Mark McGruder

Federal Realty OP LP is an equity real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership, management and redevelopment of quality retail focused properties. The company was founded by Samuel J. Gorlitz in 1962 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, MD.

Trammell Crow Co. provides commercial real estate services. The company delivers brokerage, project management, and building management services through its global services group. The company operates in Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin/South America. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Cigna Investments, Inc. (CII) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Formerly known as TimesSquare Capital Management, Inc., the firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Cigna Investment Group, Inc., ultimately held by The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), a global health services company. CII provides investment advisory services to institutional clients comprised of Cigna affiliated insurance companies, their respective general and separate accounts, other Cigna affiliated companies, pension plans, charitable organizations and private funds.

RREEF America LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a direct subsidiary of RoPro US Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK), a publicly held banking corporation organized under the laws of Germany. RREEF provides investment and advisory services to funds and institutional clients on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Stone Levy LLC is an investments company. The private company is based in Northbrook, IL and has subsidiaries in United States.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Clarion Partners LLC / Private Equity is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Clarion Partners LLC founded in 1982 by Steve J. Furnary and Frank L. Sullivan. Clarion Partners LLC / Private Equity is headquartered in New York.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. is an American company that provides an array of industry data prepared by NAREIT staff and other outside sources. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The company specializes in REITs, or real estate investment trusts, which are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate across a range of property sectors. Most REITs trade on major stock exchanges, and they offer a number of benefits to investors. Steven A. Wechsler has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

American Hotel & Lodging Association, Inc. is the largest hotel association in the United States, representing all segments of the industry nationwide. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company provides financial assistance to hoteliers through two main programs listed below. The company is focused on enhanced hotel cleaning practices, social interactions, and workplace protocols to meet the new health and safety challenges and expectations presented by COVID-19. Chip Rogers has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Northwood Investors LLC is a privately-held real estate investment advisor founded in 2006 by John Z. Kukral. The firm is headquartered in in New York City and Los Angeles, California.

Founded in 1995, Investcorp Real Estate Investment Group is a real estate investment firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Investcorp Bank BSC (BH: INVCORP) in Bahrain.

Part of Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., Jones Lang Lasalle Hotels invests in hotels. The company is based in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded by Jon E. Bortz.

Ahla Foundation, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Washington with subsidiaries in the United States. The foundation is dedicated to helping people build careers, improve their lives, and strengthen the lodging industry. The American company offers academic and professional development scholarships, research funding, and events to support the hotel industry's workforce, from entry-level employees to general managers. The foundation relies solely on contributions from generous individuals and organizations who want to give back to hotel industry employees and the communities where they work and live. The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) and the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) are their partner organizations.

Assetz Property Group Pte Ltd. provides real estate development services. It a multi-faceted real estate development and asset management company with four business verticals: commercial, residential, warehousing and fund management. The company was founded in 2006 by Ben Salmon and Rajpal Chaudhary and is headquartered in Singapore.

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, Inc. provides therapeutic response to the global rise of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria. The company was founded by Gregory L. Merril and Carl R. Merril and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Kastle Systems International LLC provides managed security solutions. It offers access control, video security, fire and life safety, intrusion detection, and environmental control solutions. The company serves the commercial real estate, portfolios, businesses, law firms, education, government and outdoor industries. The company was founded by A. Gene Samburg in 1972 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.