Mainstage

Mainstage: Argentum Awards & Heroes Work Here Celebration

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Join us for a spotlight on some of the stories, people, and programs that defined the strength and resilience of the industry during COVID-19. Award-winning actress, author, and advocate Marcia Gay Harden will join us to introduce our tribute to the industry’s heroes. We will also present our 2021 Argentum awards to our Best of the Best winners and our Senior Living by Design winners, and we’ll be joined by one of our 2020 Hero Award winners.

Emcee: Marcia Gay Harden, Actress & Advocate

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Mainstage: Insights from the C-Suite

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Panelists:

  • Tana Gall, President, Merrill Gardens
  • Cindy Kent, EVP & President, Senior Living and Community Operations, Brookdale Senior Living  
  • Katie Potter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Five Star Senior Living 


Moderator:

  • Collette Gray, President & CEO, Integral Senior Living and Solstice Senior Living

 

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Keynote: Finding Your Purpose & Inspiring Profits

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As an impact investor, CEO, and educator, James Rhee empowers people, brands, and companies to fulfill their true potential by marrying capital with purpose. He creates value through values, transformation through self-reflection, and reinvention through Kindness and Math™.

Join this keynote session to hear about how trust and joy, grounded in math and amplified through digital marketing, can overcome impossible odds and fuel individual and enterprise-wide innovation.

Speaker: James Rhee, Impact Entrepreneur, CEO and Investor; Former Chairman & CEO of Ashley Stewart

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Insights from the C-Suite: How COVID-19 Accelerated Cross-Industry Staffing Solutions

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Rarely in history have we seen an event wreak such havoc on the global economy. And in response – just as rarely – competitive workforce sectors came together to help 30 million displaced workers find employment. How much pressure did the pandemic place on our industry in terms of retention, training, and employee engagement? What can be learned from the collaborations that are now taking place across sector trade associations and corporations? Looking ahead, will the pandemic’s aftermath negatively impact perceptions of senior living as a career of choice? Our panel of senior living, hospitality, and restaurant CEOs will discuss their lessons learned as the service sector pulled together to meet the workforce challenge brought on by COVID-19.

Panelists:, Benchmark
Michael Rosenbaum, Chairman and CEO, Arena
Zeta Smith, CEO, North America Seniors, Sodexo
Helen Zarba, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Benchmark

Moderator:
John M. Bremen, Managing Director, Human Capital and Benefits; Global Head of Thought Leadership and Innovation, Willis Towers Watson

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Insights from the C-Suite: The Post-COVID REIT Landscape

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The pandemic put financial pressure on every aspect of senior living: from labor costs to occupancy rates. How have the nation’s largest real estate investment trusts (REITs) fared during this crisis, and what does the future look like for senior living finance from this development sector? Business models, credit, and the state of private equity in the aftermath of COVID-19 will be discussed.

Panelists:
George Chapman, CEO, ReNew REIT
Chris Cummings, Senior Vice President, Asset Management (Seniors Housing), Ventas
Eric Mendelsohn, President and CEO, National Health Investors

Moderator:
Stephen Monroe, Partner & Managing Editor, Levin Associates, SeniorCare Investor

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Insights from the C-Suite: Getting Ahead of the COVID-19 Crisis

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While senior living as an industry has always been prepared for “cold and flu season,” this year’s pandemic has been characterized by some as a “black swan event” – unpredictable, severely impactful, yet to some in hindsight, foreseeable. The danger of calling this a “black swan event” is that we will fail to prepare for the next one.

What’s beyond COVID-19? Has the pandemic permanently impacted the consumer’s view of our inherent value proposition? How far should we go to balance the need seniors have for social interaction against the risks involved with another pandemic? One thing is for certain: senior living as an industry is now viewed as part of the continuum of care. Join this thoughtful conversation, as we envision senior living’s post-COVID future.

Panelists:
Cindy Baier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Brookdale
Richard J. Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Senior Living
Anja Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Senior Star
Danny Stricker, President, Ascension Living

Moderator:
Lois A. Bowers, Editor, McKnight’s Senior Living

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