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Cindy Baier joined Brookdale as Chief Financial Officer in December 2015. She is a financial and operating leader with more than 25 years of broad, multi-industry experience in a variety of companies, including Fortune 100 public companies and private equity backed ventures. Cindy is a seasoned public CFO, with experience that includes retail and services companies, who started her career in a Big Five public accounting firm. She has a demonstrated ability to drive significant business improvement. Cindy is a collaborative Certified Public Accountant, experienced with strategic planning, M&A, capital markets, investor relations, accounting, financial planning and analysis, SEC reporting, tax, and treasury. Cindy is a graduate of Illinois State University, with Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Accounting.

An advocate for improving quality and access in healthcare, Tom Priselac has developed strategic and operational innovations to foster high-quality, safe and efficient care for patients. Under his leadership, Cedars-Sinai has earned an international reputation for quality care, community service, research and education while evolving from a community hospital to a major health system that continues to expand to better serve patients. Tom’s perspectives on healthcare delivery and policy are sought by a wide variety of groups. He is a past chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees and a past chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges. He was chair of the American Hospital Association in 2009, during the development of Affordable Care Act. He also formerly chaired the California Hospital Association and the Hospital Association of Southern California.Among his leadership roles in organizations working to strengthen the communities of Los Angeles, Tom is a member of the Board of Councilors of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Civic Alliance, the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. He has received numerous awards for leadership in healthcare and his commitment to improving the health of the underserved, including the American Hospital Association’s Distinguished Service Award, the AAMC Distinguished Service Award, the Special Needs Network’s Distinguished Community Champion Corporate Leadership Award and the Charles R. Drew University Board of Trustees Medal of Honor.Tom writes and speaks on a variety of policy issues related to the delivery and financing of healthcare, healthcare quality and safety, and the adoption and implementation of information technology. He is an adjunct professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, where he teaches principles of organizational leadership.

Joanne’s professional experience includes over 30 years of leadership roles across a range of health care settings, including community hospitals, academic medical centers, public hospitals, and government agencies. Before joining Cooley Dickinson Health Care as President and CEO in 2014, she served as Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President at Hallmark Health, which is comprised of acute care hospitals Lawrence Memorial of Medford and Melrose-Wakefield of Melrose as well as a VNA-Hospice and a number of community-based sites. Before joining Hallmark Health, Joanne was senior vice president, operations, at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where she led both clinical and non-clinical departments and held a series of progressively responsible positions starting in 1992. Earlier in her career, Joanne held positions in government, including at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and the New York State Department of Health. She earned a bachelor’s degree in linguistics at Cornell University and a master of public policy degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. - See more at: https://www.cooleydickinson.org/about-us/overview/leadership/#sthash.ariXXdKN.dpuf

As president and chief executive officer, Bill Gassen is leading efforts to tackle some of medicine’s most challenging issues, including the state of global health, breast cancer, pediatric rare diseases and type 1 diabetes. At the same time, the organization is also advancing health care through its innovative integration of genomics into primary care, the creation of an expansive biobank and the exploration of the healing powers of immunotherapy and adipose stem cells. Gassen began his career at Sanford Health in 2012 as corporate counsel and transitioned to the human resources department two years later as vice president of human resource integration and eventually became the chief human resources officer. In 2019, he was promoted to chief administrative officer with oversight of human resources, technology solutions, legal, facilities, business development and the Sanford Sports Complex. Prior to joining Sanford Health, Gassen spent several years in private legal practice. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a law degree, both from the University of South Dakota. Gassen and his wife, Jill, have five children.

Chris Howard is a President/CEO at Sharp and Board Member at Sharp and is based in San Diego, California. He has worked as President at SSM Health St. Louis, Executive Director at Sharp, and Chief Operations Officer at SSM Health. Chris works or has worked at American Hospitality Assn. He attended University of Oklahoma between 1988 and 1993 and University of Oklahoma between 1982 and 1986.

Chief Operating Officer of Northern California-based Sutter Health, a not-for-profit health system caring for nearly 3 million patients-or one in every 100 Americans. Oversees operations across Sutter Health’s 24 hospitals and 5 medical foundations. Also deeply committed to working with the community to help solve some of our most challenging issues. I’m energized and grateful for the opportunity to help lead businesses, private philanthropists and elected officials in three counties to adopt a common housing-first framework with the goal of reaching functional zero for homelessness. I am on the Board of the CaIifornia Business Roundtable and the Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council. A strong, vibrant community with sufficient employment and advancement opportunities allows people to live more fulfilling, healthier lives.