Brookdale Hires Lowe’s Veteran Cedric Coco to Lead HR

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD), the largest owner and operator of seniors housing properties in the United States, has hired Cedric Coco as executive vice president and chief people officer.

Coco previously served in various human resource roles for Lowe’s Cos. Inc. since 2008, most recently as senior vice president of human resources.

Prior to Lowe’s, Coco worked nearly two decades at Microsoft Corp., KLA-Tencor Corp. and General Electric Co., where he held numerous leadership roles in engineering, business development, sales, general management and organizational learning.