David Hegarty

David Hegarty served as president and chief operating officer of Senior Housing Properties Trust from its inception in 1999 to his retirement in 2018. Senior Housing Properties Trust is one of the largest publicly traded real estate investment trusts specializing in investing in senior housing and medical-related real estate in the United States, with over $8.7 billion in more than 440 properties across 42 states. David has also served in several executive officer positions for The RMR Group LLC and its predecessors from1986 to 2018. The RMR Group LLC is a publicly traded alternative asset management company that oversees $30 billion of office, industrial, health care, and hospitality real estate and investments. David is a certified public accountant, formerly with Ernst & Young, and is involved in several professional organizations. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.