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Name (Age) Principal Occupation and Business Experience Service Period
Bruce W. Duncan (56) Private investor since January 2006. From April to
September 2007, Mr. Duncan served as Chief
Executive Officer of the Company on an interim
basis. From May 2005 to December 2005
Mr. Duncan was Chief Executive Officer and
Trustee of Equity Residential (“EQR”) the largest
publicly traded apartment company in the United
States. From January 2003 to May 2005, he was
President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee, and
from April 2002 to December 2002, President and
Trustee of EQR. From April 2000 until March
2002, he was a private investor. From December
1995 until March 2000, Mr. Duncan served as
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, a real
estate operating company.
Chairman of the Boards
since May 2005; Director
since April 1999;
Trustee
(1)
since August
1995
Lizanne Galbreath (50) Managing Partner of Galbreath & Company, a real
estate investment firm, since 1999. From April 1997
to 1999, Ms. Galbreath was Managing Director of
LaSalle Partners/Jones Lang LaSalle where she also
served as a Director. From 1984 to 1997,
Ms. Galbreath served as a Managing Director then
Chairman and CEO of The Galbreath Company, the
predecessor entity of Galbreath & Company.
Director and Trustee
(1)
since May 2005
Eric Hippeau (56) Managing Partner of Softbank Capital Partners, a
technology venture capital firm, since March 2000.
Mr. Hippeau served as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Ziff-Davis Inc., an integrated
media and marketing company, from 1993 to March
2000 and held various other positions with Ziff-
Davis from 1989 to 1993. Mr. Hippeau is a director
of Yahoo! Inc.
Director and Trustee
(1)
since April 1999
Stephen R. Quazzo (48) Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer and co-
founder of Transwestern Investment Company,
L.L.C., a real estate principal investment firm, since
March 1996. From April 1991 to March 1996,
Mr. Quazzo was President of Equity Institutional
Investors, Inc., a subsidiary of Equity Group
Investments, Inc.
Director since April 1999;
Trustee
(1)
since August
1995
Thomas O. Ryder (63) Retired as Chairman of the Board of The Reader’s
Digest Association, Inc. on January 1, 2007. Prior
to his retirement, Mr. Ryder was Chairman of the
Board of Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. since
January 1, 2006 and Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer from April 1998 through
December 31, 2005. Mr. Ryder was President,
American Express Travel Related Services
International, a division of American Express
Company, which provides travel, financial and
network services, from October 1995 to April 1998.
He is a director of Amazon.com, Inc.
Director and Trustee
(1)
since April 2001
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