David Z. Hirsh has served as a member of our board of directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee since July 2024. Commencing in January 2025, Mr. Hirsh began serving as an Independent Advisor to Town House Partners, a provider of consulting services in the global real estate industry. Previously, Mr. Hirsh served as Vice Chairman of Sterling Investors, a real estate investment firm, from January 2022 through December 2024. Prior to that, he served as Senior Advisor at Sterling Investors from April 2020 to December 2021. Mr. Hirsh previously spent approximately sixteen years working in the Real Estate Asset Management Group at Blackstone Inc. ( Blackstone ) in various roles until his retirement in January 2018 from the role of Managing Director. During his tenure at Blackstone, Mr. Hirsh s most significant responsibilities included day-to-day oversight and strategic management of Equity Office Properties from 2009 to 2018, IndCor Industrial Properties from 2013 to 2015 and the LXR Hotels and Resorts portfolio from 2004 to 2010. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Hirsh worked at Citigroup Inc. for approximately fifteen years, including six years in real estate asset management, where he led the hotel group, and five years in corporate finance, specializing in corporate real estate and project lending. Mr. Hirsh is involved in several philanthropic efforts including the THANC Foundation and CaringKind. He is also an Adjunct Professor and Vice Chair of the Advisory Board at the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate, a former trustee of the Madison Square Park Conservancy and a trustee at Pace University. Mr. Hirsh served on the board of directors of SILVERspac Inc. (Nasdaq: SLVR) from September 2021 to September 2023. Mr. Hirsh earned a B.B.A in Public Accounting from Pace University and an M.S. in Real Estate Development and Investment from New York University. We believe that Mr. Hirsh s finance and real estate experience make him qualified to serve on our board of directors.