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Stephen R. Blank | Committee Name | Audit Committee
| | View Bio | Stephen R. Blank became a director of the Company on January 1, 2009. Mr. Blank is a Senior Fellow of Finance of the Urban Land Institute, a non-profit education and research institute, which studies land use and real estate development policy and practice. Mr. Blank has more than 30 years' experience in real estate. Prior to his association with the Urban Land Institute, he was Managing Director, Real Estate Investment Banking at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc., Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. and, most recently, at CIBC Oppenheimer Corp. where he participated in Home Properties' 1994 Initial Public Offering. Mr. Blank is a Trustee of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (NYSE:RPT), a Director of MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. (NYSE:MFA), and a member of the Urban Land Institute, Counselors of Real Estate, and National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He received his MBA from Adelphi University and BA from Syracuse University. |
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| Josh E. Fidler | Committee Name | Compensation Committee
| Real Estate Investment Committee
| | View Bio | Josh E. Fidler has been a director of the Company since August, 2004. Mr. Fidler is a Founding Partner of Boulder Ventures, Ltd., a manager of venture capital funds, which has been in operation since 1995. Since 1985, he has also been a principal in a diversified real estate development business known as The Macks Group. In 1999, the Company acquired 3,297 apartment units from affiliates of The Macks Group. Mr. Fidler was also a principal of the entity which owned a 240-unit apartment community which the Company purchased in 2004. He is a graduate of Brown University and received a law degree from New York University. Mr. Fidler is a member of the Maryland Region Advisory Board of SunTrust Bank, the Board of Johns Hopkins Medicine and President of the Board of Trustees of The Park School. |
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| Alan L. Gosule | Committee Name | Audit Committee
| Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee
| | View Bio | Alan L. Gosule, has been a director of the Company since 1996. Mr. Gosule has been a partner in the New York Office of the law firm of Clifford Chance US LLP since August 1991 and prior to that time was a partner in the law firm of Gaston & Snow. Mr. Gosule is a graduate of Boston University and its Law School and received an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University. Mr. Gosule also 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. Putnam Investment Management Company. |
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| Leonard F. Helbig III | Committee Name | Compensation Committee
| Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee
| Real Estate Investment Committee
| | View Bio | Leonard F. Helbig, III has been a director of the Company since 1994. Since September 2002 he has served as a Director of Integra Realty Advisors in Philadelphia. Between 1980 and 2002 he was employed with Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. From 1990 until 2002, Mr. Helbig served as President, Financial Services for Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Prior to that and since 1984, Mr. Helbig was the Executive Managing Director of the Asset Services and Financial Services Groups. He was a member of that firm's Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Mr. Helbig is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Pension Real Estate Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mr. Helbig is a graduate of LaSalle University and holds the MAI designation of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. |
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| Nelson B. Leenhouts | Committee Name | Real Estate Investment Committee
| | View Bio | Nelson B. Leenhouts has served as Board Co-Chair since his retirement as Co-Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2004. He had served as Co-Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of the Company since its inception in 1993. Since its formation, he has also served as a director of HPRS, for which he had also served in various officer capacities prior to his retirement. Mr. Leenhouts also served as a Senior Advisor to the Company pursuant to an Employment Agreement with a term that expired on December 31, 2006. In addition, Nelson Leenhouts was employed by the Company to fulfill additional responsibilities with respect to the Company’s development activities pursuant to a Development Agreement, the term of which also expired on December 31, 2006. Mr. Leenhouts subsequently entered into an Employment Agreement with a term that expires on December 31, 2007. Pursuant to the current Employment Agreement, Mr. Leenhouts will continue to lead the Company’s development activities. Nelson Leenhouts is the founder, and a co-owner, together with Norman Leenhouts, of Home Leasing, and has served as President of Home Leasing since 1967. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Genesee Valley Trust Company. Nelson Leenhouts is a graduate of the University of Rochester. He is the twin brother of Norman Leenhouts. |
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| Edward J. Pettinella | Committee Name | Real Estate Investment Committee
| | View Bio | Edward J. Pettinella has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 1, 2004. He is also a director. He joined the Company in 2001 as an Executive Vice President and director. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of HPRS. From 1997 until February 2001, Mr. Pettinella served as President, Charter One Bank (NY Division) and Executive Vice President of Charter One Financial, Inc. From 1980 through 1997, Mr. Pettinella served in several managerial capacities for Rochester Community Savings Bank, Rochester, NY, including the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pettinella serves on the Board of Directors of United Way of Greater Rochester, Rochester Business Alliance, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, National Multi Housing Counsel, Syracuse University School of Business and the Geneseo Foundation Board. He is also on the Board of Governors of National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and is a member of Urban Land Institute. Mr. Pettinella is a graduate of the State University at Geneseo and holds an MBA Degree in finance from Syracuse University. |
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| Clifford W. Smith Jr. | Committee Name | Compensation Committee
| Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee
| | View Bio | Clifford W. Smith, Jr. has been a director of the Company since 1994. Mr. Smith is the Epstein Professor of Finance of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Rochester, where he has been on the faculty since 1974. He has written numerous books and articles on a variety of financial, capital markets and risk management topics and has held editorial positions for a variety of journals. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Emory University and has a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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| Paul L. Smith | Committee Name | Audit Committee
| Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee
| | View Bio  Paul L. Smith has been a director of the Company since August 1994. Mr. Smith was a director, Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Eastman Kodak Company from 1983 until he retired in 1993. He is currently a director of Constellation Brands, Inc. He is also a member of the Boards of Trustees of the George Eastman House and Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and holds an M.B.A. in finance from Northwestern University. |
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| Amy L. Tait | Committee Name | Real Estate Investment Committee
| | View Bio | Amy L. Tait has served as a director of the Company since its inception in 1993. Effective February 15, 2001, Mrs. Tait resigned her full-time position as Executive Vice President of the Company and as a director of HP Management. She continued as a consultant to the Company pursuant to a consulting agreement that terminated on February 15, 2002. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Broadstone Ventures, LLC and Broadstone Real Estate, LLC, where she also serves as Secretary. Mrs. Tait joined Home Leasing in 1983 and held several positions with the Company, including Senior and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. She currently serves on the M & T Bank Regional Advisory Board and the boards of the United Way of Rochester, Princeton Club of Rochester, Al Sigl Center, Center for Governmental Research, Allendale Columbia School, Monroe County Center for Civic Entrepreneurship and the Simon School Executive Advisory Committee. Mrs. Tait is a graduate of Princeton University and holds an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Rochester. She is the daughter of Norman Leenhouts. |
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