{"id":1004484142,"date":"2020-10-13T00:40:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T08:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004484142"},"modified":"2020-10-13T00:40:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T08:40:26","slug":"the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/","title":{"rendered":"The RMR Group Promotes Jennifer Francis to EVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004484163\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004484163\" data-attachment-id=\"1004484163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/19-143\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1360,1020\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Bill Horsman&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;RMR Group exectutives at RMR offices Newton, MA for use by RMR Group&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1572270043&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Bill Horsman all rights reserved 2019&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;110&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;19-143-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"19-143-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jennifer Francis, Executive Vice President, RMR Group. Image courtesy of RMR Group&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"wp-image-1004484163 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004484163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Francis, Executive Vice President, RMR Group. <em>Image courtesy of RMR Group<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The RMR Group has promoted Jennifer Francis to executive vice president, in which role she is responsible for asset management and leasing activities at all properties managed by the Nasdaq-listed firm. Francis is also president and Chief Operating Officer of Diversified Healthcare Trust, a client company of RMR. She is based in&nbsp;<span class=\"top-card__subline-item\">Newton, Mass.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The executive, who reports directly to RMR\u2019s&nbsp;CEO Adam Portnoy, has more than 30 years of&nbsp;commercial real estate experience, with extensive knowledge of all aspects of property operations. Prior to joining the Nasdaq-listed firm in 2006, she served as a partner at CBRE\/NE Partners, where she performed brokerage and corporate advisory services. Francis also worked for nine years at&nbsp;The Gunwyn Co., where&nbsp;she was responsible for the asset management of a&nbsp;commercial, retail and residential portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Francis attended Syracuse University and has taken courses in real estate, management and development at Harvard University and MIT, among others. She is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and of the Commercial Real Estate Women. Francis also serves on the executive board of the American Seniors Housing Association.<\/p>\n<p>Alternative asset management firm RMR has $32 billion in assets under management, with more than 2,100 real estate properties. The company last month&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/rmr-completes-revamp-of-dc-medical-property\/\">completed a $26 million redevelopment<\/a> of a Class A medical office property in Washington, D.C.&nbsp;Diversified Healthcare Trust owns the&nbsp;133,000-square-foot asset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The executive oversees asset management for the Nasdaq-listed firm, which has a more than 2,100-property portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004484163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,21742,10,21744],"tags":[32789,37694,33461],"class_list":["post-1004484142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boston","category-latest","category-northeast","category-people","tag-cbre","tag-harvard-university","tag-the-rmr-group"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The RMR Group Promotes Jennifer Francis to EVP - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The RMR Group Promotes Jennifer Francis to EVP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The executive oversees asset management for the Nasdaq-listed firm, which has a more than 2,100-property portfolio.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-13T08:40:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"the Editors of Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/\",\"name\":\"The RMR Group Promotes Jennifer Francis to EVP - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-13T08:40:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1b82b91678533ae5d40e3240086a42bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-rmr-group-promotes-jennifer-francis-to-evp\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/Jennifer-Francis-e1602496191181.jpg\",\"width\":1360,\"height\":1020,\"caption\":\"Jennifer Francis, Executive Vice President, RMR Group. 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