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Bruce D. Wardinski is our non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Wardinski currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Barceló Crestline Corporation. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Wardinski served as the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Crestline Capital, a public hotel management company spun-off from Host Marriott Corporation in December 1998 when Host Marriott converted to a REIT until Crestline Capital’s acquisition by Barceló in June 2002. Before the spin-off of Crestline Capital, Mr. Wardinski served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Host Marriott from 1996 to the time of the spin-off. In this capacity, he was responsible for Host Marriott’s corporate finance, investor relations and cash management functions, as well as for managing Host Marriott’s capital structure and raising funds for acquisitions. Mr. Wardinski spent 12 years with Marriott International and Host Marriott in various finance and development positions, including Corporate Finance Director of Operations, Planning & Control; Treasury Department Senior Director of Project Finance; and Senior Vice President Managing Director of International Development. Mr. Wardinski received his B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia and earned a M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. He currently services as chairman of the board of directors of ServiceSource, Inc., a not-for-profit advocacy group representing people with disabilities, and serves on the board of directors of eStara, Inc. | 