Mr. Peppet is president and a director of Chai Trust Company, LLC, a private trust company for the Zell family. Before joining Chai Trust, Mr. Peppet was a Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School for nearly 20 years. Mr. Peppet is an advisor to Equity International. Mr. Peppet was a director of Anixter International Inc., a publicly traded global provider of communications, security, and wire cable products, from 2014 until its sale in June 2020. Mr. Peppet is the son-in-law of the late Mr. Samuel Zell, who served as Chairman of the Board until May 2023. Mr. Peppet has been involved in entrepreneurial-related philanthropic ventures sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation, including the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, the Zell Fellows Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and the Zell Entrepreneurship Program at Reichman University in Israel. Mr. Peppet brings experience in contracts, negotiations, complex transactions, legal ethics, privacy law and technology to the Board along with an outstanding record of leadership and extensive experience in the legal field.