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Nancy A. Curtin is Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Colony Capital, Inc., having previously served as a director of its predecessor from August 2014 to January 2017.  Since May 2020, Ms. Curtin has served as a Partner, Group Chief Investment Officer and Head of Investment Advisory at Alvarium Investments, a global multi-family office, co-investment partner and merchant banking boutique firm.  Alvarium provides tailored investment solutions for families, foundations and institutions across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  Prior to joining Alvarium, Ms. Curtin was the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Investments of Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM). CBAM is the asset management arm of Close Brothers Group Plc, (CBG). Established in 1878, CBG is a specialist financial services group engaged in banking, securities and asset management activities. CBG is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250, with over 2,700 employees. With over 550 employees it is focused on providing investment management and wealth structuring to a broad range of UK and European clients, both onshore and offshore.

Prior to CBAM, Ms. Curtin has had a range of senior roles in asset management, private equity and alternative asset investing. She served as the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Fortune Asset Management Limited, an alternative asset management firm working with institutional, HNW and family office clients, from April 2002 until it was purchased by CBAM in January 2010.

Ms. Curtin was Managing Director of Schroders Plc, a £268 billion global asset management firm, where she was also Head of Global Investments for the Mutual Funds business. Prior to Schroders, Ms. Curtin was Head of Emerging Markets at Baring Asset Management, a £60 billion global investment management firm, currently owned by MassMutual Financial Group.

Ms. Curtin received a Bachelor of Arts in political science, summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1979 and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1983.

Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Colony Capital, Inc.  Mr. Barrack is the Founder of Colony Capital, Inc. and until April 2021, Mr. Barrack served as Executive Chairman. Prior to founding the Colony Capital business in 1991, Mr. Barrack was a Principal with the Robert M. Bass Group, the principal investment vehicle of the Fort Worth, Texas investor Robert M. Bass. Prior to joining the Robert M. Bass Group, Mr. Barrack also served in the Reagan administration as Deputy Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior. Additionally, in 2010 French president Nicolas Sarkozy awarded him France's Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.

From June 2010 to February 2020, Mr. Barrack served on the board of directors of First Republic Bank, a full service bank and wealth management firm. From January 2016 through June 2017, Mr. Barrack served as co-chairman of the board of trustees of Colony Starwood Homes (NYSE: SFR), a leading single-family rental real estate investment trust. From January 2014 to May 2016, Mr. Barrack served on the board of directors of Carrefour S.A., a French multinational retailer and the second largest retailer in the world.

From January 2006 to April 2013, Mr. Barrack served on the public board of directors of Accor, S.A., a major global hotel group listed on Euronext Paris. Mr. Barrack has also served on the public board of Challenger Financial Services Group Limited, a diversified financial services organization listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from November 2007 to October 2010. From August 1994 to September 2007, Mr. Barrack served on the board of Continental Airlines, Inc., one of the largest passenger airlines in the United States, including as a member of its Corporate Governance Committee, Executive Committee and Human Resources Committee.

Mr. Barrack received a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 from the University of Southern California. He attended law school at the University of San Diego and the University of Southern California, where he was an editor of the law review, and received a Juris Doctor in 1972 from the University of San Diego. Mr. Barrack is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree from Pepperdine University and a Trustee at the University of Southern California.

J. Braxton Carter is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, Inc. For nearly a decade until his retirement on July 1, 2020, Mr. Carter served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS), where he was responsible for leading its financial functions.

Mr. Carter served as MetroPCS Communications, Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer from March 2005 until the combination of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. and T-Mobile USA completed in 2013 (the “Metro Combination”). Mr. Carter also served as MetroPCS Communications Inc.’s Vice Chairman from May 2011 until the consummation of the Metro Combination. From February 2001 to March 2005, he was Vice President, Corporate Operations of MetroPCS Communications, Inc.

Mr. Carter also has extensive senior management experience in the wireless and retail industry and spent 10 years in public accounting. Since July 2020, he has served as a member of the board of directors of Assurant Inc (NYSE: AIZ). Mr. Carter is a certified public accountant.

Mr. Carter holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado with a major in accounting.

Jeannie H. Diefenderfer is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, Inc. Ms. Diefenderfer is founder and Chief Executive Officer of courageNpurpose, LLC, a consulting firm providing advisory services to boards and CEOs in strategic initiatives to drive operational and business efficacy. Ms. Diefenderfer has nearly 30 years of technical and operational experience, with more than 10 years in executive leadership positions at Verizon Communications, including leading Verizon’s global customer care organization for its largest enterprise customers, serving as Chief Procurement Officer, and as Senior Vice President of Global Engineering & Planning. Ms. Diefenderfer previously served as a director on the boards of public companies, MRV Communications, Inc., Westell Technologies, Inc. and Windstream Holdings, Inc. Ms. Diefenderfer is also Chair of the Accenture Network Advisory Council, and Vice Chair and Trustee of Tufts University. Ms. Diefenderfer was a 2020 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100 list honoree. She holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Tufts University, and an MBA from Babson College.

Marc C. Ganzi is President and Chief Executive Officer of Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY). Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of Colony Capital & Chief Executive Officer of Digital Colony, Mr. Ganzi founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Digital Bridge Holdings, a leading global investor and owner of mobile and internet infrastructure that was acquired by Colony Capital in July 2019 as part of Colony’s transformation to become the premier platform for digital infrastructure and real estate investment. At the time of the acquisition, Digital Bridge managed nearly $15.0 billion of global digital infrastructure assets, directly and through Digital Colony Partners. In conjunction with the acquisition, Mr. Ganzi became CEO-Elect of Colony Capital.

Prior to Digital Bridge, Mr. Ganzi founded Global Tower Partners (“GTP”) in 2003, which grew to become one of the largest privately-owned tower companies in the U.S. under his leadership before being acquired by American Tower Corporation in 2013 for $4.8 billion. At GTP, Mr. Ganzi executed a series of strategic acquisitions, build-to-suit agreements with wireless carriers and financings in the credit markets.

Prior to the formation of GTP, Mr. Ganzi worked as a consulting partner for DB Capital Partners from 2000 to 2002 where he oversaw the institution’s investments in the Latin American tower sector. Before joining DB Capital, Mr. Ganzi co-founded and served as President of Apex Site Management, one of the largest third-party managers of wireless and wireline communication sites in the United States. In 2000, Apex merged with SpectraSite Communications to create one of the largest telecommunications site portfolios in the United States at the time.

Mr. Ganzi has served on the boards of corporations, including Apex Site Management, Global Tower Partners, Olympus Outdoor Media, Mexico Tower Partners, Vertical Bridge, DataBank, Vantage Data Centers, Andean Telecom Partners, ExteNet Systems and Zayo Group.

In 1990, Mr. Ganzi served as an assistant Commercial Attaché in Madrid for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Foreign Commercial Service Department. He also served as a Presidential Intern in the White House for the George H.W. Bush administration with the Office of Special Activities and Initiatives for the Honorable Stephen M. Studdert in 1989.

Mr. Ganzi received a B.S. from the Wharton School of Business in 1993. He was a Board Member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association from 2008 to 2017 and served as Chairman from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission, and he currently serves on the board of the Aspen Valley Ski Club.

Mr. Fosheim is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, Inc. Previously, Mr. Fosheim was the Chief Executive Officer of Oak Hill REIT Management, LLC (Oak Hill) from 2005 until he retired in 2011. Oak Hill is a hedge fund specializing in REIT investments. From 1985 until 2005, Mr. Fosheim was a Principal and Co-founder of Green Street Advisors, a REIT advisory and consulting firm. Prior to that, Mr. Fosheim worked in institutional sales at Bear Stearns & Co., a global investment bank, and worked in the tax department at Touche Ross and Co. (now Deloitte LLP), an international accounting firm. Mr. Fosheim also serves as a member of the board of directors, including its audit committee and corporate governance committee, of Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a publicly traded REIT, positions he has held since January 2015. Mr. Fosheim also served as a member of the board of Associated Estates Realty Corporation, a publicly traded REIT, from February 2015 until August 2015, when the company was sold to a real estate fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

In addition, Mr. Fosheim is a director and chairman of the audit committee of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, a nonprofit foundation established for the purpose of supporting scientific research. In 2003, Mr. Fosheim was a recipient of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Industry Achievement Award.

Mr. Fosheim holds a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor, each from the University of South Dakota.

Gregory J. McCray is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, Inc.  Mr. McCray is an experienced executive with 30 years of business, marketing, sales, engineering, operations, mergers and acquisitions, management and international experience in the communications technology industry. Since June 2018, Mr. McCray has served as the Chief Executive Officer of FDH Infrastructure Services (“FDH”), an engineering and science company that monitors, inspects, designs and performs structural analysis for infrastructure assets utilizing wireless monitoring devices and patented non-destructive testing techniques.

During his career, Mr. McCray has served in a number of management and executive roles, including CEO of Access/Google Fiber in 2017; CEO of Aero Communications Inc., which provides installation, services and support to the communications industry, from 2013 to 2016; CEO of Antenova, a developer of antennas and radio frequency modules for mobile devices, from 2003 to 2012; Chairman and CEO of PipingHot Networks, which brought broadband fixed wireless access equipment to market, from 2001 to 2002; and Senior Vice President of customer operations at Lucent Technologies from 1996 to 2000, where he managed the Customer Technical Operations Group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. McCray currently serves on the board of directors of FDH, FreeWave Technologies and ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN). Mr. McCray served as a director of Centurylink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL), the third largest network operator in America, from January 2005 to February 2017, where he served as chairman of the Cyber Security & Risk Committee from 2015 to 2017.

Mr. McCray holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University and a Master of Science degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Purdue University. He has also completed executive business programs at the University of Illinois, Harvard, and INSEAD.

Sháka Rasheed is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, Inc. Mr. Rasheed has served as Managing Director, General Manager - Capital Markets for Microsoft Corporation since September 2019, where he leads the US Capital Markets division, executing digital transformation across investment banks, traditional and alternative asset & wealth managers, fintechs, data-providers, US financial regulators, exchanges/market infrastructure and payment companies.

Prior to Microsoft, Sháka spent over 25 years of his career in a range of senior leadership and management roles at premier financial services firms, including Bridgewater Associates, Citadel Asset Management, Lazard Asset Management, and JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Rasheed also served as a Board Member, and Chairman of the Finance Committee for The Robert Toigo Foundation, and was a founding Board Member and Chairman of Achievement First Endeavor Charter School. 

Mr. Rasheed received a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College, cum laude, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Dale Anne Reiss is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, Inc.  Ms. Reiss currently serves as Senior Managing Director of Brock Capital Group LLC, a full-service investment bank, and Chairman of Brock Real Estate LLC, its equity and mezzanine financing arm.  Ms. Reiss also serves as a member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of Tutor Perini Corporation, a leading civil and building construction company; and a member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, a non-publicly traded REIT. 

Until her retirement in 2008, she served as Senior Partner as well as Global and America’s director of real estate, hospitality and construction at Ernst & Young LLP, and its predecessor Kenneth Leventhal & Company, and was subsequently senior consultant to their Global Real Estate Center until 2011. From 1980 to 1985, Ms. Reiss was senior vice president and controller at Urban Investment & Development Company. Since 1998, Ms. Reiss has served as a governor and past Trustee of Urban Land Institute. She is a former member of the board of directors of iStar Inc., Post Properties, Inc., Care Capital Properties Inc., until its merger with Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., and CYS Investments, Inc. until its merger with Two Harbors Investment Corp. Ms. Reiss brings to the Board extensive expertise in financial and accounting matters from her experience over an extended period at several major public accounting firms, her leadership experience in management and operations at those firms, and her experience as a director of other public and private companies.

Ms. Reiss holds a Bachelor of Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. Ms. Reiss is a Certified Public Accountant.

John L. Steffens is a non-executive director of Colony Capital, having previously served as a director of one of its predecessors from its initial public offering in September 2009 until January 2017. Mr. Steffens is the founder of Spring Mountain Capital, LP (Spring Mountain Capital). Founded in 2001, Spring Mountain Capital specializes in providing advisory services and alternative investments for institutional and private investors. Prior to establishing Spring Mountain Capital, Mr. Steffens spent 38 years at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., where he held numerous senior management positions, including President of Merrill Lynch Consumer Markets (which was later named the Private Client Group) from July 1985 until April 1997, and both Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the parent company) and Chairman of its U.S. Private Client Group from April 1997 until July 2001.

Mr. Steffens served on the Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. from April 1986 until July 2001. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch Ventures, LLC (a $1.8 billion private equity fund for key employees). Mr. Steffens currently serves on the Advisory Board of StarVest Partners, the Advisory Board of Wicks Communication & Media Partners, L.P., and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cicero, Inc., a publicly traded provider of business integration software, since May 2007.  In addition, Mr. Steffens is currently National Chairman Emeritus of the Alliance for Aging Research.  From January 2016 to June 2017, Mr. Steffens served on the board of trustees of Colony Starwood Homes (NYSE: SFR).  From June 2004 to February 2009, Mr. Steffens served on the public board of Aozora Bank, Ltd., a financial services institution in Japan. Previously, Mr. Steffens served as Chairman of the Securities Industry Association, as a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, and as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

Mr. Steffens graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College in 1963. He also attended the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School in 1979.

Mr. Steffens’s years of investment experience, advisory work and senior leadership positions at Merrill Lynch devoted to private client work provides the Board with an investor perspective. Mr. Steffens’s extensive contacts developed through his service with a significant number of securities and financial firms provide the Board with a view into markets that is invaluable. Mr. Steffens’s service as a director of other public companies also helps provide the Board with different perspectives on Board practices and governance matters.