Accolade, Inc. Announces Board and Committee Changes
January 27, 2021 at 09:00 am EST
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On January 24, 2021, James Madden and Michael Yang notified Accolade, Inc. (the “Company”) of their decision to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately. Neither of Mr. Madden’s nor Mr. Yang’s resignation was the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices. On January 25, 2021, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, the Board appointed Cindy Kent to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Yang’s resignation and serve as a Class I director of the Company whose term will expire at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders. Concurrently with her appointment to the Board, Ms. Kent was appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Kent is the current executive vice president and president of Brookdale Senior Living. Kent oversees day-to-day operations of senior living with responsibility for revenue and profitability growth. Prior to Brookdale, Kent oversaw the Infection Prevention Division at 3M, responsible for the $1.7 billion global business operations in 60 countries and sales in 170 countries. Kent's management responsibility included clinical, research and development, supply chain operations and commercial functions globally.
She currently sits on the Board of Trust at Vanderbilt University.
Accolade, Inc. provides personalized, technology-enabled solutions that help people understand, navigate, and utilize the healthcare system and their workplace benefits. Its customers are primarily employers that deploy Accolade solutions in order to provide employees and their families with a single place to turn for their health, healthcare, and benefits needs. It also offers medical opinion services to commercial customers and virtual primary care and mental health support. Its platform, True Health Engine, combines open, cloud-based intelligent technology with multimodal support from a team of empathetic and knowledgeable Accolade Health Assistants and clinicians, including registered nurses, physician medical directors, pharmacists, behavioral health specialists, womenâs health specialists, case management specialists, expert medical opinion providers, and virtual primary care physicians. Its offerings include Accolade Expert MD, Accolade Care, Plus and Connect and Accolade One.