The candidate currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR). He was appointed Executive Vice President of the company in February of 2012. The candidate also served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Development Officer, and he previously served as the company’s Secretary and General Counsel from 1998 until 2012. From 1994 to 1998, he practiced with the law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP specializing in real estate law. The candidate received his JD in 1994 from the University of Kansas.

EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) invests in places to play and learn. The self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) owns around 140 movie megaplex theaters and theater-anchored entertainment retail centers around the US and Canada. The REIT buys properties from theater operators and leases them back to the original owners. Many of its theaters are leased to AMC Entertainment. EPR also owns ski resorts (for clients including Camelback Mountain Resorts), golf resorts (for operator TopGolf), waterparks (including Schlitterbahn parks), public charter schools, early education centers, and private schools. Market Cap: $5.1 billion.

Candidate ID: 130793