---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-119746"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DHC"
cik: "0001075415"
company_name: "DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST"
filed_at: "2023-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T23:11:06.528347+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Jennifer Francis resigns; Christopher Bilotto to take over as President and CEO effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Jennifer F. Francis resigns as President and CEO effective Dec 31, 2023; she is retiring from RMR on June 30, 2024.
- Christopher J. Bilotto appointed as President and CEO effective Jan 1, 2024; currently EVP at RMR and CEO of Office Properties Income Trust (resigning Dec 31, 2023).
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure; standard indemnification agreement to be entered.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-119746
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DHC
- cik: 0001075415
- company_name: DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST
- filed_at: 2023-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075415/000110465923119746/0001104659-23-119746-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075415/000110465923119746/tm2331061d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-119746
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-119746.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-119746.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer F. Francis resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Jennifer F. Francis, who is retiring from RMR on June 30, 2024, and therefore has resigned as our President and Chief Executive Officer, effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075415/000110465923119746/0001104659-23-119746-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher J. Bilotto was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On November 17, 2023, our Board of Trustees, or the Board, appointed Christopher J. Bilotto as our President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1075415/000110465923119746/0001104659-23-119746-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.