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LAWRENCE B. BURROWS has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 7, 2014. Mr. Burrows served as an executive officer of the Weyerhaeuser Company from 2008 through 2013, when he retired after 25 years with the company. He was Senior Vice President of Wood Products for Weyerhaeuser Company from 2010 through 2013. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Burrows was President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (“WRECO”). Prior to becoming WRECO’s President and Chief Executive Officer, he served as President of Winchester Homes, a WRECO subsidiary, from 2003 to 2008. Mr. Burrows serves on two non-profit boards: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County and the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Previously he served as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair of Conner Industries, a privately-held industrial wood and packaging solutions company, and as an officer and Treasurer of the Chesapeake Multi-Cultural Resource Center. Before joining Weyerhaeuser Company and WRECO, Mr. Burrows was a real estate consultant and developer. Mr. Burrows served on the Board of Habitat for Humanity, Seattle/King County, and HomeAid of Northern Virginia. Mr. Burrows earned a B.A. from Rutgers University, a Masters in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business Advanced Management Program. He is the author of Growth Management: Issues, Techniques and Policy Implications, published by the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University.
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STEVEN J. GILBERT has served as a director on our Board of Directors since January 30, 2013. Mr. Gilbert is Chairman of the Board of Gilbert Global Equity Partners, L.P., a billion-dollar private equity fund, and has served in this capacity since 1998. He is currently a director of Fairholme Funds, Inc. (Nasdaq: FAIRX), an open-end management investment company; a director of MBIA, Inc. (NYSE: MBI); and the Lead Independent Director of the Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT). He is also the Lead Independent Director of Oaktree Capital Group, Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of MidOcean Equity Partners, LP, and Managing Director of Raptor Sports Capital. Mr. Gilbert formerly served as a director of SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: SEDA) from October 2021 until March 2022; Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Sun Group (USA) until 2009; and Co-Chairman of Birch Grove Capital, as well as a Senior Advisor to Continental Grain. From 1992 to 1997, he was Founder and Managing General Partner of Soros Capital L.P., the principal venture capital and leveraged transaction entity of the Quantum Group of Funds, and a principal Advisor to Quantum Industrial Holdings Ltd. From 1988 to 1992, he was the Managing Director of Commonwealth Capital Partners, L.P., a private equity investment firm. Prior to that, from 1984 to 1988, Mr. Gilbert was the Managing General Partner of Chemical Venture Partners (now CCMP Capital), which he founded. Mr. Gilbert was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1970 and practiced law at Goodwin Procter & Hoar in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an associate in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley & Co. from 1972 to 1976, a Vice President at Wertheim & Co., Inc. from 1976 to 1978 and a Managing Director at E. F. Hutton International from 1978 to 1980. Mr. Gilbert was the Chairman of the Board of Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., True Temper Sports and CPM Holdings; Co-Chairman of Stone Tower Capital Partners; and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Prostar Capital, an infrastructure fund. Mr. Gilbert has also previously served as a director of numerous companies, including Montpelier Re, Olympus Trust, Office Depot, Inc., Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., Parker Pen Limited, Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc., Boy’s Markets, Coast Community News, Inc., GTS-Duratek, the Asian Infrastructure Fund, Magnavox Electronic Systems Company, UroMed Corporation, Star City Casino Holdings, Ltd., Katz Media Corporation, Airport Group International, Batavia Investment Management, Ltd., Affinity Financial Group, Inc., ESAT Telecom, Ltd., Colep Holding, Ltd., NFO Worldwide, Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings, Limited, Freshpet, Inc., Sustainable Development Corporation, Veritas-DCG, J. O. Hambro Capital Management Group, RREEF Global Infrastructure Fund, Water Pik, Inc., and Florida Food Products, Inc. He was the principal owner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lion’s Gate Films from 1980 to 1984. Mr. Gilbert is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America (East), the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Agenda Council on Capital Flows of the World Economic Forum and the Golf Digest Course Ranking Panel, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute, as well as a Fellow of the Tribeca Disruptors Foundation. Mr. Gilbert received his B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, his J.D. from the Harvard Law School and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
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Ms. McWilliams serves as a member of our Board of Directors. She has served as Executive Vice President of Stores for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM), a specialty retailer of high-quality products for the home, since 2008. Her responsibilities include leading approximately 20,000 associates in 550 stores, as well as the customer care function. Ms. McWilliams’ responsibilities include developing retail strategies, human resources, profit and loss, margin, customer service, innovation in service offerings, product feedback and real estate relocations and remodels. Prior to joining Williams-Sonoma, Ms. McWilliams held several positions at Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) during her 29-year tenure with the Company. From 1996 to 2008, she served as Executive Vice President, leading stores in Northern California and Washington, D.C. Her responsibilities included overseeing stores, developing retail strategies, distribution centers, product development, annual budgets and net income. Prior to her EVP role, Ms. McWilliams held various positions at Nordstrom, including leading the largest store, San Francisco Centre, and serving in buying roles earlier in her career. Ms. McWilliams received her B.A. in Clothing and Textiles from Washington State University. Ms. McWilliams was honored by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2006 for excellence in business partnership, served on the Juvenile Diabetes San Francisco Board of Directors for over ten years and has lead campaigns for both the United Way and St. Jude’s.
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Ms. Moore serves as a member of our Board of Directors. She has served as a director of Civeo Corporation (NYSE: CVEO) since June 2014 and as a director of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE: HR) since March 2022. She served as a director of Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP) from November 2017 until it was acquired in December 2021 (including as chair of its board of directors since December 2020), and served as a director of Strive Communities, a private company, from January 2019 until it was acquired in April 2021. Ms. Moore served as a Director of BRE Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BRE) from September 2002 until BRE was acquired in April 2014. Ms. Moore served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BRE from January 2005 until April 2014, served as President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2004 until December 2004 and served as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer from September 2002 to December 2003. Ms. Moore has more than 40 years of experience in the real estate industry. Prior to joining BRE in 2002, she was a managing director of Security Capital Group & Affiliates. From 1993 to 2002, Ms. Moore held several executive positions with Security Capital Group, including co-chairman and chief operating officer of Archstone Communities Trust. Ms. Moore holds an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University. In 2009, she served as chair of the NAREIT. Currently, she is the chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics Policy Advisory Board at University of California, Berkeley, a Governor and a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, serves on the board of the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, serves on the board of the Tower Foundation at San Jose State University, and serves as Vice Chair of the board at BRIDGE Housing Corporation.
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Mr. Grahl serves as a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Grahl served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Resmark Equity Partners, LLC from 1999 to 2019, where he originated, underwrote, managed and directed over $3.4 billion in equity investments that resulted in the delivery of over 27,000 residential for-sale homes, for-rent homes and lots. During his tenure, Mr. Grahl focused on delivering positive risk-adjusted returns for Resmark’s institutional investors and advised its Board of Directors on corporate initiatives and investment strategy. Prior to joining Resmark, Mr. Grahl served as lead consultant to Bankers Trust regarding its CalPERS-related residential investment program from 1998 to 1999, and from 1992 to 1998, served as Senior Vice President with Prudential Home Building Investors, where he was responsible for all investment originations and operations nationwide regarding its CalPERS-related residential investment program and Prudential’s National Residential Fund. Previously, from 1986 to 1992, Mr. Grahl served as Project Manager with Home Capital Corporation, a real estate investment subsidiary of HomeFed Bank, where he originated, underwrote and managed residential investments. Mr. Grahl graduated with a B.S. in Finance/Economics from San Diego State University in 1984 and received an M.B.A. from National University in 1987.
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Mr. Rogers was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors effective upon the completion of our initial public offering. Until his retirement in January 2009, Mr. Rogers served as Executive Vice President in charge of City National Bank's Southern Region. In that position, he oversaw the delivery of commercial banking, private client and wealth management services to clients throughout Orange County, the greater San Diego area and the Inland Empire. Before joining City National Bank in 2000, Mr. Rogers served for eight years as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of The Irvine Company. Prior to that, Mr. Rogers spent more than 25 years with two major financial institutions. Specifically, he served as Executive Vice President and Division Administrator of Security Pacific National Bank's Real Estate Industries Group, Southern Division, and prior to that was Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer for Security Pacific's California Corporate Group. His previous banking career also included 15 years with the National Bank of Detroit in corporate lending assignments. In his retirement, Mr. Rogers serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Plaza Bancorp and Plaza Bank, a community business bank located in Irvine, California. He was appointed to the board of Plaza Bank in June 2009 and elected Chairman in December 2009. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Memorial Health Services, a not for profit, six hospital, integrated healthcare organization headquartered in Fountain Valley, California. Mr. Rogers received his B.A. in Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University, attended graduate school at Wayne State University in Detroit, and completed the curriculum of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the National Commercial Lending School at the University of Oklahoma.
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