Done Deals: American Healthcare Investors Expands Senior Management Team with Key Hires

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

American Healthcare Investors Expands Senior Management Team with Key Hires

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2012) – American Healthcare Investors, a commercial real estate investment firm that specializes in the acquisition and management of healthcare-related properties, and that serves as the co-sponsor of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, announced today the hiring of several division heads and other key executives:

Stefan Oh, senior vice president of acquisitions; Chris Rooney, senior vice president of asset management; Shannon Johnson, senior vice president of finance and accounting; Trevor Drummond, vice president of finance and accounting; and Cora Lo, senior vice president, securities counsel.

In December, the company announced that Damon Elder had joined as senior vice president of marketing and communications.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome this extraordinarily talented and experienced group to our senior management team,” said Danny Prosky (top right photo), principal of American Healthcare Investors and president and chief operating officer of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II.

“Each of these professionals has worked together, and with me and the other two principals of American Healthcare Investors, Jeff Hanson (middle left photo) and Mathieu Streiff (middle right photo), for more than half-a-decade. During this time they helped us build two leading non-traded healthcare REITs and acquire nearly $3 billion of healthcare properties on behalf of thousands of investors.”

Prosky added: “They each have extensive expertise in the specialized field of healthcare-related real estate investment and we are honored that they have elected to join our organization to continue building one of the best performing non-traded REITs in the nation.”

Stefan Oh’s 18-year career in commercial real estate began as an auditor within Ernst & Young LLP’s EYKL Real Estate Group in Los Angeles, California in 1993 during his career. Oh received a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University and is a certified public accountant.

As senior vice president of asset management, Chris Rooney directs the strategic asset and portfolio management function of the rapidly growing Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II portfolio.

Shannon Johnson serves as senior vice president of finance and accounting for American Healthcare Investors, as well as chief financial officer of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, a role she has filled since the REIT’s inception in 2009.

Trevor Drummond serves as vice president of finance and accounting, as well as controller of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, a role he has served in since the REIT’s inception in 2009.

Cora Lo serves as senior vice president, securities counsel of American Healthcare Investors. She began serving as an officer and secretary of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II in November 2010, having previously served as assistant secretary since March 2009.