People: Arbor Realty Trust Inc (ABR.N)

ABR.N on New York Stock Exchange

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1 Aug 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Ivan Kaufman

51 2003 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Paul Elenio

44 2005 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

Fred Weber

51 2003 Executive Vice President - Structured Finance

Gene Kilgore

45 2004 Executive Vice President - Structured Securitization

John Felletter

54 2008 Senior Vice Presidents - Asset Management

Joseph Martello

56 2003 Director

Archie Dykes

81 2006 Independent Director

Karen Edwards

55 2005 Independent Director

William Green

51 2012 Independent Director

William Helmreich

66 2003 Independent Director

C. Michael Kojaian

50 2003 Independent Director

Stanley Kreitman

2013 Independent Director

Melvin Lazar

73 2011 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Ivan Kaufman

Mr. Ivan Kaufman has served as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since June 2003. Mr. Kaufman has been Chief Executive Officer and President of Arbor Commercial Mortgage, the Manager, since its inception in 1993. Arbor Commercial Mortgage is a national commercial real estate finance company which specializes in debt and equity financing for multi-family and commercial real estate. In 1983, he co-founded a predecessor of Arbor National Holdings Inc. and its residential lending subsidiary, Arbor National Mortgage Inc., which became a public company in 1992 and was sold to BankAmerica in 1995. Mr. Kaufman was named regional "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Inc. Magazine for achievements in financial services in 1990. Mr. Kaufman has also served on Fannie Mae's regional advisory and technology boards, as well as the Board of Directors of the Empire State Mortgage Bankers Association.

Paul Elenio

Mr. Paul Elenio has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since September 2005. Mr. Elenio joined Arbor National Holdings, the predecessor company of the Manager, Arbor Commercial Mortgage, in 1991. In 1995, he was promoted to Vice President, Controller, in 2002 assumed the position of Vice President of Finance and in 2004 was further promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance. Mr. Elenio is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the financial operations. This includes financial reporting, tax planning, budgeting, and the appropriate utilization of the capital. He is also in charge of investor relations. Mr. Elenio also serves on Arbor Commercial Mortgage's executive committee. Prior to joining Arbor Commercial Mortgage, Mr. Elenio was employed with Ernst & Young from 1989 to 1990 in the auditing department.

Fred Weber

Mr. Fred Weber has served as Executive Vice President - Structured Finance of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since June 2003. He also continues to provide services to Arbor Commercial Mortgage in his capacity as a continuing member of Arbor Commercial Mortgage's executive committee. Mr. Weber was employed by Arbor Commercial Mortgage from May 1999 until July 1, 2003. At Arbor Commercial Mortgage, Mr. Weber oversaw Arbor Commercial Mortgage's structured finance and principal transaction group, where he was responsible for origination, underwriting and closing coordination of debt and equity financing for various asset types and classes of commercial real estate nationwide. He has been involved in the mortgage banking industry for more than 20 years and has real estate finance and acquisition experience. Mr. Weber is a member of the real estate finance committee of the Real Estate Board of New York. From July 1997 through February 1999, Mr. Weber was a partner and co-head of the real estate department with Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP. Previously, Mr. Weber was a partner with the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Gene Kilgore

Mr. Gene Kilgore has served as Executive Vice President - Structured Securitization of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since October 2004. Mr. Kilgore also serves on Arbor Commercial Mortgage's executive committee. From September 2001 to September 2004, Mr. Kilgore was a portfolio manager for ZAIS Group, LLC, a structured finance investment advisor. From September 2000 to August 2001, Mr. Kilgore was director of risk finance at Barclays Capital. From September 1996 to September 2000, Mr. Kilgore worked at Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, where he was a director in the collateralized debt obligations group. He has also served as Vice President of Corporate Lending and Commercial Real Estate at Wachovia Bank.

John Felletter

Mr. John Felletter has served as Senior Vice Presidents - Asset Management of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since November 2008. He was a director at UBS from 1999 to 2006. In 2006, UBS created Dillon Read Asset Management and Mr. Felletter served as a Director of the manager of that fund from 2006 to August 2007. Mr. Felletter has also held portfolio/asset management positions at Capital Trust (from 1998 to 1999), Phoenix Realty Securities (from 1996 to 1998), with the J.E. Roberts/Goldman Sachs Venture (from 1994 to 1996). Previously, Mr. Felletter worked for the Resolution Trust Corporation, Citibank, Capital Alliance, and Connecticut National Bank. Mr. Felletter has over 29 years of commercial real estate debt and equity experience, including acquisitions/dispositions, loan securitizations, exposure to troubled debt restructuring, workout and bankruptcy and oversight of portfolio monitoring, investor reporting and loan servicing. Mr. Felletter holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Prior to his corporate career, Mr. Felletter served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.

Joseph Martello

Mr. Joseph Martello has served as Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since June 2003. Mr. Martello has been Chief Operating Officer of Arbor Management, LLC, the managing member of Arbor Commercial Mortgage since 1999. He is responsible for management of the investment portfolio and overseeing the day-to-day operations within Arbor Management. Mr. Martello is also a member of the executive committee of Arbor Commercial Mortgage. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Martello was Chief Financial Officer of Arbor Commercial Mortgage. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Martello was the Chief Financial Officer of Arbor National Holdings, Inc. Prior to that, he was a senior manager with the international accounting and consulting firm of Ernst & Young for eleven years. Mr. Martello also serves as a director of Citala, Ltd., a privately-owned technology firm based in Israel.

Archie Dykes

Dr. Archie R. Dykes has served as Independent Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since April 2006. Dr. Dykes was lead director of PepsiAmericas, Inc. until June 2010. He has served as Chairman of Capital City Holdings Inc., a venture capital organization, since 2007. Dr. Dykes served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Security Benefit Group of Companies from 1980 through 1987. He served as Chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1973 to 1980. Prior to that, he was Chancellor of the University of Tennessee. Dr. Dykes was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fleming Companies, Inc. until September 2004. He assumed those roles at Fleming in March 2003 following his service to Fleming as non-executive Chairman of the Board. He also serves as a director of Raytech Corporation and Midas, Inc. Dr. Dykes is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas University Endowment Association and the William Allen White Foundation. He formerly served as Vice Chairman of the Commission on the Operation of the United States Senate and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of American Universities.

Karen Edwards

Ms. Karen K. Edwards has served as Independent Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since August 2005. She is the founder and CEO of Kosiba Edwards Associates, a financial and strategic advisory firm. She was also a Senior Vice President at GenSpring Family Offices from June 2004 until October 2008. She co-founded the Investment Banking Group at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. (FBR), where she was a managing director from 1992 to 2000. In that role, she was responsible for raising equity and high yield debt capital for financial institutions and other financial services and real estate companies and REITs. She also developed FBR's mergers and acquisitions practice. Ms. Edwards is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member and former President of the CFA Society of Washington. She is a member of Women Corporate Directors and currently serves as President of the Alumni Board of the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business. As a CFA, investment banker and executive with several financial services and asset management companies over the past 25 years, Ms. Edwards has substantial experience and insight in business valuation and capital markets, specifically pertaining to financial services companies and real estate investment trusts.

William Green

Mr. William C. Green has been appointed as Independent Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., effective February 29, 2012. A 29-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, Mr. Green is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Tannery Brook Partners, LLC and co-founder and Managing Member of Cazenovia Creek Investment Management, LLC. Both companies were formed to focus on the client set of the commercial real estate and commercial real estate finance industries. Prior to the formation of those two firms, Mr. Green was a member at Starwood Capital Group, where he was responsible for the debt investments business of the firm and oversaw Starwood Debt Fund II in 2008. Before joining Starwood Capital Group, Mr. Green was the Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Capital Markets at Wachovia Securities and its predecessor companies. While with Wachovia, he managed the commercial real estate securitization, mortgage banking, structured finance, equity co-investment, loan servicing, asset management and trading functions for Wachovia’s Corporate & Investment Banking Division. During his tenure, Mr. Green helped grow Wachovia into a provider of capital in the commercial real estate space on a global basis. Earlier in his career, Mr. Green held several commercial Managing Director positions at Banc of America Securities. Prior to that, he held various positions at private and public firms within the real estate development and finance sectors. Mr. Green has also served on the Executive Advisory Board for the Commercial Securitization and Mortgage Bankers Associations and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Real Estate Forum magazine. Mr. Green received a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

William Helmreich

Dr. William Helmreich has served as Independent Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since June 2003. Dr. Helmreich is the founder, and since 1980, owner and President of Byron Research and Consulting, a market research firm specializing in financial research, political polling, legal consulting, and issues relating to food products and real estate. He is a professor of Sociology at City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center, where he teaches sociology of marketing and consumer behavior. Since 2000, Dr. Helmreich has also been the Chairman for Academic Affairs for North Shore Hebrew Academy. He is a director of North Shore Hebrew Academy, North Shore Hebrew Academy High School and NSH Affordable Housing of Indiana, Inc., as well as other not-for-profit boards, and was a Senior Vice President of Good Earth Teas for many years.

C. Michael Kojaian

Mr. C. Michael Kojaian has served as Independent Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., since June 2003. Since 1998 Mr. Kojaian has been the Chief Operating Officer of the Kojaian group of companies, a national multi-faceted real estate development, investment and asset management organization. Mr. Kojaian is former Chairman of the Board of Grubb & Ellis, a commercial real estate firm.

Stanley Kreitman

Mr. Stanley Kreitman is appointed as the Independent Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Mr. Kreitman is the Chairman of the Board of Manhattan Associates, LLC and was deeply involved in the founding of Signature Bank, where he currently serves on the Advisory Board. In addition, he was President of United States Banknote Corporation until he retired in 1994. Mr. Kreitman is the former Chairman of the New York City Board of Corrections and a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Institute of Technology. Mr. Kreitman holds a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University School of Commerce and a Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from New York Institute of Technology.

Melvin Lazar

Mr. Melvin F. Lazar, CPA, is Independent Director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Mr. Lazar has served as one of the directors from his appointment in November 2003 until May 2011 and since his re-appointment in December 2011. Mr. Lazar is the founder of Lazar Levine & Felix LLP, certified public accountants, was its managing partner from 1969 until September 2002, and is still an employee of the firm, now known as ParenteBeard LLP. Mr. Lazar specializes in business valuations and merger and acquisition activities. Mr. Lazar serves on the board of directors of Active Media Services, Inc., a privately-held corporate trading company and is former Chairman of the Audit Committee of Enzo Biochem, Inc., a publicly-held biotechnology company.

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