J. Brannen Edge became President and Managing Partner of Flagship Healthcare Properties in 2013, and was named Chief Executive Officer of Flagship Healthcare Trust and Flagship Healthcare Properties at the end of 2020. As CEO, Brannen is responsible for setting the strategy to execute on the company’s mission to provide extraordinary stewardship and outcomes for all we gratefully serve in healthcare real estate. Prior to joining Flagship in 2006, Brannen was a Vice President in the commercial banking group at BB&T (now Truist). After BB&T, he earned his M.B.A. from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he graduated as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma with dual concentrations in Finance and Real Estate. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Brannen has lived in North Carolina since 1999 and in Charlotte, NC since 2001. In addition to spending time with his wife, son and daughter, Brannen enjoys travel, reading, sports, exercise and golf. Fun Fact: I ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
