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M. Ryan Gorman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Coldwell Banker, the original Silicon Valley real estate start-up founded in 1906 in San Francisco. In this capacity, he is responsible for the day-to-day franchise and brokerage operations supporting more than 94,000 agents in 3,000 offices in 43 countries and territories around the world. He additionally serves as the President and CEO of Realogy Brokerage Group LLC, including the Realogy Brokerage Group-owned brokerage offices doing business as Coldwell Banker Realty. As one of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages, powered by a network of more than 52,200 independent real estate agents operating from over 700 offices in more than 50 markets across the United States, Coldwell Banker Realty is the largest component of Realogy Holdings (NYSE: RLGY). Prior to serving as President and CEO of Coldwell Banker NRT LLC (now Realogy Brokerage Group LLC), Gorman served as Chief Strategy and Operating Officer and as its Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations, where he brought a heightened focus on service delivery, defined a comprehensive integrated growth strategy and leveraged the resources of NRT and Realogy to drive a superior experience for affiliated agents, employees and consumers. Earlier in his Realogy career, as Corporate Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Development, he oversaw strategic development and merger and acquisition activities across Realogy’s entire portfolio in the U.S. and beyond, from title insurance agencies to real estate brokerages to expansion of Realogy’s world-renowned brands and franchisees. Before joining Realogy in 2004, Gorman held advisory and principal investment roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Credit Suisse, and The Blackstone Group. He graduated with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Joe M. Cruz is a Chief Executive Officer at Urban Realty; Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker at Town Residential; and Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker at Compass, Inc. and is based in New York. He attended CUNY New York City College of Technology.