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Charles S. Laven. Mr. Laven has been one of our directors since August 2004. Mr. Laven is president of Forsyth Street Advisors LLC, a New York based company specializing in real estate finance, municipal bonds and housing. From 1991 to 2003, Mr. Laven was a partner of Hamilton, Rabinovitz, & Alschuler, Inc., or HR&A, a financial, policy and management consulting firm focusing on complex housing finance, real estate, economic development and strategic planning problems. Prior to his twelve years with HR&A, Mr. Laven served as principal of Caine Gressel Midgley Slater Incorporated and, from 1981 to 1982, served as principal of Charles Laven and Associates. Mr. Laven also currently serves as chairman of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board. Mr. Laven holds a B.S. degree in architectural design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1981, Mr. Laven was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Affairs at the Harvard University School of Design. Mr. Laven is an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation and has been a member of the faculty of Columbia University since 1981. | 