EPR Properties announced that David M. Brain is retiring from the company on March 31, 2015 and Gregory K. Silvers, currently the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of the company, has been appointed by the Board of Trustees to succeed Brain as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective immediately. Silvers was appointed EPR's Executive Vice President in February 2012. From 1998 until this appointment, he served as Vice President.

He also served as EPR's Chief Operating Officer since 2006 and Chief Development Officer since 2001, and he previously served as Secretary and General Counsel from 1998 until October 2012.