Sonida Senior Living, Inc. announced the appointment of Tim Cober, CPA, as Chief Accounting Officer, effective July 1, 2022. Cober joins Sonida Senior Living from Spire Hospitality, a national third-party hospitality management company, where he most recently served as Vice President of Accounting. Cober will succeed Howard Garfield whose last day with the Company will be July 1, 2022.

During his time at Spire Hospitality, Cober was involved in multiple strategic initiatives, including the accounting oversight of complex hotel joint venture structures and corporate accounting with varying bases of accounting, including U.S. GAAP, tax and cash. He was responsible for cash management, forecasting and reporting for all Spire Hospitality entities, and he oversaw the status and completion of annual financial and internal audits performed by various national and regional audit firms. Prior to that, Cober held roles as a Vice President and Corporate Controller and Vice President of Accounting Operations for two leading healthcare organizations. Notably, he transformed the accounting departments at both companies to reduce contract labor, streamline processes and support organizational growth and efficiency.

Earlier in his career, Cober served as Vice President of Central Accounting for Aimbridge Hospitality and was responsible for the Hotel Accounting Department, encompassing approximately $5 billion in revenues, 800 hotels and a staff of 100 professionals. At the beginning of his career, Cober spent several years as an Assurance Senior for Ernst & Young primarily serving private and public clients in real estate, hospitality and private equity and a Financial Services Associate for Chapman Hext, & Co. P.C.