TOLEDO, Ohio, May 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Welltower
Inc. (NYSE: HCN) today announced that Mary Ellen Pisanelli has joined Welltower as
Senior Vice President - Legal & Administration. Ms.
Pisanelli joins Welltower from Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
("Shumaker") where she served as Partner and was previously a
Member of the Firm's Management Committee. Ms. Pisanelli was
also Shumaker's Relationship Partner for Welltower and Co-Chair of
the firm's REIT practice group.
"Mary Ellen has extensive
knowledge of Welltower and a thorough understanding of
the company's business from her time providing advice and counsel
in support of transactions, debt and equity offerings, and
governance matters. During her more than 25 years as an
outside advisor to the company, Mary
Ellen has been a trusted partner to Welltower.
We are thrilled to have her join the Welltower team," said Tom
DeRosa, Welltower's Chief Executive Officer. "Her
expertise, energy and commitment to excellence are a great match
for Welltower's strategic focus on transforming healthcare
infrastructure."
Ms. Pisanelli will join Welltower in the coming weeks. In
her new role, she will provide legal support across the company's
portfolio of U.S.-based real estate assets and will oversee a
number of corporate administrative functions. She will report
to Tom DeRosa, on administrative
matters and to Matthew McQueen,
Senior Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary on
legal matters.
Ms. Pisanelli joined Shumaker in 1982 and was named Partner in
1990. During her time at Shumaker, Ms. Pisanelli led the team
supporting numerous successful debt and equity offerings including
Welltower's 2016 issuance of $700
million of 10-year unsecured debt, Welltower's largest
single-tranche debt offering in its history. In 2015 and
2016, Ms. Pisanelli and her team assisted Welltower in its
completion of approximately $4.8
billion and $3.0 billion of
gross investments, respectively, and approximately $1.2 billion and $2.0
billion of strategic dispositions,
respectively. She has been recognized for the past ten
years in the listing The Best Lawyers In America and has
authored a number of publications.
Ms. Pisanelli is a recognized leader in the Northwest Ohio community. She serves on
the Board of Trustees for the University of
Toledo and was recently nominated to become its Vice
Chair. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the
Toledo Museum of Art, where she chairs the Audit Committee and is a
past President of the Board of Directors for the Toledo Zoo, where
she chaired the 2015 Capital Levy Campaign. She holds a B.A.
from the University of Vermont and an
M.A. from the University of Chicago. She earned her J.D. from
Temple University School of Law.
About Welltower
Welltower Inc. (NYSE: HCN), an S&P 500
company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health
care infrastructure. The company invests with leading seniors
housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund
the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care
delivery models and improve people's wellness and overall health
care experience. Welltower™, a real estate investment trust
("REIT"), owns interests in properties concentrated in major,
high-growth markets in the United States, Canada and
the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing and
post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties. More
information is available at www.welltower.com
About Shumaker Loop and
Kendrick, LLP
Shumaker is a full-service law firm founded in Toledo, Ohio in 1925, with more than 260
attorneys located in Ohio,
Florida and North Carolina. More information is available
at www.slk-law.com
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