Investor Relations

Corporate Governance

Mr. Baylis is the retired Vice Chairman of CS First Boston. Prior to his retirement, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CS First Boston Pacific, Inc. Mr. Baylis is also a Director of New York Life Insurance Company and is Chairman of the Board of Gildan Activewear, Inc. He is an Overseer of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, a Trustee and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City, and Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Mr. Brittain is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Professional Resources on Demand (Preod Corporation), which he founded in March 2003. Mr. Brittain is a former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor, Price Waterhouse, where he worked for 28 years prior to his retirement. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Brittain held several senior management positions, including serving as the Chief Operating Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers from July 1995 to September 2000 and as the Chief Operating Officer of PwC Consulting, a spin-off from PricewaterhouseCoopers, from September 2000 until his retirement in October 2002. Mr. Brittain is a member of the board of directors of Tutor Perini Corporation, where he serves as the chair of the audit committee; DaVita Inc., where he serves on the nominating and governance committee, the public policy committee and the clinical performance committee; and Convergys Corporation, where he serves on the audit committee.

Mr. Golden served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from 1995 until his retirement in May 2000. He is the Chairman of Bailey Capital Corporation and the Federal City Council in Washington, D.C. In addition, Mr. Golden is a Director of Pepco Holdings, Inc., Stemnion, Inc., The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and the chairman of the Kipp Academy. He is also a trustee of the Washington Real Estate Investment Trust. In past years, Mr. Golden served as Chief Financial Officer of The Oliver Carr Company, a director of Cousins Properties, Inc., as a member of the G2 Satellite Solutions Advisory Committee and was also co-founder and national managing partner of Trammell Crow Residential Companies. He served as Administrator of the General Services Administration from 1985 to 1988 and was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1984 to 1985.

Ms. Korologos is the former Chair of the RAND Corporation Board of Trustees, an international public policy research organization. From October 1996 to December 2005, she served as Senior Advisor to Benedetto, Gartland & Company, Inc., a private investment banking firm in New York. She formerly served as President of the Federal City Council from 1990 until 1995 and as Chairman of the Aspen Institute from 1996 until August 2000. Ms. Korologos has served in several United States Administrations in such positions as Secretary of Labor and Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior. She also serves as a Director of AMR Corporation (and its subsidiary, American Airlines), Kellogg Company, Harman International Industries, Inc., and Vulcan Materials Company.

Mr. Richard E. Marriott is our Chairman of the Board. He is also a Director of the Polynesian Cultural Center, Chairman of the Board of First Media Corporation and the J. Willard Marriott and Alice S. Marriott Foundation and a director of the Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation. Mr. Marriott also serves on the Federal City Council and the National Advisory Council of Brigham Young University. He is a past President of the National Restaurant Association. In addition, Mr. Marriott is the President and a Trustee of the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities.

Mr. Morse served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of The Washington Post Company from November 1989 until his retirement in December 2008. He also served as President of Washington Post Telecommunications, Inc. and Washington Post Productions Inc., both subsidiaries of The Washington Post Company. Prior to joining The Washington Post Company, Mr. Morse was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Morse is a director of AES Corporation, where he is on the financial audit committee, and HSN, Inc. where he is a member of the audit committee and chair of the compensation and human resources committee. He is also a Trustee of the College Foundation of the University of Virginia.

Mr. Smith is currently a senior advisor and resident at the Washington, DC office of Covington & Burling LLP as a member of the Government Affairs and International Trade practice groups. In 2008, Senator Smith completed his second term as a United States Senator from the State of Oregon, where he served on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee; the Finance Committee; and the Indian Affairs Committee. In addition, he was a ranking member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade and Global Competitiveness and for six years chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs. Prior to his election to the United States Senate, Mr. Smith directed the operations of Smith Frozen Foods, his family’s frozen food processing business and is currently Chairman of the Board of Smith Frozen Foods, which is privately held. In 1992, he was elected to the Oregon State Senate, of which he became president in 1995. He also previously practiced law in the states of New Mexico and Arizona.

Mr. Walter is our President and Chief Executive Officer. He joined our Company in 1996 as Senior Vice President for Acquisitions, and was elected Treasurer in 1998, Executive Vice President in 2000, Chief Operating Officer in 2001 and Chief Financial Officer in 2003. He became our President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2007. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Walter was a partner with Trammell Crow Residential Company and the President of Bailey Capital Corporation. He serves on the Board of Directors of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. and is a member of its Audit Committee and Investment and Finance Committee. He is on the board of the Friendship Public Charter School, the largest charter school system in the District of Columbia, the National Kidney Foundation, where he chairs the audit committee, and serves on the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.

Elizabeth A. Abdoo joined our company in June 2001 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and became Executive Vice President in February 2003. She was elected Secretary in August 2001. Prior to joining our company, Ms. Abdoo served as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Orbital Sciences Corporation from 1996 to May 2001.

Minaz Abji joined our company in 2003 as Executive Vice President Asset Management. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Abji was President of Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, a Canadian REIT located in Vancouver, British Columbia where he began working in August 1998. Mr. Abji previously worked for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Canada (which purchased Westin) as area managing director from October 1994 to August 1998. He was a general manager for Westin from 1986 to August 1998.

Larry K. Harvey rejoined our company in February 2003 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller. In February 2006, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, was elected Treasurer in September 2007 and elected Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President in November 2007. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Harvey served as Chief Financial Officer of Barceló Crestline Corporation, formerly Crestline Capital Corporation, and in various other positions with Crestline from January 1999 to January 2003. From May of 1994 through December of 1998, he served in various accounting positions at our company and was the Vice President, Corporate Accounting prior to the spin-off of Crestline. He serves on the Board of Directors for the National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area and the Board of Directors and audit committee of the American Capital Agency Corporation.

Gregory J. Larson joined our company in October 1993 as Senior Manager of Partnerships and was promoted to Director of Acquisitions in 1996. Mr. Larson joined the Treasury group as Vice President of Corporate Finance in 1998, assumed leadership of the Investor Relations department in 2000, was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2002, and was elected Treasurer in 2005. In 2007 Mr. Larson was selected to lead our corporate strategy and fund management business and elected to Executive Vice President. Prior to joining us, Mr. Larson served in various accounting positions with Marriott International, Inc. and worked in public accounting.

James F. Risoleo joined our company in 1996 as Senior Vice President for Acquisitions, and he was elected Executive Vice President in 2000. He is responsible for our development, acquisition and disposition activities. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Risoleo served as Vice President of Development for Interstate Hotels Corporation, then the nation's largest independent hotel management company. Before joining Interstate, he was Senior Vice President at Westinghouse Financial Services.

Brian G. Macnamara joined our company in February 1996 and was promoted to Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller in February 2007, and was elected Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller in September 2007. Prior to serving as Assistant Corporate Controller, Mr. Macnamara served as Vice President, Financial Reporting and Corporate Real Estate. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Macnamara worked at the Securities & Exchange Commission and Deloitte & Touche.