Staff

Benny Latino, Owner/President

Graduating from the University of Montevallo in Alabama, Benny has always had a desire to help others. He has been in the healthcare industry for 9 years, and has been in the service industry for 16 years. His desire to help seniors enabled him to put the capital together to go out on his own in 2004, starting Heavenly Caregiver Services, Inc. Continuing service to seniors, he then started Heavenly Care Moving Services, Inc. in 2005. Since then, both businesses have grown substantially due to the quality care he and his team provide to their clients. "It's the best decision I've ever made," states Benny of starting his businesses. "I know I make a difference every day, and I am proud of my team in the field and everything they do." He's also very proud of his marriage of 15 years to wife Alicia, and their children, Cole and Cecilia.

 

Sherry L. Franklin, Vice President

Sherry joined Heavenly CareGiver Services, Inc. in May of 2008. Her background includes 19 years of healthcare experience focused primarily on the business of Health & Productivity. Prior to relocating to Austin, she served as the Director of Business Development for Integrated Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaii Medical Services Association (HMSA), a Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan with over 700,000 lives. She was responsible for devising and implementing employer group health and productivity strategies and the delivery of these services at the worksite. She also directed HealthPass at the Worksite, HMSA's nationally acclaimed health promotion, education and screening program designed to help individuals identify their potential health risks and meet their lifestyle improvement goals, which received the prestigious Dr. C. Everett Koop award in 2002.

Sherry's business development and operational management experience began when she was a director for a national worksite wellness company located in New Jersey. She served many Fortune 500 companies by developing, implementing and evaluating companywide programs that were customized to the individual needs of the industry, corporate location and demographics, corporate culture, and overall budget. Several of her programs were awarded national recognition by the Association of Worksite Health Promotion and more than nine of her programs also received NOVA awards for innovation and excellence.

Sherry is excited to bring her expertise to Heavenly in order to position the company to help more Austin seniors lead a happy and healthy life in the comfort of their own homes. She lives with her husband, Lee, and their two daughters, Arianna and Kiera.

 

Gail Moore, Operations Manager

Gail was born in Austin and grew up in Central Texas. Prior to joining the Heavenly team, she specialized for 17 years in administrative support, office management, event planning (corporate meetings, trade shows, golf tournaments). Gail also worked in a law office and managed several non-profit organizations and has a whole lot of experience working with both state and federal agencies.

What Gail really likes about Heavenly Care is the peop... she says "they really are more like friends and family than co-workers."

Her hobbies include softball and bowling and she loves watching movies, football, and listening to music. Gail lives in Round Rock with her husband of 19 years, Mike.

 

Jose Cavazos, Moving Manager

Jose was born in Odessa, Texas, and raised in Austin where he graduated from Lanier High School. Jose has been involved in the moving business for more than five (5) years and even owned his own trucking company prior to coming to Heavenly Care. His skills as a manager were quickly recognized and Jose was promoted to Moving Manager, after only a few short months with us. Jose lives with his wife, Jessica, and their two children, Desiree and Isaiah. When he is not ensuring everything is running smoothly with the moving teams, he enjoys watching UT football with his friends and family.

 

Tom McMahan,Director of Marketing

Tom was Texas born and raised. After high school, he served eight years in the U.S Coast Guard and then attended Baylor University where he met his wife of 45 years. They have one daughter who also graduated from Baylor and now teaches and works there. After graduation, Tom went to work in the pharmaceutical industry and remained there until he retired. Post retirement, he served in various capacities in volunteer and services organization until 2005 when he came out of retirement to join Heavenly care. He has served as Heavenly’s Marketing Director and as Director of Operation for the moving team. If he ever does truly retire, Tom would love to focus on his hobbies which include building and refinishing furniture.

 

Jason Stubbs, Director of Business Development

Jason was born and raised in Houston, but has enjoyed calling Central Texas "home" for the last ten year. He has developed a stellar reputation in the Austin business community, having utilized his knowledge along with a straight forward and easy-going demeanor to build a successful career in the real estate business. It is his passion for helping others, especially seniors, that has led him to his recent position as Director of Business Development for Heavenly Care. In this career he will be able to put his experience helping people solve their problems to good use, and strive to make a positive impact on the lives of his clients. When he is not on the job, you will find him wakeboarding, fishing, hunting or enjoying live music.

 

Holly Frazier, Moving Coordinator

The daughter of an Air Force Master Sergeant, Holly was born at Eglin AFB, Florida. Though she grew up mostly in New Mexico, Holly has called Texas home for the past two years. She comes from a small town, and small town hospitability at the core of everything she does. Holly graduated in 2007 from New Mexico State University with her Bachelor of Art in Psychology. Prior to working at Heavenly Care Moving, Holly worked for UT Southwestern in research with the elderly, looking for medicines to alleviate asthma symptoms. She also has over two years experience in office administration and customer service. Holly lives in Lakeway with her boyfriend, Josh, their dog, Sputnik; and two cats, Bea and Kitten.