Brookdale Senior Living Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jordan R. Asher, MD, MS, as an independent director, effective February 24, 2020. Dr. Asher was appointed as a Class II member of the Board for a term scheduled to expire at the Company's 2020 annual meeting of stockholders. Brookdale's Board is now comprised of nine directors, eight of whom are independent. Dr. Asher is a highly experienced healthcare executive with more than 20 years of expertise and a history of success in large matrixed, mission-based, national healthcare systems. Since 2018, he has served as the Chief Physician Executive and Senior Vice President of Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, VA., a large integrated delivery health system including a clinically integrated network and insurance company serving Virginia and North Carolina.