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From July 2004 until July 2006, Mr. Hickox was employed by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) as a Sr. Portfolio Manager, tasked to assist with the design and implementation of a series of environmentally oriented investment initiatives in the investment categories of Private Equity, Real Estate, Global Public Equities, and Corporate Governance. From January 1999 to November 2003, Mr. Hickox served as Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), responsible for a broad range of programs created to protect California’s human and environmental health. From December 1994 to May 1998, Mr. Hickox was a partner and Managing Director with LaSalle Advisors, Ltd. Prior to joining LaSalle Advisors, Ltd., from September of 1987 until November of 1994, Mr. Hickox was a Managing Director with Alex, Brown Kleinwort Benson Realty Advisors Corp. Mr. Hickox has also served in a number of governmental appointments including as an alternate member of the California Coastal Commission, as a special consultant to the California State Controller, and on the Governor’s Office staff of California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. He was President of the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) from 1990 to 1994. He is currently a member of the board of the Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System. Mr. Hickox is a graduate of the California State University at Sacramento with a B.S. in Business Administration in 1965, and obtained a Masters of Business Administration in 1972 from Golden Gate University. | 