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Samuel Zell 66 has been a Director since 1984 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1985. He has served as Chairman of Equity Group Investments L.L.C. a private investment company since 1999 and its President since 2006; Sam was a trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Equity Office Properties Trust an equity real estate investment trust primarily focused on office buildings from October 1996 until its acquisition in February 2007 its Chief Executive Officer from April 2002 to April 2003 and its President from April 2002 until November 2002. Zell has also been Chairman of the Board of Covanta Holding Corporation (previously known as Danileson Holding Corporation) a waste-to-energy and specialty insurance services company since September 2005 served as its President Chairman and CEO from July 2002 until December 2004 and was a Director from 1999 until 2004. For more than the past five years Zell has been Chairman of the Board of Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc. (previously known as Manufactured Home Communities Inc.) an equity real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the ownership and operation of manufactured home resort communities; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Equity Residential an equity real estate investment trust that owns and operates multi-family residential properties; and Chairman of the Board of Capital Trust Inc. a specialized finance company. He is the father of Matthew Zell. | 