NCAL'S TITTLE TO JOIN VIUM CAPITAL

The National Center for Assisted Living's (NCAU Executive Director, Scott Tittle, has announced that he will be leaving NCAL after six years of service and will be joining VIUM Capital as a Managing Director and the firm's first Head of Government Relations and External Affairs. VIUM, a national lender serving the seniors housing and healthcare space, launched just over a year ago. The company provides bank-bridge capital and permanent financing through FHA/HUD, FNMA and Freddie backed loans, among other products. VIUM has already closed nearly $1 billion of financing to the sector. Tittle's last day at NCAL will be August 6, 2021 and he will start at VIUM on September 7, 2021,

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A licensed attorney, Tittle brings over fifteen years of experience guiding assisted living and skilled nursing operators with their regulatory, reimbursement, and advocacy needs. Prior to his current role as head of NCAL, Tittle was President of the Indiana Health Care Association/Indiana Center for Assisted Living (IHCA/INCAU, a health care lawyer and lobbyist with the law firm Krieg Devault LLP, and Special Counsel and Health Policy Director to Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. "We got to know Scott well when he was leading IHCA/INCAL," shared Steve Kennedy, co-founder of VIUM. "He led an impressive turnaround there in Indiana as a leading advocate for the profession and then furthered industry-wide goals and strategic initiatives for the sector in Washington, D.C. in his role at NCAL. Several of us have worked closely with Scott over the years in advocating for affordable assisted living, strengthening FHA/HUD, and other critical industry initiatives."

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Tittle is very thankful for his time at NCAL and excited about the future. "I'm extremely proud of what we have accomplished at NCAL, especially during the last unprecedented 15 months," noted Tittle. "I have had the opportunity to work with an amazing team, be mentored by a remarkable leader in AHCA/NCAL President & CEO Mark Parkinson, and collaborate with other national health care association leaders in

D.C. as well as all of the state long term care associations across the country." Tittle continued, "I will continue advancing crucial priorities for the seniors housing and healthcare sector through my new role with VIUM, a firm that recognizes the importance of advocating on behalf of its clients and the industry as a whole."

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VIUM's leadership team is laser-focused on investing in its corporate infrastructure to position it to be the industry's leading financier. "With Medicaid, Medicare and government-related funding programs, the seniors housing and healthcare sector is inherently tied to Washington," commented Kass Matt,

co-founder of VIUM. "Scott's addition to our team will ensure that we continue to maintain, and even strengthen, our relationships with key leaders in Washington and throughout the states."

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VIUM, headquartered in Columbus, OH with offices in Austin, TX, Boca Raton, FL, and Carmel, IN, is privately owned and controlled. Municipal advisory services for tax-exempt issuers are provided through the firm's wholly owned subsidiary, VIUM Capital MA LLC. The company can be reached at viumcapital.com.

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