The WiTT Executive Peer Group is exclusively for women in executive IT leadership positions, such as CIO, EVP and VP, in public, private, government, education and non-profit organizations in the Nashville area. Our mission is to create opportunities for women to build meaningful relationships with fellow executives and discuss topics of interest.
Please join us for an Executive Briefing featuring Cindy Baier, President and CEO of Brookdale Senior Living, on Thursday, November 14.
Puffy Muffin, 229 Franklin Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027
7:15-8:30AM
Breakfast will be served.
Must have registration code to register for this event.
Questions? Please contact - sponsorship@wittn.org
Lucinda (“Cindy”) M. Baier is President and Chief Executive Officer of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD), the nation’s leading senior living operator with approximately 800 senior living communities and one of the nation’s largest home health and hospice providers. A $4.5 billion company, Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale and its 60,000 employees have the ability to provide services to over 75,000 residents through its independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities and to serve over 20,000 patients through its home health, hospice and outpatient therapy services. Fortune magazine ranks Brookdale as one of 150 largest publicly-listed employers in the country.
Ms. Baier was appointed as Brookdale’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board on February 28, 2018, after having served as its Chief Financial Officer since December 2015. In addition to experience as a seasoned chief financial officer in several companies, she has had multi-billion dollar operations responsibility, been the chief executive officer for a publicly-traded retailer, and served as an executive officer of a Fortune 30 company, where she led the effort to redesign promotions, increasing event sales by 14%. She has served for more than a decade as a board member of public and private companies, including serving as the chairman of the board. Immediately prior to joining Brookdale, Ms. Baier served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Navigant Consulting, Inc., a specialized global expert services firm, since 2013, where she spearheaded a successful program which led to the highest EBITDA margin rate that the company had earned in five years while increasing investments in innovation.
Ms. Baier currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC), the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) and the Nashville Health Care Council, where she chairs its finance and investment committee. Ms. Baier is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of Illinois State University, with Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Accounting.
