---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001332349-22-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKD"
cik: "0001332349"
company_name: "Brookdale Senior Living Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T01:51:44.892483+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brookdale CFO Steven Swain takes medical leave; Dawn Kussow appointed Interim CFO

## Summary
- Steven Swain, EVP and CFO, begins temporary medical leave effective August 17, 2022.
- Dawn Kussow, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, appointed Interim CFO during his absence.
- Kussow has been with Brookdale since 2007, previously served as Corporate Controller.
- Kussow to receive $25,000 monthly special performance bonus in addition to current compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001332349-22-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKD
- cik: 0001332349
- company_name: Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000074/0001332349-22-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000074/bkd-20220804.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-22-000074.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven E. Swain departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..
  - Action: took a temporary medical leave of absence
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Steven E. Swain, will take a temporary medical leave of absence beginning on such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000074/0001332349-22-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dawn L. Kussow was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 4, 2022, the Board of Directors of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dawn L. Kussow to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer beginning effective August 17, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000074/0001332349-22-000074-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.