EdR Grows Ranks With Flurry of Hires

MEMPHIS—Student housing REIT Education Realty Trust has grown its executive ranks with a number of new appointments. The firm, based here, has brought on Scott Barton as vice president of acquisitions, Liz Keough a vice president and general counsel, Randy Simpson as vice president of information technology and James Kenner as director of interior design. Barton is responsible for helping to grow EdR’s student housing portfolio and managing the leasing efforts for its retail spaces. He was formerly SVP of retail brokerage for CBRE here. Liz Keough has amassed a variety of experience through her legal career. At her former position as a director with the law firm of Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, Keough has worked with EdR for the past eight years and will bring her experience to the REIT full time. Simpson was with Diversified Trust, where as VP of information services he managed and oversaw the design and delivery of the company’s client reporting systems, website, other information management systems and central operations department. And Kenner joins to firm from Inter-Logic Design, where he was a partner.