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

Joe Daniels

Direct Supply

Vice President of Business Development

Kim Elliott

Brookdale Senior Living

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Ben Firestone

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors

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

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

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

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

Ken Segarnick

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

Curt Shaller

Focus Healthcare Partners LLC

Co-Managing Partner

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

Aaron Conley

Third Act Solutions, LLC

President & Founder

Morgan Graphman

Ascent Living Communities

Director of Business Intelligence

Bre Grubbs

Leisure Care

Partner & Chief Strategy Officer

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

Joel Rosenberg

LCS

Vice President of Data and Analytics

Loren Shook

Silverado

President/Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board

Joe Velderman

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