Leadership Team

Matthew P. Gourmand

Chief Executive Officer, Director since 2026

Business Experience

Mr. Gourmand has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director of the Company, since October 1, 2026. He had previously served as the Company’s President since January 2025 and, prior to that, as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations since January 2021 and as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Investor Relations since October 2017.Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gourmand spent ten years as an equity portfolio manager at Millennium Partners and Stevens Capital Management, three years as an equity research analyst at UBS, and six years in Deloitte’s audit practice, where he qualified as both a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Gourmand earned an LLB in Law from University College London and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Expertise

As President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gourmand brings to the Board a depth of understanding of our business and operations, as well as financial expertise in long-term healthcare services, mergers and acquisitions.

Vikas Gupta

Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Gupta has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare real estate and serves as Chief Investment Officer of Omega, a publicly traded healthcare REIT (NYSE: OHI). He leads the company’s new investment activity and portfolio management, overseeing all aspects of new investments, including business development, underwriting, structuring, diligence, and documentation. He also oversees portfolio matters, including asset management, restructurings, dispositions, and re-leasing.

Prior to joining Omega, Mr. Gupta held various roles at CapitalSource Finance, most recently serving as a Vice President overseeing a portfolio of healthcare assets. He received his B.A. in Finance from the George Washington University School of Business.

Mr. Gupta serves on the Boards of Directors of the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (“FIMRC”) and the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (“NIC”), and serves on the Executive Board of the American Seniors Housing Association (“ASHA”).

Neal A. Ballew

Chief Financial Officer

Neal A. Ballew is our Chief Financial Officer and has served in this capacity since August 2026. He previously served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and joined the Company in August 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ballew spent 10 years in EY’s real estate and hospitality audit practice. Most recently, Mr. Ballew was a senior manager within EY’s professional practice group assisting audit clients on technical accounting matters. Mr. Ballew earned a Bachelor of Science and Master’s in Accounting from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Mr. Ballew is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Gail D. Makode

Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel

Gail D. Makode has served as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel since September 2019. Previously, she served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of IES Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:IESC), a publicly traded industrial holding company, from October 2012 to September 2019. Prior to IES, she served as General Counsel and Member of the Board at MBIA Insurance Corporation and Chief Compliance Officer of MBIA Inc. from 2006 to 2012. Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President and Counsel for Deutsche Bank AG, and as an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where she specialized in public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. She received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Yale Law School. Ms. Makode serves on the Boards of the Y of Central Maryland and the DC Bar Foundation. She has also served on the Boards of Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, a nonprofit provider of social and health services in Howard County, Maryland, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Westchester, New York/Southern Connecticut Chapter, and Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, a nonprofit provider of civil legal services to low-income families in seven counties in New York State.

Lucas M. Golem

VP, Chief Accounting Officer

Lucas M. Golem is our Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and has served in this capacity since August 2026. He previously served as our Vice President of Financial Reporting since October 2024, and prior to that as the Company’s Senior Director of Financial Reporting from May 2021 to October 2024. Prior to joining the Company in May 2021, Mr. Golem served in financial accounting and financial reporting roles at Algeco Scotsman Group (July 2013 to December 2017) and, following its North American spin-off, at WillScot Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: WSC) (January 2018 to May 2021), most recently as Senior Director of Accounting at WillScot. Prior to that, Mr. Golem served as an audit manager at Deloitte. Mr. Golem earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Loyola University Maryland. Mr. Golem is a Certified Public Accountant.

Megan M. Krull

SVP, Data, Intelligence & Government Relations

Megan M. Krull is Senior Vice President of Data, Intelligence and Government Relations of the Company, having served in that capacity since April 2010. Ms. Krull currently oversees all reimbursement, regulatory, and legislative efforts for Omega while also developing and implementing its artificial intelligence strategy. Prior to those efforts, for fifteen years, Ms. Krull oversaw the portfolio and helped lead the team of asset management professionals. From 2004 to March 2010, Ms. Krull served in various roles at CapitalSource Finance, most recently as Director, Portfolio Management. Prior to joining CapitalSource, she served in various asset management, workout, and underwriting positions for GE Capital Corporation and Heller Healthcare Finance. Ms. Krull received a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University, with a dual major in finance and human resource management, and a J.D. from the American University, Washington College of Law.