Robert C. Lieber has served as a director since August 2014. Mr. Lieber is the Executive Managing Director of Island Capital Group LLC, a leading international real estate merchant bank, and of C-III Capital Partners LLC, a fully-diversified asset management and commercial real estate services company, of which Island Capital Group LLC is the controlling parent. He joined the firm in July 2010, after having served under New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development. Mr. Lieber also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Resource REIT, Inc. (previously Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT, Inc.), a public non-traded real estate investment trust, since February 2018. In addition, he served as Chief Executive Officer (but not a director) of Exantas Capital Corp. (now known as ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.), a publicly traded real estate investment trust, which was managed by a subsidiary of C-III Capital Partners LLC, from September 2016 to August 2020. Mr. Lieber brings to the Board extensive expertise and insight into financial and political matters pertaining to real estate and infrastructure development projects, gained through his experience in the financial and governmental sectors. Mr. Lieber holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.