft landings team

Here are a few members of our valued team.

Since its founding in 2013, Soft Landings has continued to grow. It is now a wonderful, caring, and knowledgeable team of more than ten! While Theresa is still “in charge”, Soft Landings is now a fully independent and professional team who can meet all your move management needs. They even assign work to Theresa herself!

Allison Grebe Lee

Operations Manager

Allison is a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA) and has worked in finance for more than twenty years, most recently working with older clients to help them plan the next stage of their life.

Allison earned her MBA from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland and has her undergraduate degree from the University of Portland.

In her free time she can often be found hiking, traveling, and camping with her husband and two sons or volunteering her time as the scoutmaster of a Boy Scouts of America boys troop. She loves spending time at the Oregon Coast, reading mystery novels, doing puzzles, and cooking for her family and friends.

Shirin Forsyth

Senior Move Manager, Team Lead

Shirin Forsyth has been serving seniors as a Senior Move Manager for more than six years. Shirin has been awarded the NASMM@Home Specialist Designation. It is awarded by the National Association of Senior Move Managers to individuals demonstrating an advanced understanding of Aging in Place concepts and services as they relate to the Senior Move Management® profession.

Shirin has lived in Portland for 55 years except for the years she was at Oregon State University earning a degree in Health Care Administration, Go Beavs!
She is married with two grown daughters. She likes to play Pickleball, go on walks and read.

Kim Matsler

Senior Move Manager, Team Lead

Kim Matsler is a Senior Move Manager and Team Lead who has been with Soft Landings since 2014. She oversees all aspects of a move from consultation to estate clean out. She has a wealth of knowledge about local resources.

Kim got her undergrad at UC Davis and grad school at UCLA. She worked as a social worker supporting families and children prior to becoming a stay at home mom and then joining Soft Landings. She has two kids and two cats and enjoys hanging out with family, playing soccer, hiking, and reading.

Jenni Fowler

Senior Assistant Move Manager

Jenni has been an Assistant Move Manager with Soft Landings for more than three years. She enjoys helping seniors and their families organize, sort and make decisions as they downsize and move to their new home.

Jenni lives in SW Portland with her husband and pup Jax. She is a recent ’empty nester’ with both of her kids attending Oregon State University. She has worked previously in educational technology.

Claressa Bauer

Senior Move Assistant

Claressa has a flair for style. Not only can she make your space look great, she is a fantastic closet organizer. She is our special matters expert on selling items for clients. If you have just a few things to sell, she can help find the best price in the most efficient manner.

Laura Akimoto

Senior Move Assistant

Laura Akimoto has been with Soft Landings since October 2022. Laura specializes in space planning and helps our clients design their space so they know what they can bring to their new home and where it will go.
Laura is an LPN with several years of experience caring for seniors. She enjoys baking, creating art, and the great outdoors.

Pam O’Shea

Senior Move Manager, Team Lead

Pam comes to us after assisting her parents downsize and move. As a bonus, she was a bookkeeper for almost twenty years! Pam will go above and beyond to assure your Soft Landing. If you need help with a special request, she will find a way to make it happen.

Robyn Spring

Senior Move Manager, Team Lead

Robyn has a wide variety of experinces working with Soft Landings (twice!) and with a local estate sales company. She is compassionate, caring and efficient. You will know that she is in your corner.

Brittany Haugen

Marketing and Relationship Manager

Brittany has been serving seniors in the senior services industry since 2017. As our Relationship and Marketing manager, she comes to us with a background in healthcare and senior living operations experience. Brittany is a born and raised Oregonian who has lived in the Portland area for 20 years. She earned an undergraduate degree from Portland State University in the Social Sciences.

In her free time, she can be found hiking to waterfalls, listening to live music, and spending time with her daughter and their two cats.

Founder Theresa Pritchett

OUR FOUNDER

Theresa Corcoran (pictured left) has over 25 years of experience in accounting and financial planning. Soft Landings, Solutions for Seniors was put in motion over a glass of wine with a good friend: after helping many people achieve their retirement goals, she saw a need to help them with their next transition.

Theresa is currently a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®). With that background comes a profound commitment to connecting with older adults and a desire to perform meaningful, trustworthy work. She has been a member of the Portland Estate Planning Council since 1995. Through that experience, we have established a trusted network of professionals including attorneys, trust officers, and charitable directors to assist with your estate planning.

Theresa is an animal lover and has summited the top of Mt. St. Helens with her dog. She also still has teenagers at home, which is the reason she loves working with Seniors…

FUN FACTS:

Our staff are avid football fans.

Children want to spend more time with their grandparents than they do with their parents.

You’re never too old or too young to start something new.

We start each day with a grateful heart, which leads to a happy self.

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