Starting September 8, 2025

Austin, TX

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September 8, 2025 | Austin, TX

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Sessions

September 8, 2025

NIC Signature Session—Living Well, Living Longer: New Research on the Value of Senior Housing

Main Stage

Date and Time: September 8, 2025 | 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Speaker

Susan Barlow

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

Speaker

Ken Segarnick

CEO , Harmony Senior Services | Vice Chair, NIC Board of Directors

Moderator

Lisa McCracken

Head of Research & Analytics

NIC

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

Panelist

Dianne Munevar

Vice President, Health Care Programs

NORC

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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

Moderator

Bob Kramer

Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

NIC

Panelist

Leigh Ann Barney

President & CEO

Trilogy Health Services, LLC

Panelist

Stephanie Harris

CEO

Arrow Senior Living

Panelist

Kurt Read

Partner

RSF Partners

Panelist

John Rijos

Chicago Pacific Founders | Co-Founder/Operating Partner | CPF Living Communities | Founder/Chairman

Panelist

Steven Vick

CEO

Signature Senior Living, LLC

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September 9, 2025

Familiar Touch Film Screening: Memory, Identity & the Human Side of Care and Aging

Main Stage

Date and Time: September 9, 2025 | 7:00 am - 8:30 am

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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

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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

Susan Barlow

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

Speaker

Holly Belter-Chesser

CEO

Atria Senior Living

Speaker

Morgan Graphman

Director of Business Intelligence

Ascent Living Communities

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

Main Stage

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

Speaker

Kevin Maddron

Chief Strategy Officer

Allegro Living

Panelist

Lynn Jerath

Founder & President

Citrine Investment Group

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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

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NIC Premier Session—Charting the Future of Senior Housing & Care Policy: Understanding the Mindset of the New Administration

Main Stage

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

Speaker

Brian Perry

VP Government Affairs

Direct Supply

Moderator

Ken Segarnick

CEO , Harmony Senior Services | Vice Chair, NIC Board of Directors

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Strategies to Address the Rising Costs of Risk Management

Innovation Lab

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

Speaker

Steve LaForte

CFO and Principal

Cascadia Healthcare

Speaker

Ryan Novaczyk

co-CEO

New Perspective Senior Living

Speaker

Loren Shook

President/Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board

Silverado

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New Products for a New Older Consumer: Lifestyle Communities To Attract the Baby Boomers, Gen X and Beyond

Main Stage

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

Speaker

Ryan Marshall

President & CEO

PulteGroup Inc.

Speaker

Willy Walker

Chairman & CEO

Walker & Dunlop

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New Revenue and Customer Acquisition Opportunities

Innovation Lab

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

Speaker

Holly Belter-Chesser

CEO

Atria Senior Living

Speaker

Bre Grubbs

Partner & Chief Strategy Officer

Leisure Care

Speaker

Steve Lindsey

CEO

Garden Spot Communities

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

Main Stage

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

Speaker

Dr. Joe Coughlin

Director, MIT AgeLab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Speaker

Lee Newman

CEO

GSD&M

Moderator

Tana Gall

President

Merrill Gardens

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

Innovation Lab

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

Speaker

Aaron Conley

President & Founder

Third Act Solutions, LLC

Speaker

Joe Mulligan

Managing Director

Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets

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NIC Premier Session—Unpacking the Domestic and Global Economic Playbook

Main Stage

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

Keynote Speaker

Wendy Edelberg

Senior Fellow

Brookings Institution

Moderator

Colette Dafoe

Partner

Nixon Peabody LLP

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Real-World AI Solutions for Smarter Decisions

Innovation Lab

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

Speaker

Joel Rosenberg

Vice President of Data and Analytics

LCS

Speaker

Joe Velderman

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September 10, 2025

Breaking Ground: Overcoming Barriers and Driving Innovation in Senior Housing Development

Main Stage

Date and Time: September 10, 2025 | 8:30 am - 9:30 am

Moderator

Joe Daniels

Vice President of Business Development

Direct Supply

Panelist

Jay Cougnet

Division Vice President, Industry Excellence

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Panelist

Chris Krager

AIA, Founder

KRDB + ma modular

Panelist

Ken Simonson

Chief Economist

The Associated General Contractors of America

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NIC Signature Session—Capital Markets & Valuations

Main Stage

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

Moderator

Ben Firestone

Co-founder & CEO

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors

Panelist

Matthew P. Gourmand

President

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

Panelist

Morgin Morris

Senior Vice President

KeyBank

Panelist

Curt Shaller

Co-Managing Partner

Focus Healthcare Partners LLC

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