Alan L. Gosule has been a director of the Company since December 1996. Mr. Gosule has been a partner in the law firm of Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, New York, since August 1991 and prior to that time was a partner in the law firm of Gaston & Snow. He serves as Regional Head of the Clifford Chance US LLP Real Estate Department for the Americas. Mr. Gosule is a graduate of Boston University and its law school and received an LL.M. from Georgetown University. Mr. Gosule serves on the Board of Directors of MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of Paloma, LLC, which is the general partner of Simpson Housing Limited Partnership, and is a voting trustee of F.L. Putnum Investment Management Company. |