Sonida Senior Living, Inc. announced the appointment of Max Levy to the newly created role of Chief Investment Officer. In addition, the Company also announced that Lilly H. Donohue will be appointed to the Board. As CIO and a member of the executive committee, Mr. Levy, who is transitioning to Sonida from his role as a Principal at Conversant Capital (?Conversant?), the Company?s largest shareholder, will leverage his deep M&A and senior living underwriting experience to lead the overall coordination and oversight of Sonida?s already rigorous investment process and multi-faceted sourcing strategy.

The Company?s inorganic growth strategy aims to further upgrade and modernize its portfolio through densification to fully leverage operating scale and efficiencies through new balance sheet acquisitions and joint ventures. With his new role, Mr. Levy, who has served as a Director since 2021, has stepped down as a member of the Board of Directors (the ?Board?). Max Levy has been a Principal at Conversant since 2020.

At Conversant, Mr. Levy leads investments across several sectors, including healthcare real estate, in both public and private markets. From 2015 to 2020, Mr. Levy was an Analyst at The Baupost Group where he focused on real estate investments in North America and Europe. During this time, Mr. Levy was responsible for sourcing and evaluating equity and debt investments in all property types in both private real estate and public securities.

Before joining Baupost, Mr. Levy began his career as an investment banking Analyst for Hentschel & Company, a boutique real estate advisory firm, where he assisted public REITs and private real estate companies on mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising. Mr. Levy served as Director of Sonida Senior Living since 2021 and currently serves on the board of Crossroads Impact, a U.S.-based impact lender. He received a B.A. in Intellectual History from the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Lilly H. Donohue, who is joining the Board, is currently President and CEO of Everstory Partners (formerly StoneMor Inc.). Ms. Donohue most recently served as the CEO of Holiday Retirement, the largest independent senior living owner and operator in the United States with over 300 communities in 46 states. During her tenure at Holiday, she led the organization to become the first senior living company to be certified as a Great Place to Work in 2018 and has been namedGreat Place to Work for four consecutive years (2018-2021).

Prior to Holiday, Lilly was responsible for setting up Fortress Investment Group?s China investment office and was the President of Fortress Investment Group China. During her time in China, Ms. Donohue also built the leading senior living company and home care business (Starcastle (Xingbao) Senior Living) in Shanghai, China for Fortress Investment Group and was the CEO of Starcastle from its inception in 2013. Before moving to China in 2011, Lilly was a managing director and member of the management committee at Fortress Investment Group since its inception in May 1998.

Prior to Fortress, Lilly started her career at BlackRock Financial Management Inc. in May 1992 to May 1997 where she was involved in all facets of raising capital, investing and managing BlackRock Asset Investors, a private equityfund. Lilly received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University. Ms. Donohue currently serves on the Dean?s Advisory Board of Boston University?s Questrom School of Business and the Senior Living Management Advisory Board of University of Central Florida?s Rosen College of Hospitality Management.

Ms. Donohue is also a board member of Synthesis Health, a next-generation technology and services company in North America, building and utilizing artificial intelligence solutions as part of a comprehensive radiology software platform to drive superior patient and practice outcomes. As a matter of practice, the Board of Directors regularly evaluates its composition and considers how it can maintain the appropriate mix of skills, qualifications and diversity of backgrounds to best oversee the business and long-term strategy of the Company. Following the appointment of Ms. Donohue, the Board will comprise nine directors and will include a Conversant Capitalappointed director replacing Max Levy, pursuant to its Shareholder Rights Agreement.