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Board of Trustees
William A. Halter
Member of the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee
Independent Trustee
Mr. Halter serves as a Trustee of the REIT. Lieutenant Governor William A. Halter currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Scenic Hill Solar, a developer, owner, and operator of solar power plants for commercial, industrial and municipal utility clients. Mr. Halter served as the Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from January 2007 to January 2011. He was the chair of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association and also served as the chair of the Southern Region of the National Lieutenant Governors Association. Before his election as Lieutenant Governor, from 1999 to 2001, Mr. Halter served as Deputy Commissioner and later as Acting Commissioner of Social Security of the United States Social Security Administration. From 1993 to 1999, he served as a Senior Advisor in the Director’s Office, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of the United States. Mr. Halter also served as Economist for the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and as the Chief Economist of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. Before entering public service, he served as a Management Consultant with McKinsey & Company. He has served as a Director of five public companies including Akamai Technologies Inc., InterMune Inc., Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc., webMethods Inc., and Xenogen Corporation, Mr. Halter has also served as a Director of five privately held companies. Mr. Halter serves a Trustee Emeritus of Stanford University and has served on several Advisory Councils of Stanford. Mr. Halter is a Rhodes Scholar and holds a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Oxford University and a BA in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University where he was a Truman Scholar.
Bryan H. Held
Chair of the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee and Member of the Audit Committee
Independent Trustee
Mr. Held serves as a Trustee of the REIT and chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Held previously served as a director and audit committee member of The Second Cup Ltd. from 2012 to 2013. Prior to that, he served as trustee of Vicwest Income Fund from 2003 to 2009, chair of the audit committee from 2003 to 2005, Chairman of the Board from 2005 to 2009 and interim Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2007. Mr. Held served as a director and audit committee chair of Stephenson’s Rental Services Income Fund from 2005 to 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Held was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SMK Speedy International Inc., retiring when ownership changed in 2004. He then served as chair of the audit committee for Speedy from 2004 to 2005. He also served on the audit committee of John Forsythe Shirt Company. Since 1986 and prior to joining Speedy, Mr. Held held senior management positions in various public companies in the aerospace, manufacturing and retail industries, participating in several restructurings. Mr. Held is a Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA, FCA) and was a partner of Arthur Andersen & Co., where he served clients in many diverse industries from 1969 to 1986. From 2014 to 2016, he served as chair of the Ontario chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the ICD.D designation. Mr. Held has a B. Comm. from the University of Witwatersrand. Mr. Held has served on various private company and not for profit boards and is a past chair of The William Osler Health Centre.
W. Daniel Hughes, Jr.
Non-independent Trustee
Mr. Hughes serves as a Trustee of the REIT. Mr. Hughes has served as the Chairman of Envolve (formerly known as LEDIC), a manager, owner and developer of multifamily properties across the United States, since 2014, and since July 2019, has served as Chairman and CEO. He was the founder of Summit Housing Partners, LLC, the predecessor to BSR Trust, LLC, and served as the Chief Executive Officer of BSR Trust, LLC. Prior to founding Summit in 1996, Mr. Hughes was an investment banker with a focus on housing and economic development. He is a trustee of the approximately $3.5 billion Alabama Heritage Fund. Mr. Hughes also serves on the State's College Counts Board of Directors, which oversees Alabama's 529 College Savings Plan, and previously served as Executive Committee Member and Treasurer of State of Alabama Archives and Historical Foundation. He is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and was Chairman in 2009. He is a prior Trustee and Executive Committee Member for the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center. Mr. Hughes has a BA, an MBA and is a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking.
S. Jane Marshall
Chair of the Board, Member of the Investment Committee and Member of the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee
Independent Trustee
Ms. Marshall serves as a Trustee of the REIT. Jane Marshall has more than 30 years of experience in real estate management, particularly with food and retail companies. Ms. Marshall has been a Trustee of Riocan REIT since 2015. She Chaired their Investment Committee from 2017 to 2022 and is now Chair of Riocan’s People Culture and Compensation Committee. In 2019, she was appointed to the board of Plaza Retail REIT. Ms. Marshall spent the majority of her career in various senior leadership roles at Loblaw Companies Ltd./Weston Foods including Chief Operating Officer of Choice Properties REIT and Executive Vice President of Loblaw Properties and Business Strategy. At Loblaw, Ms. Marshall was responsible for the acquisition, development, construction and management of its portfolio of more than 65 million square feet of owned retail, warehouse and office space as well as its leased locations. She also initiated/led several strategic initiatives including the redevelopment of Maple Leaf Gardens, the acquisition of T&T Supermarkets and the IPO of Choice Properties REIT. Most recently, Ms. Marshall was the CEO of GoodLeaf Farms, where she led the development of the company’s first automated vertical farm, and the sale of a minority interest to a multinational food company in 2019. Ms. Marshall holds the ICD.D designation of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Teresa Neto
Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Investment Committee
Independent Trustee
Ms. Neto serves as a Trustee of the REIT. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Granite REIT, appointed in July 2019. Previously, since 2010, Ms. Neto has held CFO positions at five publicly-traded real estate investment trusts in Canada, most recently with Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust from 2016-2019. As a CFO, Ms. Neto has overseen three M&A transactions and raised billions of dollars of capital in debt and equity markets. Ms. Neto has over 35 years of varied business experience with a focus on corporate finance, financial planning, accounting & reporting, tax and treasury. Ms. Neto commenced in the real estate industry in 2006. Previous to that, Ms. Neto held various progressive positions in the telecommunications and consumer packaged goods sectors and commenced her career at Touche Ross, a predecessor entity of Deloitte. Ms. Neto holds a Chartered Professional Accountant, CPA, CA designation and has a B.A. from Laurentian University. Ms. Neto is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the ICD.D designation.
Daniel M. Oberste
President and Chief Executive Officer
Non-independent Trustee
Mr. Oberste serves as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the REIT, promoted from President and Chief Investment Officer on January 1, 2022. He is also a Trustee of the REIT, appointed on January 1, 2022. Mr. Oberste served as Chief Investment Officer of BSR Trust, LLC since 2012. Prior to this, Mr. Oberste was BSR Trust, LLC’s Executive Vice President – Investments, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Before joining BSR Trust, LLC in 2012, Mr. Oberste served as the Vice President of Investments for Bailey Properties, LLC from 2009, gaining extensive experience in sourcing, underwriting, and administering the multifamily and commercial investment, acquisition, and disposition process. Prior to joining Bailey Properties, LLC, Mr. Oberste worked as an attorney with the Corporate Practice Group at Kutak Rock LLP. Mr. Oberste earned his undergraduate degree from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and his Juris Doctorate from the Leflar School of Law at the University of Arkansas. Mr. Oberste has recently served as chair of the University of Arkansas at Pulaski Technical College Foundation. In 2013, Mr. Oberste joined the board of Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Center, an affordable senior living non-profit organization. He served as its Chairman until February 2023 and continues to serve on the board.
Graham D. Senst
Chair of the Investment Committee and Member of the Audit Committee
Independent Trustee
Mr. Senst serves as a Trustee of the REIT and chair of the Investment Committee. He is currently a trustee of NexPoint Hospitality Trust and chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Senst served as President of the Institute of Canadian Real Estate Investment Managers until its sale in August 2012. Prior to this role, Mr. Senst served as Managing Director of KingSett Capital Real Estate Income Fund and as an Executive Vice President of Bentall Capital and Penreal Capital Management. Mr. Senst also served as an Executive Vice President of Bentall Investment Management. Prior to joining Bentall in April 2003, Mr. Senst served as Vice President of Real Estate for the OMERS Administration Corp. (also known as Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System). Mr. Senst has many years of senior real estate investment experience as a Vice President with a major Ontario pension fund and other Canadian financial institutions. Prior to joining OMERS, Mr. Senst served as Vice President of Real Estate at a Subsidiary of Mackenzie Financial Corporation, where he developed debt and equity investment products for various Mackenzie funds. Mr. Senst served as the Vice President of Corporate Real Estate at both Canada Trust and Truscan Realty. He served as a member of the Advisory Board at KingSett Capital Income Fund, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund IV and Soros Real Estate Investors, C.V. and as a trustee of Residential Equities Real Estate Investment Trust (ResREIT). He also served as a director of Oxford Properties Group, Inc. Mr. Senst served as a trustee of Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (including as the chair of the Investment Committee) and Partners REIT (including as the chair of the Audit Committee). Mr. Senst holds an Honours of Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and is a 2011 graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors.