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James Mead

Advisory Board Member

Mr. Mead is Chief Financial Officer of Thomas James Homes and has over two decades experience in the REIT industry. Previously, from 2017 – 2018, Mr. Mead served as the CFO of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a NYSE listed company and the largest grocery anchored retail owner, where he was responsible for guiding the company’s repositioning as a REIT. From 2010 – 2015, Mr. Mead served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of SL Green Realty, an S&P 500, NYSE listed REIT with over 50 million square feet of investments in office, retail and residential properties in New York City.

Prior to that, Mr. Mead was CFO of the NYSE listed Strategic Hotels & Resorts, a hotel REIT with properties in the United States, Mexico and Europe, and chief financial officer and head of operations for the California-based apartment REIT, Irvine Apartment Communities. Mr. Mead is on the Board of Advisors for the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane University, is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow, and a member of Ascend Pinnacle Pan-Asian corporate directors. Mr. Mead was formerly a member of the Board of Directors for Easterly Government Properties (NYSE: DEA), where he also chaired the audit committee.