Kendal on Hudson names Pamela Klapproth CEO/executive director

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Pamela Klapproth

Pamela B. Klapproth has been appointed Kendal on Hudson’s new CEO / executive director.

Klapproth’s first day at the Sleepy Hollow, NY, continuing care retirement community will be April 1. She succeeds Steve Fishler, who has been the community’s interim executive director since August.

Klapproth has more than 20 years of experience as an executive senior living professional, including positions as CEO / executive director of Covenant Living of Cromwell, Cromwell, CT, and CEO of Fairview, Odd Fellows Home in Groton, CT.

A licensed nursing home administrator, she has an undergraduate degree in business administration (health systems management) from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Hartford. She also has a certificate in long-term care administration from the graduate school of the University of Connecticut.

Sabra Health Care REIT hires Darrin Smith as EVP of investments

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Darrin Smith

Darrin Smith joined Irvine, CA-based Sabra Health Care REIT as executive vice president – investments March 23, the company announced Monday. He is overseeing the investment team and assisting the Sabra leadership team with business development opportunities.

Smith has more than 25 years of real estate experience, including 14 years in healthcare real estate, and joins a team of professionals led by Talya Nevo-Hacohen, Sabra’s chief investment officer.

Smith most recently was senior vice president – senior housing investments at HCP (now Healthpeak Properties) from January 2010 to December 2018. Before joining HCP in 2005, he worked for GE Capital Real Estate for six years. Before that, he spent more than five years in the real estate group of Ernst & Young.

McKesson announces Bansi Nagji to step down as EVP, chief strategy and business development officer

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Bansi Nagji

Bansi Nagji, executive vice president and chief strategy and business development officer at Irving, TX-based McKesson Corp., will step down from his role effective today, the company announced March 23.

Nagji will continue to be employed with the company for several weeks to assist with transitional activities. McKesson said it expects to name his successor within the next few months, after a search process.

Before joining McKesson in 2015, Nagji was a principal of Deloitte Consulting, where he led the U.S. strategy service line and the global practice of Monitor Deloitte, which was formed by the global merger of Monitor Group with Deloitte in January 2013. He was instrumental in the integration of Monitor into Deloitte’s operations. Before the merger with Deloitte, Nagji was president of Monitor Group. Nagji has served on several boards, including Change Healthcare.

Cushman & Wakefield’s Florida multifamily investment sales team adds Denny St. Romain and Jubeen Vaghefi

Denny St. Romain and Jubeen Vaghefi will lead a new five-member investment sales team based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Cushman & Wakefield’s Florida Multifamily Group, the company announced.

St. Romain and Vaghefi will partner with Cushman & Wakefield Vice Chairman Robert Given and Executive Managing Director Robert Kaplan in spearheading a combined Florida platform. The statewide team will continue to focus on representing institutional and private multifamily owners in the sale and financing of existing multifamily properties and developable land, as well as arranging construction financing and structuring equity.

St. Romain and Vaghefi both join Cushman & Wakefield as vice chairmen and will focus on properties statewide. They are joined by three team members, Senior Director Charles Crapse and Directors Alex Kupp and Scott Peek. The team will work closely with Cushman & Wakefield’s existing multifamily investment sales experts throughout the state of Florida, as well its Equity, Debt & Structured Finance specialists, the company said.

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Jubeen Vaghefi

When combined, St. Romain and Vaghefi and the existing Cushman & Wakefield team have transacted approximately more than $50 billion in property sales, financing and equity transactions.

St. Romain and Vaghefi each bring more than 20 years of experience to their new roles with Cushman & Wakefield. They have worked as a team for more than 10 years and have held management-level positions at a number of brokerage firms. They most recently worked for Walker & Dunlop.

In addition to Given, Kaplan, St. Romain, Vaghefi, Crapse, Kupp and Peek, Cushman & Wakefield’s Florida Multifamily Team includes Zachary Sackley, Troy Ballard, Calum Weaver and Neal Victor in South Florida; Jay Ballard and Ken Delvillar in Orlando; and Brad Capas, Nick Meoli and Mike Donaldson in West-Central Florida. Kaplan, along with Chris Lentz and Mark Rutherford facilitate debt, equity and structured finance throughout Florida.