Mr. John L. Spaid has been an Executive Vice President of Finance at National Health Investors Inc. since March 08, 2016. Mr. Spaid served as Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Emeritus Corp. He joined Emeritus in January 2012. Mr. Spaid leads a team of professionals who work tirelessly to efficiently assist staff to quickly understand the business, make decisions and free them to focus on care delivery as much as possible. He has several years of financial and accounting experience, Mr. Spaid leads the Financial Planning activities for Emeritus, which supports operations, acquisitions, finance, forecasting and Board reporting. Mr. Spaid was a Senior Consultant for Deloitte, providing services to large acute care organizations. Mr. Spaid's career has spanned the entire real estate product spectrum including office, retail, industrial, residential and land investment and development. Mr. Spaid entered the Senior Housing industry in 2008 when he became Chief Financial Officer for Aegis Living, a medium-sized West Coast-based senior housing operator and developer. He received an MBA from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas.