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G. Steven Dawson
Mr. Dawson has been a trust manager or director of AmREIT or our predecessor corporation since 2000. He also has been designated by our board as the audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in the Rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He is currently a private investor who is active on the boards of five real estate investment trusts in addition to his service to us: American Campus Communities, Sunset Financial Resource, Inc., Trustreet Properties, Inc., Desert Capital REIT (a non-listed public mortgage company), and Medical Properties Trust. He serves as the audit committee chairman of three of these companies and he serves on governance/nominating committees and compensation committees for some of these as well. From 1990 to 2003, Mr. Dawson was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Camden Property Trust (or its predecessors), a large multifamily REIT. Prior to 1990, Mr. Dawson served in various related capacities with companies involved in commercial real estate including land and office building development as well as the construction and management of industrial facilities located on airports throughout the US. | 