Shawn G. Johnston
Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Shawn Johnston has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since 2019. In this role, he leads the Company’s accounting and tax functions.
Mr. Johnston joined Healthpeak in 2017 and has previously served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
Before joining Healthpeak, Mr. Johnston was the Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer of UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR), a multifamily real estate investment trust, from 2016 to 2017, and Vice President – Controller from 2013 to 2016. He also served as Interim Principal Financial Officer of UDR from June 2016 through December 2016. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Johnston served as Chief Accounting Officer at American Residential Communities LLC, a residential real estate company. Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager – Audit Services for Ernst & Young LLP, specializing in real estate, from 2002 to 2010. Mr. Johnston earned a Master of Accountancy from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Colorado.