Erin Hilligan has been named chief operating officer of WesleyLife, a nonprofit provider of health and wellness services in Central Iowa. Hilligan has worked at Ebenezer/M Health Fairview Health system in Minneapolis for 18 years. Ebenezer  is the largest senior living organization in Minnesota and has been in operation for more than a century. Hilligan has  served as vice president of operations since 2018. Hilligan is board chair for LeadingAge Minnesota and teaches ethics and public policy as part of a master’s degree program of study at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Concordia College and a master’s degree from St. Thomas University. Hilligan will join WesleyLife on Jan. 1 and will work out of the group’s Johnston headquarters.