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Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Kenneth F. Bernstein
President and Chief Executive Officer

Kenneth F. Bernstein is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Acadia Realty Trust, which he co-founded in 1998. Acadia Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust specializing in the acquisition, redevelopment, and management of open-air retail properties. The company currently owns and operates a portfolio of properties valued at approximately $5 billion throughout the United States.

Acadia manages a core real estate portfolio of approximately $3 billion of open-air retail properties dominated by street retail properties in key markets throughout the United States. Acadia also operates an investment management platform that manages a series of institutional joint ventures and discretionary investment funds. Acadia has recently completed its investments on behalf of Fund V, acquiring approximately $1.5 billion in retail properties. The company has also completed two separate account joint ventures with institutional partners.

In addition to his responsibilities at Acadia, Mr. Bernstein is a former Trustee of the Board of Trustees for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), where he also served as the Chairman for 2017/2018. He is a member of the World President’s Organization (YPO-WPO), where he was the founding chairman of the Real Estate Network. Mr. Bernstein currently serves as a Global Governing Trustee for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and is a member of the Board of Trustees for Golub Capital (NASDAQ: GBDC).

Previously, Mr. Bernstein served as Chief Operating Officer of RD Capital until its merger with Mark Centers Trust in 1998, creating Acadia Realty Trust. Prior to that, Mr. Bernstein was an associate with the New York law firm of Battle Fowler, LLP.

Mr. Bernstein received his BA from the University of Vermont and his JD from Boston University School of Law.

 

Mark A. Denien
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Duke Realty Corporation
Mr. Denien has over 20 years of financial experience in real estate investment, having served multiple executive roles from 2005 to October 2022 at Duke Realty Corporation, a publicly traded REIT in the S&P 500 prior to its recent merger with Prologis. Mr. Denien most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Duke Realty, a role he held since 2013. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Denien oversaw all financial functions for the company, including capital markets, accounting, taxation, investor relations, treasury, and information technology. Prior to being named Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Denien was Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Denien is also a Certified Public Accountant, and prior to joining Duke Realty, he was an audit and advisory partner for KPMG, LLP, focused on the real estate and construction industries. He began his career with KPMG in 1989.

Mr. Denien is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of Central and Southern Indiana. He is also a member of the Best Financial Practice Council of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and is an Advisory Board Member of the Indiana University Center for Real Estate Studies. In addition, Mr. Denien is a real estate and finance guest lecturer at Indiana University. Mr. Denien has been previously named the Indianapolis Business Journal CFO of the Year and is an Indiana University Center for Real Estate Studies Legacy Award Winner.
Kenneth A. McIntyre
Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Executive Council (REEC)
Mr. McIntyre has over 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. He is the Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Executive Council (REEC), a trade association for minority executives in the commercial real estate industry, and the founder and Managing Principal of PassPort Real Estate, LLC, a New York-based consulting firm focused on commercial real estate, infrastructure and diversity. Mr. McIntyre previously served as the Executive Advisor for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and as the Executive Director for REAP (The Real Estate Associates Program), a non-profit that is focused on increasing the diversity of talent in the commercial real estate industry. Mr. McIntyre was a Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial Real Estate at Hudson City Savings Bank from May 2014 to May 2016. Prior to joining Hudson City Savings Bank, Mr. McIntyre was a Managing Director in MetLife’s Real Estate Investments Group where he was also a voting member of the Investment Committee for Commercial Mortgages. Prior to joining MetLife, Mr. McIntyre held senior origination and relationship management roles at KeyBank, GE Capital, UBS and Chase.

Mr. McIntyre is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), where he serves as a member of the ESG, Audit and Compensation Committees, and of The Real Estate Roundtable, where he serves on the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Mr. McIntyre is also a Member of the Board of Governors for the Real Estate Board of New York. In addition, Mr. McIntyre serves on the Boards of the National Jazz Museum of Harlem, the Yorkville Youth Athletic Association, and R*E*N*T, and is a member of the Advisory Board for Council of Urban Real Estate (CURE, f/k/a African American Real Estate Professionals of New York).
William T. Spitz
Former Vice Chancellor for Investments and Treasurer of Vanderbilt University

William T. Spitz has been a Trustee of Acadia Realty Trust since August 2007. He has served as a Director of Diversified Trust Company, a private wealth management trust company, for 22 years and has served as a Director and Principal since March 2009. Previously, he was Vice Chancellor for Investments and Treasurer of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee for 16 years where he was responsible for managing the University's $3.5 billion endowment. He was also a member of the Senior Management Group of the University, which is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the institution. During his tenure, the Vanderbilt endowment earned returns in the top 10% of a broad universe of endowments for multiple time frames. While at Vanderbilt, Mr. Spitz conducted asset allocation studies and implemented detailed investment objectives and guidelines, developed a comprehensive risk management plan, invested in approximately two hundred limited partnerships in five illiquid assets classes, selected new custodians for both the endowment fund and the University's charitable remainder trusts and implemented a more aggressive approach to working capital management which increased returns by 2% per annum. In addition, Mr. Spitz was also on the faculty of Vanderbilt University as Clinical Professor of Management-Owen Graduate School of Management. He has also held various high-level positions with successful asset management companies and has served on the board of several companies, including Cambium Global Timber Fund, The Common Fund, MassMutual Financial, and the Bradford Fund. He has also served on multiple advisory committees, including Acadia's Opportunity Fund Advisory Boards, on which he served for 6 years. Mr. Spitz is a published author and frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars.

Lynn C. Thurber
Chairman of LaSalle Investment Management

Lynn C. Thurber has been a Trustee of Acadia Realty Trust since March 2016 and is currently the chairman of LaSalle Investment Management, a global real estate money management firm with over $55 billion of assets under management, investing in private real estate as well as publicly-traded real estate companies on behalf of institutional and individual investors. Prior to becoming chairman of LaSalle Investment Management, Ms. Thurber was the co-president of the Company for 6 years before becoming chief executive officer, a position she held for six years. Ms. Thurber was chief executive officer of Alex Brown, Kleinwort Benson ("ABKB") Realty Advisors’ before its merger with LaSalle Partners in 1994 and a principal at Morgan Stanley & Co., before that. She is also chairman of the board of Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust, an SEC registered, non-traded REIT. Ms. Thurber earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. from Wellesley College. She is a member of the board of Duke Realty Corporation, a board member and the immediate past global Chairman of ULI-Urban Land Institute. In addition, Ms. Thurber is currently a member of The Chicago Network and the Wellesley College Business Leadership Council and a member of the board of the Bitterroot Land Trust. Ms. Thurber was the 2013 recipient of the Landauer White award from the Counselors of Real Estate and the 2015 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ULI District Council of Chicago.

Lee S. Wielansky
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Midland Development Group, Inc.

Lee S. Wielansky has been a Trustee of Acadia Realty Trust since May 2000 and the Lead Trustee since 2004. Mr. Wielansky has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Midland Development Group, Inc., which focuses on the development of retail properties in the mid-west and southeast, since May 2003. For three years prior to that Mr. Wielansky served as Chief Executive Officer and President of JDN Development Company, Inc., and a Director of JDN Realty Corporation through its merger with Developers Diversified Realty Corporation in 2003. He was also a founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of Midland Development Group, Inc., for 15 years when the company sold its assets to Regency Centers Corporation. Mr. Wielansky is a Director of Pulaski Bank, a Director for Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., and a Director of Brookdale Senior Living. He is also a member of the NACD.

Hope B. Woodhouse
Former Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Management Committee of Bridgewater Associates, Inc.

Ms. Woodhouse is a seasoned financial executive with substantial experience in the financial services sector having spent over 25 years in executive management roles at top-ranked, global alternative asset management firms and broker dealers. From 2005 to 2009, she served as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the management committee of Bridgewater Associates, Inc. Between 2003 and 2005, Ms. Woodhouse was President and Chief Operating Officer of Auspex Group, L.P., and was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the management committee of Soros Fund Management LLC from 2000 to 2003. Prior to that, she held various executive leadership positions, including at Tiger Management L.L.C., and Salomon Brothers Inc.

Ms. Woodhouse also presently serves as an independent director on the Boards of Two Harbors Investment Corp., where she has served since 2012 and is chair of the Risk Oversight Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, and Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc., where she has served since 2017 and is chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance and Audit Committees. Ms. Woodhouse previously served as a director of Piper Jaffray Companies, Seoul Securities Co. Ltd., Soros Funds Limited, The Bond Market Association and as a member of the investment committee at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Ms. Woodhouse also serves on the boards of Children’s Services Advisory Committee of Indian River County and the John’s Island Community Service League, and is a trustee of the Tiger Foundation. Ms. Woodhouse received an A.B. degree in Economics from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

C. David Zoba
Senior Real Estate Strategy Advisor of Gap, Inc.

C. David Zoba has been a Trustee of Acadia Realty Trust since August 2015. Mr. Zoba served as Senior Vice President of Global Real Estate and Store Development for Gap Inc., the $15 billion retailer operating as Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Intermix and Outlet Brands, for six years before becoming Senior Real Estate Strategy Advisor for Gap Inc., a position he held until his retirement in 2016. Immediately prior to joining Gap, Inc., Mr. Zoba was Principal and Chief Operating Officer for Steiner+Associates, one of the country's most respected mixed-use retail developers. Preceding Steiner+Associates, he served as president and chief operating officer of Premier Properties, a real estate development company, for two years and worked for Galyan's Trading Company, Inc., for three years, where, as EVP, he helped create and launch a specialty sporting goods retailer that later became part of Dick's Sporting Goods. In the mid-1990s, Mr. Zoba was with The Limited (now L Brands) and served as Chief Transaction Attorney, and then expanded his responsibilities significantly to other areas during his seven-year tenure. Mr. Zoba earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and attended the London School of Economics for graduate studies. He has a Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University Law School. Since July 2015, Mr. Zoba has been Chairman (Non-Executive), Global Retail Leasing Board, with Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. He is also an Executive Board Member and Chair of the Compensation Committee, International Council of Shopping Centers and serves on the newly constituted governing board for this 65,000+ member shopping center real estate trade association. He serves as a non-employee consultant for Crown Acquisitions, Inc., in connection with urban retail real estate acquisitions and in support of retailer relationships.