Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. Class A

Good day and welcome to the Healthcare Trust of America second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing star then zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, press star then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to David Gershenson, Chief Account Officer. Please go ahead.

Thank you, and welcome to Healthcare Trust of America's second quarter 2021 earnings call. We filed our earnings release in our financial supplement today after the close. These documents can be found in the investor relations section of our website or with the SEC. Please note this call is being webcast and will be available for replay for the next 90 days. We'll be happy to take your questions at the conclusion of our prepared remarks. During the course of the call, we will make forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs of management and information currently available to us. Our actual results will be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties, and factors that are beyond our control or ability to predict. Although we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future performance. Therefore, our actual future results could materially differ from our current expectations. For a detailed description on potential risks, please refer to our SEC filings which can be found in the investor relations section of our website. I will now turn the call over to Brad Blair, Chairman of Healthcare Trust of America. Brad?

Thank you, David. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today for Healthcare Trust of America's second quarter 2021 investor update call. Joining me on the call today is Peter Foss, our newly announced Chief Executive Officer, Robert Milligan, our Chief Financial Officer, and Amanda Houghton, our Executive Vice President of Asset Management. Before we discuss HTA's performance for the quarter, I first wanted to comment on the voluntary resignation of our chairman and CEO, Scott Peters. Scott founded the company in 2006 and directed its progress as we successfully grew to become the largest owner and operator of medical office buildings in the United States. We're extraordinarily proud of the company HTA has become and know that we are all very well positioned to exceed in our next phase as the leader in this evolving sector. All of us on the board thank Scott for his 15 years of service to HTA and wish him well on his future endeavors. As a result of this resignation, as I said, we have appointed Peter Foss as our chief executive officer to lead us during this transitionary period. Peter is an established leader and executive serving over 35 years at GE while leading multiple divisions and spearheading key growth initiatives for the company. He has served on HTA's board since 2015 with the relationships and insights to partner with our strong leadership team as we execute our existing business plans. One final thing to note. As noted in the 8K, the board is currently engaged in a review of several items related to the company's whistleblower line. These reviews are in their early stages, And at this point, we do not anticipate them having any material adverse financial impact on the company's operation. However, we will be unable to provide any additional color on this matter at this time. I'll now turn it over to Peter.