Wendy Silverstein has served as one of our directors since July 2017. Ms. Silverstein is the Founder of Gapview Ventures, which focuses on real estate investment and advisory services. Ms. Silverstein co-founded StacomSilverstein, a capital markets real estate advisory firm specializing in asset and corporate level acquisitions, dispositions, debt and equity capital markets, restructuring, and bespoke investing, in February 2025 and serves as co-Chief Executive Officer of StacomSilverstein. She also co-founded Silver Eagle Advisory Group, which specialized in advising clients on real estate debt restructurings. Ms. Silverstein previously served as Chief Investment Officer of WeWork from August 2018 to September 2019. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE: NYRT) from March 2017 to July 2018. Prior to NYRT, Ms. Silverstein served as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Acquisitions and Capital Markets for Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) ( Vornado ), an owner of commercial real estate in the United States, from 1998 to 2015. During her tenure at Vornado, Ms. Silverstein oversaw Vornado s debt and equity financings and was responsible for a variety of real estate as well as corporate acquisitions. Ms. Silverstein was a member of the Investment Committee for Vornado s private equity fund, Vornado Capital Partners, L.P. On behalf of Vornado, she served on the Board of Directors of Toys R Us, Inc. from its leveraged buyout in 2005 until January 2019 and previously served on the Board of LNR Property, LLC, a loan special servicer. Prior to joining Vornado in 1998, Ms. Silverstein spent 12 years at Citicorp. From 1990 to 1998, she was with Citicorp Real Estate in the Corporate Debt Restructuring Group, which she headed from 1994 to 1998. During this time, she led the negotiation and restructuring of debt and equity transactions involving companies in the airline, hospitality, retail, office and residential real estate industries. She served on the Board of Directors of Shuttle, Inc. (d/b/a US Air Shuttle) from 1992 to 1997, Alexander s, Inc. (NYSE: ALX) from 1992 to 1995 and NYRT from February 2017 to July 2018. From 1986 to 1990, she was with the Leveraged Capital Group at Citibank, N.A., providing sponsor financing for leveraged buyouts. Ms. Silverstein currently serves on the board of Alexander s, Inc. Ms. Silverstein has served as an independent advisor to Trinity Church regarding its real estate portfolio and is an active member of the Board of Beit Ruth, an educational and therapeutic village for at risk teenage girls in Israel. Ms. Silverstein earned her B.S. in economics, magna cum laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. with distinction from The Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration. She is also a Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Silverstein s management experience with multiple REITs, deep knowledge and relationships in the real estate sector and extensive capital markets experience lead to our conclusion that Ms. Silverstein should serve on our board of directors.