Board of Directors

Chairman

Mr. Cosler has served as a director of the Company since August 2016 and became Chairman in May 2021. Mr. Cosler served as the CEO of Priority Healthcare, which was acquired by Express Scripts in 2005 and was lead director of Catamaran Corporation, which was acquired by United Healthcare in July 2015. Mr. Cosler currently serves on the boards of EBMS, ELAP Services, Southern Scripts and Eversana, all of which are Water Street Healthcare portfolio companies and privately held MedShorts. He also serves as the chairman and co-founder of Elevate Indianapolis, a non-profit organization.

Ms. Beall has served as a director of the Company since August 2016. In April 2021, Ms. Beall was appointed to the board of directors of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 financial services company. She also serves on the board of trustees of the University of Findlay. Ms. Beall retired in 2021 from Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the board of directors of MPLX GP LLC, a subsidiary of MPC, positions which she held from 2016 and 2014, respectively. MPLX GP LLC is the general partner of MPLX LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership, which owns and operates crude oil, refined products and natural gas logistics assets and processing operations.

Mr. Fick has served as a director of the Company since November 2010. Mr. Fick is an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School where he teaches graduate-level Real Estate Finance, Capital Markets, and REIT Structuring and Analysis. He is President of Nandua Oyster Company, an aquaculture business he founded in 2007. Mr. Fick served as Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus & Company, a successor to Legg Mason Wood Walker. In that position he headed Real Estate Research and was an analyst covering real estate investment trusts from 1997 to 2010. During this period he was also a member of the Legg Mason Real Estate Capital Investment Committee. Mr. Fick also served as Equity Vice President, Finance with Alex Brown Kleinwort Benson and LaSalle Partners from 1993 to 1995, and as Chief Financial Officer at Mills Corporation and Western Development Corporation from 1991 to 1994. Prior to that, he was a practicing CPA and consultant with a national accounting firm, specializing in the real estate industry. He is also a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”), and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and is a non-practicing Certified Public Accountant. He is also a member of the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School Real Estate Advisory Board. Mr. Fick is also an active investor in private real estate funds and partnerships.

Mr. Fritsch has served as a director of the Company since February 2012. Mr. Fritsch retired in September 2019 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Highwoods Properties, Inc., a publicly traded REIT (NYSE: HIW) and now serves as a retained consultant to the Company. Joining Highwoods in 1982, Mr. Fritsch was a partner in the predecessor firm which launched its initial public offering in 1994. In 2004, Mr. Fritsch assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Fritsch is a former member of the Nareit Board of Governors and served as its 2015/2016 national chair. Mr. Fritsch is currently a member on the following boards: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Real Estate Holdings, Dix Park Conservancy and Executive Committee, Cristo Rey High School, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Triangle Family Services, and the YMCA of the Triangle.

Ms. Castro Gulacsy has worked for SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. since 2013, where she is currently providing CFO transition services and most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from May 2021. Prior to that, she served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Financial Reporting, and Director, Financial Reporting. Previously, Ms. Castro Gulacsy was at Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare staffing company, from 2002 to 2013 where she most recently served as their Chief Accounting Officer, and earlier worked at Ernst & Young LLP where she most recently served as an audit manager. Ms. Castro Gulacsy currently serves on the audit committee for IAAPA, a global association for the theme park industry. Additionally, Ms. Castro Gulacsy previously served as Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund. Ms. Castro Gulacsy is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a Masters of Accounting and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.

Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Mr. Habicht has served as a director of the Company since June 2000, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since December 1993 and as Treasurer of the Company since January 1998. Mr. Habicht served as Secretary of the Company from January 1998 to May 2003. Mr. Habicht is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Ms. Holden has served as a director of the company since February 2019. Ms. Holden is an independent consultant to McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting company. She served as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company from April 2007 to December 2020, leading strategy, marketing and board effectiveness initiatives for consumer goods, healthcare, and financial services clients. Prior to that, Ms. Holden spent 25 years in marketing and line positions in consumer goods. Ms. Holden served as President, Global Marketing and Category Development of Kraft Foods Inc. from January 2004 to June 2005, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Kraft Foods, Inc. 2001-2003, Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods North America from May 2000 to December 2003. Ms. Holden currently serves as a Director of Dentsply Sirona and Western Union. She has served on eight public boards over the last 20 years, including Diageo Plc (2009 - 2018), Time, Inc. (2014 - 2018), and Catamaran Corporation (2012 - 2015). Ms. Holden was selected as a 2015 NACD Directorship 100 honoree and was inducted into the Chicago Business Hall of Fame in 2016. She currently serves on the board of Lyons Magnus, a private equity food service portfolio company. Ms. Holden graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and serves on the Executive Committee of Duke University's Board of Trustee's. She received a Master of Management in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and serves on the Global Advisory Board.

President &
Chief Executive Officer

Stephen A. Horn Jr. has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2022.  Previously, Steve served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since August 2020, overseeing the acquisitions, underwriting, asset management, dispositions, legal and human resources departments. He had previously served as Chief Acquisition Officer since January 2014. Since that time, he has overseen the acquisition of approximately $5.1 billion of new investment properties as the company's portfolio grew to more than 3,200 properties. Steve previously served as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions for the Company from June 2008 to December 2013, and as Vice President of Acquisitions of the Company from 2003 to 2008. Prior to 2003, he worked in the mergers and acquisitions group at A.G. Edwards & Sons in St. Louis, MO. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Mr. Witherspoon has served as a Director of the Company since January 2022. He joined Shipt as their Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Witherspoon was a Senior Vice President of Operations at Target Corporation from 2018 to 2022, Senior Vice President of Operational Performance & Readiness at UnitedHealth Group from 2017 to 2018, and was a Chief Restaurant Excellence Officer, KFC US, with Yum! Brands, Inc. from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Witherspoon was at Target Corporation as a Senior Director of Store Operations from 2013 to 2015, as a Director of Risk Management, Finance from 2011 to 2013, as a Regional Director of Property Management from 2008 to 2011, and as a Corporate Real Estate Manager of Target Properties from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Witherspoon is a graduate of Morehouse College, and received his MBA from Old Dominion University in Accounting.