NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Office Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: OPI) today announced that its Board of Trustees has elected Donna D. Fraiche and William A. Lamkin as Independent Trustees in Class II and Class III of OPI’s Board, respectively, effective January 15, 2019. With the election of Ms. Fraiche and Mr. Lamkin, OPI’s Board increases from six to eight trustees and now includes six independent trustees.

Ms. Fraiche, age 67, is senior counsel in the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC and has practiced law in that firm since 2004. Previously, Ms. Fraiche practiced law with the firm now known as Locke Lord LLP in New Orleans, LA.

Mr. Lamkin, age 59, has been a partner in Ackrell Capital LLC, a San Francisco based investment bank, since 2003. Prior to being a partner in Ackrell Capital LLC, he was employed as a financial consultant and as an investment banker, including as a senior vice president in the investment banking division of ABN AMRO. Prior to working as a financial consultant and as an investment banker, Mr. Lamkin was a practicing attorney.

Office Properties Income Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily owns properties located throughout the United States and leased to single tenants and those with high credit quality characteristics like government entities. OPI is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, MA.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq. No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.