ACADIA REALTY TRUST REIT (AKR)
Sector: Real Estate
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Sector: Real Estate
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Director information for AKR
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| AKR | ["Financial Expertise", "Other Public Company Board / Corporate Governance Oversight"] | ["Investment/Capital Markets"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
William T. Spitz , age 74 Professional Experience: Mr. Spitz has been a Trustee of the Company since August 2007. Mr. Spitz is a principal and past Director of Diversified Trust Company, a private wealth management trust company. He served as Vice Chancellor for Investments and Treasurer of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee from 1985 to July 2007. As Vice Chancellor for Investments at Vanderbilt, Mr. Spitz was responsible for managing the University's $3.5 billion endowment. He was also a member of the Senior Management Group of the University, which is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the institution. During his tenure, the Vanderbilt endowment earned returns in the top 10% of a broad universe of endowments for multiple time frames. While at Vanderbilt, Mr. Spitz conducted asset allocation studies and implemented detailed investment objectives and guidelines, developed a comprehensive risk management plan, invested in approximately two hundred limited partnerships in five illiquid assets classes, selected new custodians for both the endowment fund and the University's charitable remainder trusts and implemented a more aggressive approach to working capital management, which increased returns by 2% per annum. In addition, Mr. Spitz was also on the faculty of Vanderbilt University as Clinical Professor of Management at the Owen Graduate School of Management. He has also held various high-level positions with successful asset management companies and has served on the boards of several companies, including Cambium Global Timber Fund, The Common Fund, MassMutual Financial, and the Bradford Fund. He has also served on multiple advisory committees, including Acadia's Opportunity Fund Advisory Boards, on which he served from 2001 to July 2007. Mr. Spitz is a published author and frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars. Trustee Qualifications : The Board believes Mr. Spitz's qualifications as a Trustee include his asset management experience as well as real estate development, board, fund, and REIT experience, highlights of which are listed below: former role as Vice Chancellor for Investments and Treasurer of Vanderbilt University for over 20 years; former responsibilities managing Vanderbilt University's multi-billion dollar endowment fund; high-level positions with successful asset management companies; service on the boards of directors of several companies; service on multiple fund advisory committees, including, previously, the Company's fund advisory boards; involvement in numerous real estate development projects; former position as director of a private REIT; past service on the audit committee of MassMutual; and qualification as a chartered financial analyst.