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RICHMOND, Va. — LeadingAge Virginia, the state’s chapter of the nonprofit seniors housing association, has hired Melissa Andrews as its next president and CEO.

VERO BEACH, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has promoted Chris Shepherd to vice president of creative program development. Shepherd starts his new role while also supporting the opening of a new assisted living and memory care community, Pelican Landing.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Gary Sabin will retire from the CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE) board of directors. Sabin is leaving the company for a senior leadership position within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

IRVINE, Calif. — HCP (NYSE: HCP) has re-hired Tom Herzog as the company’s chief financial officer, a position he held from 2009 to 2011. Herzog will also be an executive vice president with the company.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Collette Valentine, the chief operating officer and chief operating officer of Integral Senior Living  (ISL), a senior living management company based in Carlsbad, has been named to the Board of Argentum. She will serve a three-year term for the seniors housing trade association formerly known as the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA).

CHICAGO — Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR), one of the largest healthcare REITs in the United States, has appointed James “Denny” Shelton to serve as the company’s independent presiding director.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kisco Senior Living has named Tom Ford the executive director of The Cardinal, an upcoming seniors housing community in Raleigh.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — CBRE Group Inc. has hired Ross Sanders to join CBRE Capital Markets’ National Senior Housing Investment Sales Practice as first vice president.

CARMEL, Ind. – Mainstreet, a skilled nursing developer, has added three new hires to its headquarters in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel.