Cousins Properties, the Atlanta-based real estate investment trust, said Donna Hyland, president and chief executive officer of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, has been elected to the company’s board of directors.
Hyland, whose election became effective Tuesday, is also a former chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Children’s Healthcare.
In a statement, Cousins President and CEO Larry Gellerstedt said Hyland’s business and financial experience “will bring a valuable perspective to our board.”
Hyland joined what was then Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center 28 years ago, rising through the ranks and eventually helping to forge the 1998 merger of Scottish Rite with the Egleston Children’s Health Care System, and the additions of Hughes Spalding in 2006 and Marcus Autism Center in 2008 to children’s health care system, one of the largest in the nation.
She was named Georgia Trend magazine's Most Respected Business Leader in 2011 and has been named among 100 Most Influential Georgians for three years in a row. (Read this 2012 AJC Biz Beat interview with Donna Hyland)
Cousins Properties invests in office and mixed-use developments.
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