DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT INC (DLR)
Sector: Real Estate
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Director information for DLR
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| DLR | Director; Chair | 70 | ["Colocation/interconnection","Communications","2017 NACD Board Leadership Fellow","Recipient of CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight","Extensive experience working with and leading public companies in bandwidth, colocation, interconnection and communications industries","Provides services to various private equity firms in network, data center and cloud segments","Senior Advisor, South Reach Networks","Member of the board of directors and chairman of the compensation committee of Windstream Holdings, Inc.","Executive Chairman at Hylan Datacom","Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the board of directors at AboveNet, Inc.","President, Network Services and also President, Enterprise Services of Metromedia Fiber Network","Vice President, Network Services at MCI Worldcom, Inc.","Member of the board of managers of ITG Communications, LLC","Member of the board of directors of First Light Fiber"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (Chair)","Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Age: 70 Director since: 2013 Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (Chair) Audit Committee Skills and Expertise: Colocation/interconnection Communications 2017 NACD Board Leadership Fellow Recipient of CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight Education: BS - US Military Academy at West Point MBA - Columbia University Qualifications: Our Board selected Mr. LaPerch to serve as a director because it believes he possesses valuable expertise in the bandwidth, colocation, interconnection and communications industries, including extensive experience working with and leading public companies in these industries. Professional Experience: Provides services to various private equity firms in the network, data center and cloud segments as the principal with LaPerch Consulting, since July 2012. Senior Advisor, South Reach Networks, a dark fiber and networks company from May 2020 to June 2025. Member of the board of directors and chairman of the compensation committee of Windstream Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Windstream Corporation, a provider of network communications and technology solutions from September 2020 to August 2025. Executive Chairman at Hylan Datacom, a construction services company in the communications infrastructure space, from July 2016 to December 2019. Mr. LaPerch served on the board of directors of Hylan from July 2016 to March 2022. Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the board of directors at AboveNet, Inc., a provider of bandwidth infrastructure services. President, Network Services and also President, Enterprise Services of Metromedia Fiber Network, a provider of metro fiber services. Vice President, Network Services at MCI Worldcom, Inc., a global communications company. Member of the board of managers of ITG Communications, LLC, a service provider to broadband operators and electric cooperatives. Member of the board of directors of First Light Fiber, a telecommunications services provider. Other Current Public Company Boards: None.