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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES REIT INC (AVB)

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Board of Directors

Director information for AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES REIT INC (data for year 2026)

NamePositionAgeQualifications and ExperienceCommittee MembershipsFiling Year
Benjamin W. SchallDirector51["Joined the Company as President in January 2021","Became Chief Executive Officer effective January 3, 2022","Former Chief Executive Officer and President of Seritage Growth Properties","Former Chief Operating Officer of Rouse Properties, Inc.","Former Senior Vice President of Vornado Realty Trust","Member of the Executive Board of Nareit","Executive Committee member of the National Multifamily Housing Council","Member of The Real Estate Roundtable","Board Member of the Economic Club of DC","Co-Chair of the Board of University Settlement"]["IFC","Investment and Finance"]2026
Charles E. Mueller, Jr.Director62["Chief Executive Officer at Progress Residential","President of Irvine Company Apartment Communities","President and Chief Executive Officer of ConAm Management Corporation","held several positions with Archstone including President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer"]["AC (Chair)","IFC","Audit (Chair)","Investment and Finance"]2026
Christopher B. HowardDirector57["Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Arizona State University since February 2022","President of Robert Morris University (PA) from 2016 until January 2022","President of Hampden-Sydney College since 2010","Vice President for Leadership and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Oklahoma","Service in the military earning a Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan in 2003","Experience in various capacities at General Electric and Bristol-Myers Squibb"]["NGCR","IFC","Nominating","Governance and Corporate Responsibility","Investment and Finance"]2026
Conor C. FlynnChief Executive Officer45["Chief Executive Officer of Kimco Realty Corporation since 2016","Joined Kimco in 2003 as an asset manager","Held senior leadership roles including President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Investment Officer","Member and past Chair of the Executive Board of Nareit","Member of the Real Estate Roundtable","B.A. from Yale University","Master of Real Estate Development from Columbia University"]["Audit Committee","IFC"]2026
Glyn F. AeppelDirector67["More than 35 years of experience in property acquisitions, development and financing","Established Glencove Capital in 2010 and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer","Former Chief Investment Officer of Andre Balazs Properties from 2008 to 2010","Former Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Loews Hotels from 2006 to 2008","Principal of Aeppel and Associates from 2004 to 2006","Held executive positions with Le Meridien Hotels, Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Inc., FFC Hospitality, LLC, Holiday Inn Worldwide and Marriott Corporation"]["IFC","NGCR","Investment and Finance","Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility"]2026
Nnenna LynchDirector54["Founded Xylem Projects, a real estate development venture","Chief Executive Officer of Xylem","Head of Development at The Georgetown Company","Senior Policy Advisor in New York City's Bloomberg administration","Experience in planning and creating affordable housing"]["AC","IFC (Chair)","Audit","Investment and Finance (Chair)"]2026
Richard J. LiebDirector66["Retired from Greenhill & Co., LLC in July 2023","Senior Advisor at Greenhill since 2019","Head of the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging Group from 2012 to 2019","Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2012","Over 20 years with Goldman, Sachs & Co.","Headed the Real Estate Investment Banking Department from 2000 to 2005","Former director of CBL and Associates Properties from February 2016 to November 2021","Former director of Vereit, Inc. from February 2017 to November 2021","B.A. from Wesleyan University","MBA from Harvard Business School"]["AC","CC","Audit","Compensation"]2026
Ronald L. Havner, Jr.Director68["Chairman of the Board of Public Storage from 2011 until April 2026","Chief Executive Officer of Public Storage for 16 years until 2018","Non-executive Chairman of Shurgard Self Storage Limited from 2018 until 2023","Chairman emeritus and consultant at Shurgard Self Storage Limited","Previous Chairman of the Board of Governors of Nareit","B.A. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles"]["AC","IFC","Audit","Investment and Finance"]2026
Stephen P. HillsDirector67["Founding Director of the Business Law Scholars Program at Georgetown University Law Center","Worked 28 years with The Washington Post","President and General Manager at The Washington Post","B.A. from Yale University","MBA from Harvard Business School"]["CC (Chair)","IFC","Compensation","Investment and Finance"]2026
Susan SwanezyDirector67["Partner at Hodes Weill & Associates L.P. from 2010 until March 2024","Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Raising for Real Estate Products at Credit Suisse Group AG","Various positions at Deutsche Bank AG including Partner and Managing Director – Client Relations for RREEF","Deep network of relationships and knowledge of public and private capital markets","B.S. from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service"]["NGCR (Chair)","CC","Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility (Chair)","Compensation"]2026
Terry S. BrownLead Independent Director64["Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Asana Partners","Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDENS","Chief Executive Officer of Andersen Corporate Finance LLC"]["CC","NGCR","Compensation","Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility"]2026
Timothy J. NaughtonChairman64["Chairman of the Board","Executive Chairman of the Board","Chief Executive Officer","President","Chief Operating Officer","Chief Investment Officer","Regional Vice President – Development and Acquisitions","Senior advisor to Navitas Capital and Energy Impact Partners","Former Chairman of Nareit","Member of The Real Estate Round Table","Member and past chairman of the Multifamily Council of the Urban Land Institute","Advisory board member of University of Virginia’s White Ruffin Byron Center for Real Estate","B.A. from University of Virginia","MBA from Harvard Business School"]["IFC","Investment and Finance"]2026