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Officers
Andrew F. Jacobs President & CEO
Mr. Jacobs has served as our president and chief executive
officer (“CEO”) since 2003 and served in various other executive positions with
us since 1988. Mr. Jacobs is a member of the Executive Board of the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) and previously served
as founding chairman of NAREIT’s Council of Mortgage REITs. Mr. Jacobs
is a member of the Executive Committee of the Chancellor’s Council of the
University of Texas System and the Executive Council of the Real Estate
Finance and Investment Center and the Department of Accounting Advisory
Council at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Jacobs is a certified public
accountant and holds a Certificate of Director Education from the National
Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”).
Phillip A. Reinsch Executive VP & CFO
Mr. Reinsch has served as our executive vice president, CFO and secretary since July 2006. He served as our senior vice president, CFO and secretary from July 2003 to July 2006. Mr. Reinsch has served in various other executive positions with us since March 1993. Mr. Reinsch was employed by Ernst & Young LLP from July 1984 to March 1993, last serving as an audit senior manager. Mr. Reinsch has been a licensed certified public accountant since 1988.
Robert R. Spears Jr. Executive VP - Director of Residential Mortgage Investments
Mr. Spears has served as our executive vice president – director of residential mortgage investments since July 2006. Prior thereto, Mr. Spears had served as our senior vice president – asset and liability management since February 1999. From April 1994 to February 1999, he served as our vice president – asset and liability management. Mr. Spears was employed by NationsBanc Mortgage Corporation from April 1990 to April 1994, last serving as vice president – secondary marketing manager.
Michael W. Brown Senior VP - Asset and Liability Management
Mr. Brown has served as our senior vice president – asset and liability management and treasurer since July 2006. Prior thereto, Mr. Brown had served as our vice president – asset and liability management and treasurer since June 1999. Mr. Brown has been associated with us since July 1994.
Board of Directors
Jack E. Biegler Chairman
Mr. Biegler has served as our chairman of the board since April
2009. Mr. Biegler served as president of Ellison Management LLC from 1996
until his retirement in 2009. From 1980 until its sale in 1996, Mr. Biegler served
as chief financial officer (“CFO”) of Ray Ellison Industries, which was involved in
the development and construction of single-family homes in San Antonio, Texas.
John L. "Jack" Bernard
Mr. Bernard is an executive director and member of the board of
Renewable Funding LLC, a private company focused on the development of
innovative finance and technology solutions to clean energy, since 2008. From
2005 to 2007 Mr. Bernard was managing director of OceanTomo responsible
for an intellectual property fund and from 2003 to 2004 was managing director
for Coastal Capital responsible for an intellectual property sale/leaseback
fund. From 1993 to 2002 Mr. Bernard held senior roles at Dresdner RCM
Capital Management including managing mortgage, asset-backed and
corporate investments held in domestic institutional portfolios, managing a
closed end fixed-income fund (NYSE: RCS), and other global credit investment
responsibilities. Mr. Bernard worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated from 1984 to 1993 in the mortgage securities trading division with
responsibilities for originating, trading and hedging collateralized mortgage
obligations, as well as managing a proprietary position in mortgage derivatives.
Michelle P. Goolsby
Ms. Goolsby has been a partner and investment committee
member for Greenmont Capital Partners II, a private equity firm, since 2008.
From 1998 to 2008 Ms. Goolsby served as executive vice president of Dean
Foods Company where she was responsible for corporate development, legal,
corporate governance, ethics and compliance, government relations and
corporate affairs. Prior to 1998 Ms. Goolsby provided legal representation
for public and privately-held entities, including real estate investment trusts,
in connection with securities offerings, financings, mergers, acquisitions and
divestitures. Ms. Goolsby serves as a director of WhiteWave Foods Company
(NYSE: WWAV), a consumer packaged food and beverage company, and
SACHEM, Inc., a privately-held chemical science company.
Andrew F. Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs has served as our president and chief executive
officer (“CEO”) since 2003 and served in various other executive positions with
us since 1988. Mr. Jacobs is a member of the Executive Board of the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) and previously served
as founding chairman of NAREIT’s Council of Mortgage REITs. Mr. Jacobs
is a member of the Executive Committee of the Chancellor’s Council of the
University of Texas System and the Executive Council of the Real Estate
Finance and Investment Center and the Department of Accounting Advisory
Council at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Jacobs is a certified public
accountant and holds a Certificate of Director Education from the National
Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”).
Gary Keiser
Mr. Keiser served as an audit partner at Ernst & Young LLP from
1980 until his retirement in 2000. Mr. Keiser began his career with Ernst &
Young LLP in 1967.
Christopher W. Mahowald
Mr. Mahowald is the managing partner of RSF
Partners, a series of real estate private equity funds. Prior to forming RSF in
1997, Mr. Mahowald was a partner with the Robert M. Bass Group where he
was a founding principal in several real estate-related private equity funds,
including the Brazos Fund, the Lone Star Opportunity Fund and Colony Capital.
Prior to joining the Bass Group he was a principal for the Trammell Crow
Company. Mr. Mahowald serves on the board of American Security Products,
a private firm. Mr. Mahowald previously served on the boards of two publicly
traded real estate finance companies, IMPAC Commercial Holdings and Omega
Healthcare (NYSE: OHI).
Michael G. O'Neil
Until retiring in 2001, Mr. O’Neil was a director in the
investment banking division of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, an investment banking firm, where he had been employed since
1972. In 2009, Mr. O’Neil retired from the board of directors at Massively
Parallel Technologies, Inc., a private software technology company specializing
in high-speed computing, though he continues to serve on their advisory board.
He also served as a director for MobilePro Corp. from 2004 to 2008, a then
publicly traded company.
Mark S. Whiting
Mr. Whiting has served as Chairman and CEO of Drawbridge
Realty Trust, LLC, a private commercial property investment firm based in
San Francisco, California since its formation in January 2012. Prior to that
Mr. Whiting was the managing partner of Drawbridge Partners, LLC, the
predecessor company, since 1998. Mr. Whiting served as CEO and director
of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., a NYSE-listed commercial property
REIT, from 1996 through 1998 and served as president, chief operating officer
and director of TriNet from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Whiting currently serves on the
board of The Marcus & Millichap Company, a private real estate investment
brokerage firm. Mr. Whiting is a member of the Stanford University Real Estate
Council and the board of trustees of the Cate School and previously served as a
member of the Stanford University Athletic Board.
