Melanie J. Kosich

40 Sedgemeadow Road
Wayland, Massachusetts 01778
Office Phone (508) 358-7387
Cell Phone (508) 189-4399
Fax (508) 358-2819
Email: kosich@tellatin.com

Employment
Ms. Kosich joined Tellatin, Short, Hansen & Clark, Inc., in January, 2000. Prior to that time, she was employed by Continental Wingate Company for 12 years. The most recent six years were spent as a commercial loan underwriter of conduit and Fannie Mae seniors housing loans. She initially joined Continental Wingate to work in the long-term care operations and development division. Prior to joining Continental Wingate, Ms. Kosich worked for nine years at Faulkner Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, as Director of Planning and Marketing, as well as Administrator of the hospital's nursing homes.

Experience
Ms. Kosich has worked in health care management since 1976. As a licensed nursing home administrator, she has managed both proprietary and non-profit facilities, has opened a newly constructed facility, and has started a home care company. She has conducted the due diligence and market studies for the construction and acquisition of several nursing facilities in the New England states. From 1994 to 2000, she was a conduit and Fannie Mae commercial loan underwriter of first mortgages placed on a variety of health care properties, including nursing, assisted living, congregate care facilities and residential treatment facilities. Since joining the firm, she has concentrated exclusively on the appraisal of nursing and seniors housing facilities. Most assignments have included an in-depth market analysis.

Ms. Kosich has assisted in the performance of appraisals in the following states: CT, GA, FL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT and WV.

State Licensure
Ms. Kosich is licensed as a certified general appraiser in her domicile state of Massachusetts, as well as in New York, Ohio, Connecticut, and Georgia. She is also a licensed nursing home administrator in Massachusetts.

Education
Ms. Kosich received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and an MBA degree in Health Care Management from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ms. Kosich is an MAI candidate and has completed all of the required courses of the Appraisal Institute in pursuit of this designation.