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DALLAS — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. (HFF) has hired David Fasano as a director in its Dallas office. Fasano will work alongside managing directors Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender in HFF’s seniors housing group within its national healthcare practice. 

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) has named Eric Mendelsohn as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Mendelsohn was already the interim CEO following the departure of Justin Hutchens to HCP Inc. in August.

WASHINGTON — Ingleside, a operator of seniors housing communities in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, has named industry veteran Timothy Myers as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

CHICAGO — Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR), one of the largest REITs in the seniors housing sector, has promoted Gregory Liebbe to senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller.

NEWTON, Mass. — Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH), a seniors housing REIT based in the Boston area, has named Lisa Harris Jones as a new independent trustee and Jeffrey Somers as lead independent trustee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Granger Cobb, one of the architects of the merger between giant seniors housing operators Brookdale Senior Living and Emeritus Corp. in 2014, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 55.