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Lewis N. Wolff has served on the Board since December 8, 2005. Mr. Wolff is Chairman of Wolff Urban Management, Inc., a real estate acquisition, investment, development and management firm. He co-founded and, since 1994, served as Chairman of Maritz, Wolff & Co., a privately held hotel investment group that manages top-tier luxury hotels. Maritz, Wolff & Co.’s investments exceed $1.0 billion. Mr. Wolff serves as Chairman of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., serves as Vice Chairman of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and, from 1999 through the summer of 2004, served as Co-Chairman of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a hotel management company formed by Fairmont Hotel Management Company and Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts, Inc. In April of 2005, Mr. Wolff acquired ownership of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics. He serves on the Board of Directors for Grill Concepts, Inc., First Century Bank and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Mr. Wolff entered the hotel business in the 1980s by becoming developer/owner/operator of the San Jose Holiday Inn in Northern California and the Burbank Airport Hilton and the La Mirada Gateway Plaza Holiday Inn in Southern California. He expanded his portfolio by acquiring office buildings, theaters and additional hotels. Mr. Wolff’s career began in St. Louis, Louisiana at Roy Wenzlick & Company, a real estate economics, appraisal and publishing firm, and he eventually opened and managed its West Coast office in Los Angeles. Mr. Wolff’s accomplishments in the real estate field earned him an appointment in 1977 as a permanent staff member of the University of California Extension Program. Mr. Wolff also served as President of Twentieth Century Fox Realty & Development Company, where he managed Twentieth Century Fox’s worldwide corporate real estate activities. Mr. Wolff is a former primary owner of the St. Louis Blues National Hockey League Team and a former primary owner of the Golden State Warriors National Basketball Team. Mr. Wolff holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and received his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. He serves as one of our Independent Directors and as a member of our Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. | 