National Storage Affiliates CEO and leadership

David G. Cramer joined NSA in April 2020, and currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, he has served as the Chairman of NSA’s Best Practices Committee since its inception.

David has more than 22 years of experience in the self storage industry beginning in 1998 when he joined SecurCare Self Storage, the predecessor company to NSA. At SecurCare, he served as Director of Operations from 1998 to 2005, Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2013, and President and Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to 2020. Prior to joining SecurCare Self Storage, David worked for Target (NYSE:TGT) for 12 years where he held several operational and managerial positions.

David currently serves as a board member for the Storage Business Owners Alliance Tenant Insurance program (SBOATI). SBOATI is an insurance product that was created by self storage owners for self storage owners.

As the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Brandon S.Togashi oversees all financial functions for the Company including treasury, capital markets, accounting, taxation, investor relations and internal audit. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Brandon served as Chief Accounting Officer beginning in January 2017, and previous to that served as Vice President and Controller since joining the Company in December 2014.

Previously, he served as Vice President of Corporate Accounting at DCT Industrial Trust, a publicly traded industrial REIT, and Senior Manager at KPMG in the accounting firm's audit and advisory practice.

Brandon holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Colorado State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.