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Steven E. Swain joined Brookdale as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2018. Prior to joining Brookdale, Mr. Swain served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DISH Network Corporation from October 2014 to August 2018, after having served as its Senior Vice President of Programming from April 2014 to October 2014, and as its Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis since joining the company in 2011. Prior to DISH Network, Mr. Swain spent more than 15 years working in the telecommunications sector, most recently at CenturyLink, Inc. and Qwest Communications International, Inc. (acquired by CenturyLink), where he served in multiple leadership roles in finance, including corporate financial planning and analysis, treasury and investor relations, as well as in-network engineering. Mr. Swain earned his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Steven E. Swain joined Brookdale as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2018. Prior to joining Brookdale, Mr. Swain served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DISH Network Corporation from October 2014 to August 2018, after having served as its Senior Vice President of Programming from April 2014 to October 2014, and as its Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis since joining the company in 2011. Prior to DISH Network, Mr. Swain spent more than 15 years working in the telecommunications sector, most recently at CenturyLink, Inc. and Qwest Communications International, Inc. (acquired by CenturyLink), where he served in multiple leadership roles in finance, including corporate financial planning and analysis, treasury and investor relations, as well as in-network engineering. Mr. Swain earned his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.