MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) has hired David Travis as its senior vice president and chief accounting officer, effective May 1. He joins the Murfreesboro-based REIT to replace Ron Reel, who is retiring at the end of the year.
Travis has over 20 years of accounting and financial reporting experience including over 12 years as a chief accounting officer for publicly traded healthcare REITs. Prior to joining NHI, he was the chief accounting officer with MedEquities Realty Trust Inc. from 2014 through the completion of its merger with Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) in 2019. Before that he was chief accounting officer for Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE: HR) from 2006 to 2014.
Before joining Healthcare Realty Trust, Travis was an auditor for Ernst & Young LLP from 1996 to 2006 where he led the audits of public and private enterprises across multiple industries.
Travis earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Memphis and is a certified public accountant (CPA).