Jessica Hazel | Vice President-Investor Relations |
Lucinda Baier | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Dawn Kussow | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Ben Hendrix | RBC Capital Markets |
Joshua Raskin | Nephron Research LLC |
Joanna Gajuk | Bank of America |
Steven Valiquette | Barclays Investment Bank |
Hello, everyone and welcome to Brookdale Senior Living's Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. My name is Bruno and I'll be operating your call today. [Operator Instructions]
I will now hand over to your host, Jessica Hazel, Vice President of Investor relations. Please go ahead.