Ann Sperling has served as a director since the business combination.
Ms. Sperling has over four decades of real estate and management experience, including roles in commercial real estate investment and development, and leadership roles in public real estate companies.
She is the Senior Director of the Trammell Crow Company, the development subsidiary of the public company CBRE, and is responsible for the capitalization and execution of new commercial developments. Previously, she was at Jones Lang LaSalle, the public real estate investment and services firm, first as Chief Operating Officer, Americas, and then as President, Markets West. As Chief Operating Office, she oversaw operations, finance, marketing, research, legal and engineering and served on the governance focused Global Operating Committee. Prior, Ms. Sperling was Managing Director of Catellus, then a mixed-use development and investment subsidiary of the public REIT, ProLogis, where she was responsible for operations, finance and marketing, prior to this subsidiary's preparation for sale.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Sperling held a variety of roles at the public development and services firm, Trammell Crow Company, the last of which was as Senior Managing Director and Area Director, responsible for all facets of operations, finance, transactions and marketing for the Rocky Mountain Region, prior to the firm's merger with CBRE in 2006. Ms. Sperling serves on the Advisory Board of Cadence Capital and the Gates Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Ms. Sperling serves as board director for Apartment Income REIT (NYSE: AIRC), is the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Responsibility Committee and is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Previously, she served as board director and Chairman of the Development and Redevelopment Committee for the Apartment Investment and Management Company (NYSE: AIV), prior to its spinout of Apartment Income REIT. She holds a Bachelors of Science in biology and psychology from Tufts University, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.