John L. Atkins, III has served as a director since March 2007. Mr. Atkins, a licensed architect,
is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of O’Brien/Atkins Associates, PA, a multidisciplinary design
services firm that he co-founded in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina in 1975. Mr. Atkins has
previously served as chairman of the North Carolina Board of Architecture and was named an
Emeritus Member of that board in 1988. Mr. Atkins was elevated in 1991 to the American Institute of
Architects’ College of Fellows, an honor only five percent of architects receive. Mr. Atkins serves as
chairman, director, and executive committee member of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. He
also serves as chairman of the North Carolina Railroad Company and director of the Kenan Center of
Engineering, Science, and Technology based at North Carolina State University. In 2005, Mr. Atkins
was awarded the American Institute of Architects-North Carolina Chapter’s F. Carter Williams Gold
Medal, the Chapter’s highest individual honor, in recognition of his distinguished career, and was
named the 2005 College of Design’s Distinguished Alumnus by North Carolina State University. In
2003, Mr. Atkins also received the Watauga Medal, the highest nonacademic honor bestowed by North
Carolina State University in honor of individuals who have made significant contributions to the
university’s advancement. Mr. Atkins holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from North Carolina
State University and a Master of Regional Planning degree from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Maria C. Freire has served as a director since April 2012. In November 2012, Dr. Freire
became the President and Executive Director, and a member of the Board of Directors for the FNIH,
a Congressionally-mandated organization that draws together the world’s foremost researchers and
resources in support of the mission of the National Institutes of Health (‘NIH’). Prior to her
appointment to the FNIH, Dr. Freire was the President and a member of the Board of Directors of
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, a non-profit organization that bestows the Lasker Awards in
basic and clinical science and advocates for medical research. From 2001 to 2008, Dr. Freire served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, a non-profit
organization that develops better, faster acting, and affordable drugs to fight tuberculosis. An expert in
technology commercialization, she directed the Office of Technology Transfer at the NIH from 1995 to
2001 and served as commissioner of the World Health Organization’s Commission on Intellectual
Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health. Dr. Freire obtained her Bachelor of Science degree
from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, her Ph.D. in Biophysics from the
University of Virginia, and completed post-graduate work in immunology and virology at the University
of Virginia and the University of Tennessee. She is a member of the Science Board to the Food and
Drug Administration, the Board of the GAVI Alliance and the International Steering Committee of the
Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud. Her awards include the Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service, The Arthur S. Flemming Award, and The Bayh-Dole
Award. Dr. Freire is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science and
the Council on Foreign Relations.
Richard B. Jennings has served as Lead Director since May 2007, and a director since May
1998. Mr. Jennings is President of Realty Capital International LLC, a real estate investment banking
firm that he founded in 1999, whose predecessor was Realty Capital International Inc., a firm that he
founded in 1991. From 1990 to 1991, Mr. Jennings served as Senior Vice President of Landauer Real
Estate Counselors, and from 1986 to 1989, Mr. Jennings served as Managing Director, Real Estate
Finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert. From 1969 to 1986, Mr. Jennings oversaw the REIT investment
banking business at Goldman, Sachs & Co. During his tenure at Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mr. Jennings
founded and managed the Mortgage Finance Group from 1979 to 1986. Mr. Jennings serves as a
director of National Retail Properties, Inc. He also served as a director of Cogdell Spencer, Inc. from
2005 to 2012. Mr. Jennings is a New York real estate broker. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Economics, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, from Yale University, and a Master of Business
Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
Richard H. Klein has served as a director since December 2003. Mr. Klein has a diverse 29 year background as a senior advisor to a variety of domestic and international businesses, with a particular focus on real estate organizations. From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Klein provided tax consulting and auditing services for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. From 1984 to 2000, Mr. Klein was with Ernst & Young LLP, and a predecessor firm, Kenneth Leventhal & Company. At these firms, Mr. Klein served in a variety of capacities, including as partner in the REIT Advisory Practice, the Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice, and the Public Relations and Practice Development Department. In 2003, Mr. Klein founded Chefmakers Cooking Academy LLC, which provided culinary education services and experiences, for which he served as Chief Executive Officer through 2012. He is currently an independent business consultant. Mr. Klein is a certified public accountant in the State of California. Mr. Klein received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Southern California.
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