Granger Cobb

GRANGER COBB, co-CEO of Emeritus Corporation, has 22 years of senior management
experience in the senior residential, assisted living and skilled nursing
industries. Prior to joining Emeritus in 2007, he served as President, Chief
Executive Officer and a Director of Summerville, since 2000. Mr. Cobb joined
Summerville in 1998 with its acquisition of Cobbco, Inc., a California-based
assisted living company, which he founded in 1989. Mr. Cobb is active in several
industry associations and has served on the Boards of the Assisted Living
Federation of America (ALFA), the National Investors Center and the political
action committees for ALFA and the California Assisted Living Association.