Michael J.U. Monahan has served as an independent director of the Company since February 2024. Mr. Monahan is currently a CBRE Group, Inc. ( CBRE ) Vice Chair in the New York office, where he has worked since January 1999. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Monahan was a Senior Director at Jones Lang Wootton, and a Vice President at Cushman & Wakefield from 1982 through 1990. Mr. Monahan s areas of expertise at CBRE are in formulating corporate real estate strategy, leading corporate acquisition and disposition project, and agency representation. Mr. Monahan is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, and a former Board member of the non-profit National Executive Service Corporation. Mr. Monahan holds a Bachelor of Arts from Marietta College, and is a graduate of the New York University Real Estate Institute. Our Board of Directors believes that Mr. Monahan s experience in the real estate industry makes him well qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.