VEREIT, Inc. announced the appointment of Richard J. Lieb and Mary Hogan Preusse to the company's Board of Directors. The appointments of the two new Independent Directors are effective immediately. Additionally, Independent Director Bruce D. Frank has resigned from the Board, also effective immediately. Mr. Lieb is a Managing Director and Chairman of Real Estate at Greenhill & Co., LLC. Prior to that, he was head of the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging Group and also served as Greenhill's Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2012. Mr. Lieb also serves as an independent director of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Ms. Hogan Preusse is Managing Director and Co-Head of Americas Real Estate for APG Asset Management US. She is responsible for managing all of the firm's public real estate investments in North and South America, and is a member of the Executive Board of APG Asset Management US. Ms. Hogan Preusse also serves as an independent director of Kimco Realty Corp. She serves on NAREIT's Investor Advisory Council and is a member of the Real Estate Advisory Board for the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University.