Mr. Brewer has been a trustee of the Company since January 2017. Prior to March 2019, he was an Executive Director US Student Housing with Greystar Real Estate Partners. He served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Educational Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EDR) from August 2014 to September 2018. From 2007 through 2012, Mr. Brewer served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., the leading provider of technology-enabled claims and productivity management solutions. He was responsible for internal and external financial reporting, income taxes, real estate, budgeting, treasury and internal auditing. From 1983 to 2007, Mr. Brewer worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he rose to the position of partner with a client base focused on public and private real estate investment trusts ("REITs", and each a "REIT"). A certified public accountant (inactive), Mr. Brewer has a bachelor s degree in commerce and business administration from the University of Alabama. The Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has determined that Mr. Brewer should serve as a trustee due to his financial expertise and extensive experience with REITs as a Chief Financial Officer of a formerly NYSE-listed REIT and that he should serve on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee due to his former role as Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded REIT.