Cedric T. Coco — Executive VP & Chief People Officer at Brookdale Senior Living

Mr. Cedric T. Coco has been Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President at Brookdale Senior Living Inc. since October 12, 2016. Mr. Coco has nearly two decades of experience in learning and development and organization performance at Microsoft, KLA-Tencor and GE, where he served numerous leadership roles in engineering, business development, sales, general management and organizational learning. He was responsible for enterprise-wide leadership development, talent acquisition, talent management and learning strategies as well as Lowe's Companies' diversity efforts. He served as Senior Vice President of Talent Management at Lowe's Companies Inc. since 2016 until April 23, 2016. Mr. Coco served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Lowe's Companies Inc. since 2014 until 2016. Mr. Coco served as Senior Vice President of Learning and Organizational Development at Lowe's Companies Inc. since 2010. He served as Vice President of Lowe's Companies Inc. since joining it in 2008 from Microsoft. He serves on the boards of several industry and community organizations. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Deloitte Development LLC (also known as Bersin & Associates, LLC). Mr. Coco Named as the 2009 Chief Learning Officer of the Year by CLO Magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana and an M.B.A. from San Jose State University.