Starting September 8, 2025

Austin, TX

Main Stage Speakers

Main Stage

Susan Barlow

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

Leigh Ann Barney

Trilogy Health Services, LLC

President & CEO

Tom Cassels

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

Dr. Joe Coughlin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Director, MIT AgeLab

Jay Cougnet

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Division Vice President, Industry Excellence

Colette Dafoe

Nixon Peabody LLP

Partner

Joe Daniels

Direct Supply

Vice President of Business Development

Wendy Edelberg

Brookings Institution

Senior Fellow

Kim Elliott

Brookdale Senior Living

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Kris Engskov

Rippl

Co-Founder & CEO

Ben Firestone

Blueprint

Co-founder & CEO

Sarah Friedland

Familiar Touch

Writer, Director

Tana Gall

Merrill Gardens

President

Matthew P. Gourmand

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

President

Stephanie Harris

Arrow Senior Living

CEO

Daniel K. Hayes

New York Life Real Estate Investors

Senior Director and Head of Midwest Region Originations

Stuart Jackson

Greystone

Executive Vice President

Lynn Jerath

Citrine Investment Group

Founder & President

Phil Kayden

Health Wave Partners

Chief Investment Officer

Sean Kelly

Front Porch Communities and Services

Chief Executive Officer

Chris Krager

KRDB + ma modular

AIA, Founder

Bob Kramer

NIC

Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

Kevin Maddron

Allegro Living

Chief Strategy Officer

Ryan Marshall

PulteGroup Inc.

President & CEO

Lisa McCracken

NIC

Head of Research & Analytics

Monica Moreno

Alzheimer's Association

Senior Director, Dementia Care Navigation

Morgin Morris

KeyBank

Senior Vice President

Dianne Munevar

NORC

Vice President, Health Care Programs

Lee Newman

GSD&M

CEO

Brian Perry

Direct Supply

VP Government Affairs

Kurt Read

RSF Partners

Partner

John Rijos

Founder/Chairman | CPF Living Communities

Co-Founder/Operating Partner | Chicago Pacific Founders

Curt Schaller

Focus Healthcare Partners LLC

Co-Managing Partner

Jonathan Schatz

CoastWood Seniors Housing Partners

President

Ken Segarnick

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

Ken Simonson

The Associated General Contractors of America

Chief Economist

Steven Vick

Signature Senior Living, LLC

CEO

Willy Walker

Walker & Dunlop

Chairman & CEO

Innovation Lab

Susan Barlow

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

Holly Belter-Chesser

Atria Senior Living

CEO

Lauren Byrne

Enterprise Real Estate Equity

Senior Director, Acquisitions

Aaron Conley

Third Act Solutions, LLC

President & Founder

Sarah Dirks

Behavioral Health Solutions

SVP of Business Development

Chip Gabriel

Senior Living TransFormation Company

Partner

Morgan Graphman

Ascent Living Communities

Director of Business Intelligence

Bre Grubbs

Leisure Care

Partner & Chief Strategy Officer

Rob Henderson

SRG

COO

Megan Krull

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc

Senior Vice President

Steve LaForte

Cascadia Healthcare

CFO and Principal

Steve Lindsey

Garden Spot Communities

CEO

Joe Mulligan

Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets

Managing Director

Max Newland

Newland Real Estate Capital LLC

Founder

Ryan Novaczyk

New Perspective Senior Living

co-CEO

Sevy Petras

Priority Life Care

CEO and Co-Founder

Michael Pittore

Agemark

Co-CEO

Joel Rosenberg

LCS

Vice President of Data and Analytics

Loren Shook

Silverado

President/Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board

Joe Velderman

K4Connect

Chief Strategy Officer

Jason Zuccari

Hamilton Insurance Agency

Managing Director

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