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Joseph Macchione joined our board of directors in June 2008. During this time Mr. Macchione became executive vice president and chief operating officer of GMH Associates Inc. Mr. Macchione served as executive vice president general counsel and secretary of GMH Communities Trust from 2004 until June 2008 when it was merged into American Campus Communities Inc. Prior to that Mr. Macchione served as general counsel for GMH Capital Partners LLC formerly a joint venture between Gary Holloway and GE Capital Corporation which focused on corporate real estate services. Mr. Macchione was also an attorney with Morgan Lewis & Bockius as well as Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia where his practice focused on commercial real estate joint ventures acquisitions and disposition strategies as well as zoning land use and construction and environmental law. Prior to launching his legal career Mr. Macchione was the managing partner of a Philadelphia-based commercial construction company. | 