Starting September 8, 2025

Austin, TX

Sessions

September 8, 2025

State of NIC and the Senior Living Industry

Main Stage

Date and Time: September 8, 2025 | 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Speaker

Susan Barlow

Co-Founder, Managing Partner, & COO Blue Moon Capital Partners LP | Chair, NIC Board of Directors

Speaker

Ken Segarnick

Chief Executive Officer, Harmony Senior Services | Vice Chair, NIC Board of Directors

Speaker

Lisa McCracken

Head of Research & Analytics

NIC

Speaker

Dianne Munevar

Vice President of Health Care Strategy

NORC

Panelist

Tom Cassels

Managing Director, Manatt Health Strategies; Executive Partner, Health Enterprise Partners

Panelist

Kim Elliott

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Brookdale Senior Living

Understanding the Past of Senior Housing and Long-Term Care to Prepare for Our Future

Main Stage

Date and Time: September 8, 2025 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Speaker

Leigh Ann Barney

President & CEO

Trilogy Health Services, LLC

Speaker

Stephanie Harris

CEO

Arrow Senior Living

Speaker

Kurt Read

Partner

RSF Partners

Speaker

John Rijos

Co-founder & Operating Partner/CEO

CPF Living

Speaker

Steven Vick

CEO

Signature Senior Living, LLC

Moderator

Bob Kramer

Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

NIC

September 9, 2025

NIC Premier Session: Portraits of Aging that Start to Get It Right

Main Stage

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 8:30 am - 9:30 am

Speaker

Sarah Friedland

Writer, Director

Familiar Touch

Data Driven Insights for Faster, Smarter Decision-Making in Senior Housing & Care

Innovation Lab

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 8:30 am - 9:30 am

Speaker

Holly Belter-Chesser

Chief Executive Officer

Atria Senior Living

Speaker

Morgan Graphman

Director of Business Intelligence

Ascent Living Communities

New Money, New Models: The Next Decade of Capital Formation

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Partnerships to Meet the Physical and Mental Health Needs of Your Residents

Innovation Lab

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am

NIC Premier Session: Policy

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Strategies to Address the Rising Costs of Risk Management

Innovation Lab

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Speaker

Ryan Marshall

President & CEO

PulteGroup Inc.

Speaker

Willy Walker

Chairman & CEO

Walker & Dunlop

New Revenue and Customer Acquisition Opportunities

Innovation Lab

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Speaker

Holly Belter-Chesser

Chief Executive Officer

Atria Senior Living

Speaker

Bre Grubbs

Partner & Chief Strategy Officer

Leisure Care

Have We Got It (Them!) All Wrong? Marketing Messages for the New Consumer

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Moderator

Tana Gall

President

Merrill Gardens

Panelist

Dr. Joe Coughlin

Director, MIT AgeLab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Panelist

Lee Newman (invited)

CEO

GSD&M

Innovative Approaches to Financing Senior Housing’s Middle-Income Continuum

Innovation Lab

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Real-World AI Solutions for Smarter Decisions

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

September 10, 2025

Speaker

Chris Krager

AIA, Founder + Principal, KRDB | Founding Principal, Ma Modular

Speaker

Ken Simonson

Chief Economist

The Associated General Contractors of America

Moderator

Joe Daniels

Vice President of Business Development

Direct Supply

NIC Signature Session: Capital Markets & Valuations

Date and Time: September 10, 2025 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Speaker

Morgin Morris

Senior Vice President

KeyBank

Speaker

Curt Shaller

Co-Managing Partner

Focus Healthcare Partners LLC

Moderator

Ben Firestone

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors

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