Meet Brookdale’s Highly Qualified Director Nominees
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Collectively, Brookdale’s proposed nominees offer a wealth of experience in areas relevant to Brookdale’s business, including real estate, finance, M&A, sales and marketing, healthcare, and senior housing. Brookdale has demonstrated its commitment to refreshment at the Board level, with four directors whom have been appointed in the last twelve months, valuing an invigorating balance of institutional knowledge and fresh perspectives.
Denise W. Warren
Ms. Warren brings more than 30 years of operational, financial and healthcare experience. Ms. Warren has served as Brookdale’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Office of CEO since April 2025; after having served as the non-executive chairman since June 2024. In addition, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of WakeMed Health & Hospitals from October 2015 through December 2020, where she was responsible for the strategic, financial, and operational performance of the organization’s network of facilities in the North Carolina Research Triangle area. Prior to that, from 2005 to September 2015, Ms. Warren served as Chief Financial Officer of Capella Healthcare, Inc., an owner and operator of general acute-care hospitals, as well as its Executive Vice President since January 2014, and as its Senior Vice President prior to that. Before joining Capella, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gaylord Entertainment Company from 2000 to 2001, as Senior Equity Analyst and Research Director for Avondale Partners LLC and as Senior Equity Analyst for Merrill Lynch & Co. Until November 2024 she served on the Board of Directors of TruBridge, Inc. (formerly known as Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.), where she served as Chair of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Newport Healthcare, Straive, and Virtusa, Inc. Ms. Warren is National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship CertifiedTM and received a Corporate Directors Certificate from Harvard Business School. Ms. Warren earned a B.S. degree in Economics from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Jordan R. Asher, MD
Dr. Asher brings more than 20 years of expertise and a history of success in large matrixed, mission-based, national healthcare systems. From 2023 to May 2025, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of Sentara Healthcare, a large integrated delivery health system including a clinically integrated network and insurance company serving Virginia and North Carolina, where he had a wide range of responsibilities, including creating high quality, equitable, and innovative models of care delivery as well as providing national thought leadership directed towards the future of health care. From 2018 to 2023, he served as the Chief Physician Executive and Senior Vice President of Sentara. Prior to Sentara, Dr. Asher served in several executive roles with Ascension since 2006, including Chief Clinical Officer of its Ascension Care Management subsidiary from 2016 to 2018 with responsibility for network development and population and risk management, Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer of Ascension’s MissionPoint Health Partners subsidiary from 2015 to 2016, and Chief Medical Officer and Chief Integration Officer of MissionPoint Health Partners from 2011 to 2015. Dr. Asher earned a B.S. in Biology from Emory University, an M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and an M.S. in Medical Management from the University of Texas at Dallas and Southwestern Medical Center.
Claudia N. Drayton
Ms. Drayton brings more than 20 years of operational and financial experience in healthcare and biotech companies. Currently, she serves on the board of 3D Systems Inc. (NYSE: DDD) where she is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Most recently, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Quantum-Si Incorporated, a publicly-traded life-sciences company focused on protein sequencing and genomics for the healthcare industry. She held this role from April 2021 until June 2023, and during her tenure she oversaw the company’s successful transition to a publicly traded company. Prior to that Ms. Drayton served as the Chief Financial Officer of Nuwellis, Inc., a publicly-traded medical device company focusing on commercializing ultrafiltration technology for patients with heart failure. Before joining Nuwellis, she spent 15 years at Medtronic, a global leader in medical devices, where she held leadership positions of increasing responsibility in the finance organization. These included Chief Financial Officer for both the Peripheral Vascular and the Integrated Health Solutions business units. Ms. Drayton is National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship CertifiedTM. She began her career at Arthur Andersen LLP where she was an audit manager. Ms. Drayton received a B.B.A in Accounting from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
Mark Fioravanti
Mr. Fioravanti has more than 25 years’ experience in hospitality and real estate and is a 23-year veteran of Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (formerly Gaylord Entertainment) (RHP). Mr. Fioravanti is currently President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of RHP. In his role, Mr. Fioravanti is responsible for all facets of the company, including its portfolio of destination convention resorts and its owned and operated entertainment division, Opry Entertainment Group (OEG). Mr. Fioravanti was appointed CEO on January 1, 2023, after serving as President and Chief Financial Officer since 2015. Prior to 2015, he served in various senior positions for RHP, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Division President of ResortQuest International, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He serves on the board of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp., NAREIT’s Advisory Board of Governors, and the Tennessee Business Leadership Council. Mr. Fioravanti holds an M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee and a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from The Ohio State University.
Victoria L. Freed
Ms. Freed brings more than 25 years of executive leadership in the areas of sales, customer service, and marketing, and has earned numerous awards for outstanding achievement in sales and marketing during her career. Ms. Freed is Senior Vice President of Sales, Trade Support and Service for Royal Caribbean International, having served in that role since 2008, where she oversees the largest sales team in the cruise line industry and also manages the company’s consumer outreach, reservations, group sales, and customer service functions. Prior to her service with Royal Caribbean, Ms. Freed worked for 29 years with Carnival Cruise Lines, where she served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing during the last 15 years of her tenure. She is a trustee of the United Way of Miami-Dade County and serves as a member of the board of Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options (JAFCO). Ms. Freed earned a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in marketing from the University of Colorado.
Joshua Hausman
Mr. Hausman has more than 20 years of private market investment experience focused on the healthcare industry, including in facilities-based and senior care services companies that provide personal care, medical and behavioral health services to vulnerable populations. Mr. Hausman spent two decades with Onex Corporation, from 2004 to February 2025, and served as Managing Director for Onex Partners, the upper-middle market private equity platform of Onex Corporation, from 2013 until his departure. He led Onex Partners’ North American healthcare investment activities, including advising portfolio company management teams and evaluating growth and operating efficiency opportunities. Prior to Onex Corporation, Mr. Hausman was an Associate in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Banc of America Securities, where he provided capital raising and advisory services to healthcare companies. Since April 2025, Mr. Hausman has been Managing Partner at MHJ Capital Partners. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of Newport Healthcare and SCP Health. He has previously held board positions at privately owned and publicly traded healthcare services companies, including BrightSpring Health Services, Genesis HealthCare, Inc., and the Center for Diagnostic Imaging. He holds an A.B. in Economics (cum laude) from Harvard College.
Elizabeth B. Mace
Ms. Mace has more than 30 years of experience in research, economics, and market analysis. Most recently, she served as the Chief Economist and Director of Research and Analytics at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) from 2014 to June 2023. Prior to serving on NIC’s leadership team, she served on the NIC Board of Directors and chaired its Research Committee. She has also previously served as a director at AEW Capital Management and worked in the AEW Research Group for 17 years. Before AEW, she also spent 10 years at Standard & Poor’s DRI/McGraw-Hill as director of its Regional Information Service. Ms. Mace also worked as a regional economist at Crocker Bank, and for the National Commission on Air Quality, the Brookings Institute, and Boston Edison. She is formerly a member of the Institutional Real Estate Americas Editorial Board. In 2020, Ms. Mace was inducted into the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor. In 2014, she was appointed a fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute and was awarded the title of a “Woman of Influence” in commercial real estate by Real Estate Forum Magazine and Globe Street. In addition, in 2025, she was inducted into the Senior Living Hall of Fame by the American Seniors Housing Association. Ms. Mace is National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship CertifiedTM. She received a bachelor’s degree from the Mount Holyoke College and a Master’s of Science in Applied Economics from the University of California. She also earned a Certified Business Economist™ designation from the National Association of Business Economists.
Lee S. Wielansky
Mr. Wielansky has more than 40 years of commercial real estate investment, management, and development experience. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Opportunistic Equities, which specializes in low income housing. He has also served as Chairman and CEO of Midland Development Group, Inc., which he re-started in 2003 and focused on the development of retail properties in the mid-west and southeast. Prior to Midland, he served as President and CEO of JDN Development Company, Inc. and as a director of JDN Realty Corporation. Before joining JDN, he served as Managing Director - Investments of Regency Centers Corporation, which in 1998 acquired Midland Development Group, a retail properties development company co-founded by Mr. Wielansky in 1983. Mr. Wielansky served as the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman of the Board from February 2018 through December 2019. He also serves as Lead Trustee of Acadia Realty Trust and served as a director of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. from 2007 to 2017 and Pulaski Financial Corp. from 2005 to 2016. He also serves as a member of the Board of Clayco Construction Company. Mr. Wielansky received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a major in Real Estate and Finance, from the University of Missouri - Columbia, where he is currently a member of the Strategic Development Board of the College of Business. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital and on the Finance Committee of both The Foundation and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Brookdale’s Eight Nominees Are Best Positioned to Represent Your Interests
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