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ALFA OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE ADVISOR Y PANEL THOMAS CROAL, cFO, silverado senior living, CFO Roundtable JENNIFER WIEST, Director of clinical services, carlton senior living, Clinical Quality Roundtable

ALAN FAIRBANKS, evp, bickford senior living, COO Roundtable

JUDD HARPER, cOO, the Arbor company, COO Roundtable

GUY HEMOND, Director Dining service, benchmark senior living, Dining Service Roundtable

ANNA DE LA CERDA, Director of licensing and public policy, emeritus senior living, Government Relations Roundtable

ANDREA TEICHMAN, svp and general counsel, benchmark senior living, Government Relations Roundtable

GLENN MAUL, svp human resources, brookdale senior living, Human Resources Roundtable

SCOTT RANSON, chief information Officer, brookdale senior living, Information Technology Roundtable

MICHELLE HAMILTON, svp of Operations, country Meadows retirement, Regional Executives Roundtable

AARON D’COSTA, chief business Development Officer, pathway senior living, llc, Sales and Marketing Roundtable

THOMAS BAKER, svp sales and Marketing, country Meadows retirement, Sales and Marketing Roundtable

STEVEN HEANEY, vp of Development, brandywine senior living, Regional Executives Roundtable

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