Senior Housing Properties Trust Appoints a New Independent Trustee and a Lead Independent Trustee
September 28 2015 - 5:35PM
Business Wire
Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced the
appointment of Ms. Lisa Harris Jones as a new Independent Trustee
and Mr. Jeffrey P. Somers as Lead Independent Trustee.
Ms. Harris Jones is a member of the Maryland law firm Harris,
Jones & Malone, which she founded in 2000, and today is one of
the most successful female and minority owned professional firms in
the United States. She has been active in numerous civic
organizations, and in 2012 was the recipient of the YWCA Greater
Baltimore Special Leadership Award. The SNH Board has determined
that Ms. Harris Jones is an “Independent Trustee” as defined by the
applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and SNH’s Bylaws.
Ms. Harris Jones will chair SNH’s Nominating and Governance
Committee.
Mr. Somers will serve as the first Lead Independent Trust of the
SNH Board. Mr. Somers, who has served on the SNH Board since 2009,
is Of Counsel with the law firm of Morse, Barnes-Brown &
Pendleton, PC, of Waltham, MA, where he previously served as
managing member for a number of years. He held the same role at his
prior law firm and began his legal career as a staff attorney at
the SEC. In addition to serving as Lead Independent Trustee, Mr.
Somers will now chair SNH’s Compensation Committee. He is succeeded
by Ms. Harris Jones as the chair of SNH’s Nominating &
Governance Committee.
Ms. Harris Jones replaces Mr. Fred Zeytoonjian, who retired from
SNH’s Board. Mr. Zeytoonjian’s resignation was not the result of
any disagreement with SNH.
Senior Housing Properties Trust is a real estate investment
trust that owns senior living and healthcare related properties,
including independent and assisted living communities, nursing
homes, medical office buildings and biotech research laboratories.
SNH’s investment portfolio includes 428 properties, located in 43
states and Washington, D.C., which are leased to approximately 650
different tenants. SNH is headquartered in Newton, MA.
A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with
transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the New York
Stock Exchange.
No shareholder, Trustee or officer is
personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.
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