Nashville healthcare executive Cindy Kent has been appointed chief operating officer of Austin, Texas-based Everly Health, a digital health company at the forefront of virtual diagnostics-driven care.

Kent brings decades of operational leadership experience to Everly Health, most recently serving as part of the senior leadership team at Brookdale Senior Living. Before that, she served as president and general manager of 3M's global infection prevention division, where she led business growth and improved performance for a $1.7 billion division across 170 countries. Prior experience also includes leadership roles with Medtronic and Eli Lilly & Co. Kent serves on the board for cloud-based personalized healthcare provider Accolade (NASDAQ: ACCD), is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute and sits on the Board of Trust for her alma mater, Vanderbilt University.