Kathy MacDonald | Senior Vice President of Investor Relations |
Cindy Baier | President & Chief Executive Officer |
Steve Swain | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Tao Qiu | Stifel |
Josh Raskin | Nephron Research |
Steven Valiquette | Barclays |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies |
Courtney Fondufe | Bank of America |
Ben Hendrix | RBC Capital Markets |
Hello and welcome to the Brookdale Senior Living Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Call. My name is Lauren and I will be coordinating your call today. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand you over to your host, Kathy MacDonald, to begin. Kathy, please go ahead.
Thank you and good morning.