Beth J. Blankenship

SVP, Legal Affairs

Beth J. Blankenship joined National Health Investors in September 2024, bringing with her over 25 years of legal and healthcare real estate experience. Her career spans roles as an attorney in private practice, in-house counsel, and real estate executive.  Most recently, she served nearly 14 years at Lifepoint Health where she held the positions of VP, Associate General Counsel and VP, Real Estate. In these roles, she developed the company’s real estate program, led the company’s real estate department and oversaw the national real estate portfolio, including the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of real estate.

Prior to joining Lifepoint Health in 2010, she was a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis (now Holland & Knight) in Nashville, Tennessee.  Her practice focused on office leasing, healthcare real estate, and retail real estate law.  She began her career as an attorney at the law firm of Balch & Bingham in Huntsville, Alabama.

Beth holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University and a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and serves on the board for Liberty’s Station in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.