---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001332349-22-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKD"
cik: "0001332349"
company_name: "Brookdale Senior Living Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T04:57:52.889944+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Steven E. Swain returns from medical leave; interim CFO Dawn Kussow steps down

## Summary
- Steven E. Swain resumed as EVP and CFO on Oct 3, 2022 after temporary medical leave.
- Dawn L. Kussow ceased serving as interim CFO; she held that role since Aug 17, 2022.
- Kussow returns to her position as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001332349-22-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKD
- cik: 0001332349
- company_name: Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000076/0001332349-22-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000076/bkd-20221003.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-22-000076
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-22-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven E. Swain changed role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..
  - Action: returned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 3, 2022, Steven E. Swain, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (the “Company”), returned from a temporary medical leave of absence.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000076/0001332349-22-000076-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dawn L. Kussow changed role as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Brookdale Senior Living Inc..
  - Action: ceased serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On the same date, Dawn L. Kussow, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, ceased serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234922000076/0001332349-22-000076-index.htm

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