Mr. Leupp was appointed as an independent director of the Company in January 2020. Mr. Leupp is a long-time REIT veteran, with over 25 years in the publicly traded real estate markets.

Mr. Leupp is currently the Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager for Lazard Asset Management LLC in San Francisco, CA where he has worked since 2011.

Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. Leupp was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Grubb & Ellis Alesco Global Advisors, which he founded in 2006 prior to its sale to Grubb & Ellis, and served as the Senior Portfolio Manager for their real estate securities mutual funds.

Prior to that, Mr. Leupp has a long career as an equity analyst, including as a managing director at RBC and Robertson Stephens.

Mr. Leupp also holds an MBA from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Santa Clara University.

Jay is a past member of the Board of Directors of Chaminade College Preparatory, Los Angeles; and the Santa Clara University Board of Regents. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of G.W. Williams Company, San Francisco Catholic Charities, and on the Policy Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate at the University of California, Berkeley.