Richard B. Saltzman has served as Independent Chairman of the Board since April 2025. Mr. Saltzman is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Executive Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. He also currently serves, since October 2019, as Senior Advisor at Peaceable Street Capital, a provider of participating preferred equity capital to income producing commercial real estate owners and operators. Mr. Saltzman also serves on the board of directors of Equiem Holdings Pty. Ltd. Mr. Saltzman previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) from 2015 to 2018 and previously served as Senior Advisor and Chairman of the Board of Managers at Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors, an independent SEC-registered investment advisor focused exclusively on the publicly traded global real estate universe. He also served as Chairman of the Board of NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. until August 2019 and Chairman of the Board of Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc., until May 2020. Prior to joining various predecessors of Colony Capital in 2003, Mr. Saltzman spent 24 years in the investment banking business, most recently as a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch s investment banking division. Mr. Saltzman received a Nareit Industry Leadership Award in 1999 for his significant and lasting contributions to the REIT industry. Mr. Saltzman holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. Key experience and qualifications to serve on the Board include: More than 45 years of experience in real estate and financial services, including roles as a principal investor, investment manager and investment banker, providing deep expertise in capital markets, structured finance and strategic transactions. Significant REIT experience through leadership positions at Colony Capital and its predecessors, and prior roles advising REITs on initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, other capital markets products and mergers and acquisitions, giving him a broad perspective on industry best practices and stockholder expectations. Extensive board and committee service across multiple public real estate companies, including prior chair roles at NorthStar Realty Europe Corp., and Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc., as well as service on the boards of RXR Acquisition Corp. (where he served as Chairman of the Audit Committee), Colony Capital Inc., and Colony Starwood Homes, which enhances his ability to oversee audit, compensation and corporate governance matters as Independent Chairman and Chair of the Audit Committee. Deep direct interaction with the Company in various capacities, contributing deep knowledge of the Company s history, strategy and capital-markets activities and supporting continuity and long-term strategic oversight. A long history of active engagement with industry organizations such as former roles as a Trustee of Nareit, Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, Board Member and Treasurer of the Pension Real Estate Association, and Board Member and Chair of the Capital Policy Advisory Committee at the Real Estate Roundtable, which contribute to his deep industry knowledge.