October 21 - October 23, 2026

Chicago, IL

Speakers

Lori Alford

CEO

Avanti Senior Living

John Arabia

Founder & CEO

Taylor Vance LLC

Aaron Becker

Senior Managing Director, Head of Seniors Housing & Healthcare Production

Lument

Debbie Brown

Owner & Principal

dbconsulting LLC

Dirk Burghartz

President

Áegis Living

Edward Burnett

Co-Owner and Managing Partner

Ciel Senior Living

Jack Callison

Chief Executive Officer

Sunrise Senior Living

Jason Childers

Chief Operating Officer

Merrill Gardens

John Cochrane

President and CEO

HumanGood

Joe Daniels

Vice President of Business Development

Direct Supply

Mike DiGiacomo

Chief Operating Officer

United Group

Anne Doyle

CEO

Spark Living and Learning

Ken Dychtwald, PhD ­

Founder and CEO

Age Wave

Samantha Eckhout

Managing Director of Investments

REDICO

Tim Fields

Co-founder & CEO

Ignite Medical Resorts

Ryan Frederick

Founder & CEO

Here

Nicole Funari

Senior Principal, Capital Strategies

NIC

Tana Gall

President

Merrill Gardens

Matthew P. Gourmand

President

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

Bre Grubbs

Partner & Chief Strategy Officer

Leisure Care

John Hetzel

Vice President of Culinary

Atria Senior Living, Inc

Dave Johnson

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Horizon Capital

Adam Kaplan

CEO & Founder

Solera Senior Living

Renee Kimberly

Vice President of Sales, Strategy & Enablement

Senior Lifestyle

Bob Kramer

Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

NIC

Dan Lahey

EVP, Chief Financial And Investment Officer

LCS

Laura Lamb

President & CEO

Episcopal Retirement Services

Michael Levine

Senior Managing Director

Greystar

Sheryl Marcet

CIO

Arcus Healthcare Partners, LLC

Steve Marker

Senior Vice President of Development

Brightview Senior Living

Lisa McCracken

Head of Research & Analytics

NIC

Ayesha Menon

Managing Director

Bain Capital

Jeff Miller

Chief Operating Officer

Janus Living, Inc

Melanie Mooney

VP, Investments

NHI

Molly Odgers

Vice President, Senior Housing Group

BOK Financial

Kristen Paris

Vice President, Market Research

ProMatura

Earl Parker

President and CEO

Commonwealth Senior Living

Mark Parkinson

Principal, American Health Care Association

CEO, Park Place

John Pawlowski

Managing Director

Green Street

Allison Joseph Pendleton

Chief Operating Officer

One Clover

Bill Pettit

Principal

Black Dog Capital Advisors

Tod Petty

Chief Investment Officer

Mainstay Financial Services

Nathan D. Price, PhD

Professor & Co-Director, Center for Human Healthspan

Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Kurt Read

Partner

RSF Partners

Julie Robinson

Managing Director and Head of Healthcare

Clarion Partners

Brett Robinson

President

Sparrow Living

Dave Sedgwick

President & CEO

CareTrust

Ben Shibe

EVP / Chief Investment Officer

Cascade Capital Group

Andrew Smith

Senior Vice President of Healthspan and Innovation

HumanGood

Diana Watts

Senior Vice President, Asset Management

Benchmark Senior Living

Aron Will

Vice Chairman

CBRE

Gabe Willhite

Chief Operating Officer

American Healthcare REIT

Eric Winograd

Director—Developed Market Economic Research and Chief US Economist

AllianceBernstein

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