Pamela J. Kessler

Pamela J. Kessler has accepted the invitation of the Board of Trustees to join the Company’s Board, effective on January 1, 2018. Kessler will stand for election at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders.

Kessler is currently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of LTC Properties, Inc. (“LTC”), a position she has held since 2007. She has been with LTC as a member of the senior management team since 2000, when she joined as Vice President, Controller. Kessler oversees all aspects of finance, accounting, corporate reporting, tax and risk management, and is also responsible for LTC’s capital markets and key stakeholder engagement activities. She has over 25 years of real estate experience and has demonstrated expertise in developing, leading and executing capital markets and financial planning and analysis activities. LTC (NYSE: LTC) is a $2.5 billion real estate investment trust that invests in seniors housing and post-acute/skilled nursing properties primarily through sale-leaseback transactions, mortgage financing and structured finance solutions including mezzanine lending. Prior to joining LTC, Kessler served as the Corporate Controller for a privately held commercial and multifamily real estate developer. She was also the Director of Financial Reporting for Irvine Apartment Communities, a publicly traded multifamily REIT, and Assistant Controller of the Inland Empire division of KB Home, one of the nation’s largest publicly traded homebuilders. She began her career as a certified public accountant in the real estate group at Ernst &Young LLP.

Kessler graduated with honors earning her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Irvine where she was the Vice President of Student Services.