Kathy MacDonald | SVP, IR |
Lucinda Baier | President, CEO & Director |
Steven Swain | EVP & CFO |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies |
Marco Criscuolo | Nephron Research |
Tao Qiu | Stifel, Nicolaus & Company |
Steven Valiquette | Barclays Bank |
Benjamin Hendrix | RBC Capital Markets |
Joanna Gajuk | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Brookdale Senior Living First Quarter Earnings Call. My name is Victoria, and I will be coordinating your call today. [Operator Instructions]. I'll now pass over to your host, Kathy MacDonald, to begin. Please go ahead.