Mark S. Germain, has been a director of the Company since May 1997. Mr. Germain served as a trustee of the Wellsford Residential Property Trust (the "Trust") from November 1992 until the consummation of its merger with EQR in May 1997 (the "Merger"). For more than the past five years, he has been employed by Olmsted Group L.L.C., which is a consultant to biotechnology and other high technology companies. Mr. Germain also serves as a board member of several privately-held biotechnology companies and of Stem Cell Innovations, Inc., a publicaly traded company. He is a graduate of NYU School of Law, cum laude, and Order of the Coif, and was previously a partner in a New York law firm. |