W. P. Carey Inc. announced that Margaret G. Lewis has been elected a director of the company. Ms. Lewis currently serves as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and is a Director of Flowers Foods. She has also served on the boards of the Science Museum of Virginia, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and Smithfield Foods Inc. As a senior healthcare executive, Ms. Lewis served as President of the Capital Division of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) from January 2006 to December 2013, where she oversaw 17 HCA hospitals in Virginia, New Hampshire, Kentucky and Indiana. Before that, she served as President of the Central Atlantic Division of HCA. She also served as Chief Executive Officer of CJW Medical Center, which managed the operations of Chippenham and Johnston-Willis hospitals in the Richmond area.