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In February 2019, Colin Connolly was elected to the Board of Directors of Cousins Properties, in addition to his election to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2019. Colin joined Cousins in September 2011 as Senior Vice President, focused on acquisitions and dispositions. He became Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer in May 2013, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer in December 2015, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in July 2016. Prior to joining Cousins, Colin served as Executive Director with Morgan Stanley from December 2009 to August 2011 and as Vice President with Morgan Stanley from December 2006 to December 2009. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Colin worked in the Investments Group at CarrAmerica Realty Corporation where he worked on the acquisition and disposition of office properties.

Kenneth F. Bernstein is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Acadia Realty Trust, which he co-founded in 1998. Acadia Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust specializing in the acquisition, redevelopment and management of open air retail properties. Acadia owns, or has ownership interest in over 100 properties totaling approximately $2.5 billion dollars in value. Acadia executes its growth initiatives through a series of discretionary institutional acquisition funds. Acadia recently launched Fund IV which is capitalized to acquire $1.5 billion dollars of retail properties. Mr. Bernstein served as Chief Operating Officer of RD Capital until its merger with Mark Centers Trust in 1998, creating Acadia Realty Trust. Prior to that, Mr. Bernstein was an associate with the New York law firm of Battle Fowler, LLP. Mr. Bernstein received his BA from the University of Vermont and his JD from Boston University School of Law. Mr. Bernstein sits on the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He sits on the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Board of Governors, and is a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the Real Estate Roundtable. In addition to being a member of the World President’s Organization (YPO-WPO), where he was the founding chairman of the Real Estate Network and currently sits on the Board of Advisors, he also sits on the Department of Real Estate Advisory Board at Baruch College. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of BRT Realty (NYSE:BRT) as well as Golub Capital (NASDAQ:GBDC).

Elias Sabo joined The Compass Group in 1998 as one of the founding partners. He is a member of the Investment Committee and, alongside Elias Offenberg, he plays a critical role in directing the company’s strategy. In addition, he is responsible for all of the business of the company’s West Coast office, as well as the Alternative Investment Vehicles. Elias Sabo has helped create a collegial work environment that bridges the geographic distance with clearly defined, achievable expectations tempered by responsibility and trust. Elias Sabo is currently a director and the Chairman of Fox Factory Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FOXF), Advanced Circuits, Inc. and Tridien Medical. Elias Sabo also serves as a director for a number of other companies, including Arnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation, The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. and Liberty Safe and Security Products, Inc. Prior to The Compass Group, Elias Sabo was with CIBC Oppenheimer, Boundary Partners and Colony Capital. Elias is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.