Mary Sue Patchett has served as Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (Brookdale), the nation's largest operator of senior housing facilities, since December 2025, and served as Interim Executive Vice President Community & Field Operations upon rejoining Brookdale from September through November 2025. Ms. Patchett held various senior leadership positions at Brookdale from 2011 until her retirement in 2021. Her last position at Brookdale was as Executive Vice President of Strategic Operations, serving from March 2020 to June 2021, where in addition to her strategic planning, market/competitive positioning and government affairs responsibilities, she served as commander of Brookdale's COVID-19 emergency response center, leading a team of internal experts and external consultants to develop and execute pandemic protocols. Ms. Patchett also served as the Executive Vice President of Community and Field Operations at Brookdale, and before that, was President of the Southeast Division. Ms. Patchett is also serving as Board Chair and secretary of the Angels in Action Corporation. Ms. Patchett earned her B.S. in business from George Mason University. We believe Ms. Patchett is qualified to serve as a director because of her substantial managerial experience in the healthcare sector and longstanding involvement in the senior care industry.