People: Thomas Properties Group Inc (TPGI.N)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

James Thomas

76 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Diana Laing

58 2004 Chief Financial Officer, Secretary

Paul Rutter

59 2010 Co-Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel

John Sischo

56 2010 Co-Chief Operating Officer, Director

Randall Scott

57 Executive Vice President, Director

Thomas Ricci

55 2004 Executive Vice President

Robert Morgan

47 2006 Senior Vice President - Accounting and Administration

Todd Merkle

43 Chief Investment Officer

R. Bruce Andrews

71 2004 Independent Director

Bradley Carroll

35 2012 Independent Director

Edward Fox

64 2004 Independent Director

John Goolsby

71 2006 Independent Director

Winston Hickox

69 2004 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

James Thomas

Mr. James A. Thomas is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Mr. Thomas has served on Board of Directors since the Company was organized in March 2004. Mr. Thomas founded predecessor group of entities, and served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of predecessor group of entities from 1996 to the commencement of operations in October 2004. Prior to founding predecessor group of entities, Mr. Thomas served as a co-managing partner of Maguire Thomas Partners, a national full-service real estate operating company from 1983 to 1996. In 1996, Maguire Thomas Partners was divided into two companies with Mr. Thomas forming predecessor group of entities with other key members of the former executive management at Maguire Thomas Partners. Mr. Thomas also served as Chief Executive Officer and principal owner of the Sacramento Kings National Basketball Association team and the ARCO Arena from 1992 until 1999. He is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).He serves on the board of trustees of the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation and I Have a Dream Foundation in Los Angeles, Baldwin Wallace College in Cleveland, and St. John's Health Center Foundation in Santa Monica, California. He is a member of the Chairman's Council of the Weingart Center Association, the Colonial Williamsburg National Council and the Fisher Center Policy Advisory Board. Additionally, Mr. Thomas is the Founder and Chairman of Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic (F.A.S.T.). Mr. Thomas received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science with honors from Baldwin Wallace College in 1959. He graduated magna cum laude with a juris doctorate degree in 1963 from Cleveland Marshall Law School.

Diana Laing

Ms. Diana M. Laing is Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. She is responsible for financial reporting oversight, capital markets transactions and investor relations. Prior to becoming a member of senior management team, Ms. Laing served as Chief Financial Officer of Triple Net Properties, LLC from January 2004 through April 2004. From December 2001 to December 2003, Ms. Laing served as Chief Financial Officer of New Pacific Realty Corporation, and held this position at Firstsource Corp. from July 2000 to May 2001. Previously, Ms. Laing was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arden Realty, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT, from August 1996 to July 2000. From 1982 to August 1996, she was Chief Financial Officer of Southwest Property Trust, Inc., a publicly-traded multi-family REIT. She is a member of the board of directors, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee for The Macerich Company, a publicly-traded REIT. Ms. Laing holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University.

Paul Rutter

Mr. Paul S. Rutter is Co-Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Mr. Rutter joined the Company in September 2008. After practicing law with James A. Thomas from 1978 to 1983, Mr. Rutter cofounded Gilchrist & Rutter Professional Corporation, a real estate law firm in Los Angeles, in 1983 and served as Managing Shareholder of the firm until 2006. His law practice included negotiating, structuring and documenting transactions and joint ventures involving commercial real estate development, financing, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions. In 2006, he became Executive Vice President, Transactions, at Maguire Properties, a NYSE listed real estate investment trust, where he was a member of the Executive Management Committee and oversaw the leasing, acquisition and financing transactions of that company. Mr. Rutter is active in several real estate organizations and has served on the boards of several charitable and non-profit organizations. Mr. Rutter currently is a member of the Board of Advisors of University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and is on the Advisory Board of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. Mr. Rutter earned his A.B. degree (magna cum laude) from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received Dean's List honors, and was Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Rutter received his Juris Doctor degree (Order of the Coif) from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he served as Topic and Comment Editor for the U.C.L.A. Law Review. He is admitted to the bars of the State of California, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

John Sischo

Mr. John R. Sischo is Co-Chief Operating Officer, Director of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. Mr. Sischo has been a member of Board of Directors since April 2004. Mr. Sischo leads the company's acquisition, investment and finance efforts in addition to managing investor relationships which include pension funds and financial institutions. He has led the firm's effort in the acquisition of approximately $3.8 billion of operating properties and built the company's investment management platform, through the financing of new and existing operating and development properties and fund investment programs, which has resulted in the creation of investment vehicles totaling approximately $1.0 billion of equity capital. Mr. Sischo joined Thomas Properties Group in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer after eight years Bankers Trust's real estate practice in Los Angeles. He has executed over $10 billion in real estate transactions both public and private during his 24 year career. He started his real estate banking career with Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and then moved to Security Pacific Corporation. Mr. Sischo received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Randall Scott

Mr. Randall L. Scott is Executive Vice President, Director of Thomas Properties Group, Inc.Mr. Scott has been a member of Board of Directors since April 2004. Mr. Scott directed asset management operations nationally and East Coast development activity for predecessor group of entities from its inception in 1996 until the commencement of operations in October 2004. Prior to the formation of predecessor group of entities, Mr. Scott was with Maguire Thomas Partners from 1986 to August 1996. As a senior executive at Maguire Thomas Partners, Mr. Scott worked on several scale development projects, including One Commerce Square in Philadelphia and The Gas Company Tower in Los Angeles. Mr. Scott was also on the pre-development team for the CalEPA project in Sacramento and served in a general business development capacity. Mr. Scott is currently involved in various civic and professional organizations and serves on the board of directors of the Center City District, a Philadelphia non-profit special services organization and the board of trustees of Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, a Philadelphia-based specialty hospital providing medical rehabilitation services to people with physical disabilities. Mr. Scott holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Butler University in Indianapolis.

Thomas Ricci

Mr. Thomas S. Ricci is Executive Vice President of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of predecessor group of entities from May 1998 with oversight of business development and development services. From February 1992 through May 1998, Mr. Ricci was the vice president of planning and entitlements at Maguire Thomas Partners, Playa Capital Company division. As a senior executive at Maguire Thomas Partners, Mr. Ricci worked on several mixed-use and commercial projects. Prior to joining Maguire Thomas Partners in 1987, Mr. Ricci was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, where he was involved in planning, programming, design and construction of medical facilities at locations in the United States and abroad. Mr. Ricci is currently involved in various civic and professional organizations and serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trustees of Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Mr. Ricci holds a bachelor of science degree and a bachelor of architecture degree with honors from the New York Institute of Technology.

Robert Morgan

Mr. Robert D. Morgan is Senior Vice President - Accounting and Administration of Thomas Properties Group, Inc. He served the company as a Vice President from April 2004 to December 2006 in the same capacity. Mr. Morgan joined predecessor group of entities in March 2000 from Arthur Andersen LLP, where he spent 10 years in the real estate services group. At Arthur Andersen, Mr. Morgan was a Senior Manager specializing in providing audit and transaction due diligence services to real estate developers, owners, lenders and operators. Mr. Morgan earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Mr. Morgan is a certified public accountant, licensed by the State of California.

Todd Merkle

Mr. Todd L. Merkle is Chief Investment Officer of Thomas Properties Group Inc. Prior to joining the Company as a Vice President in 2004, Mr. Merkle spent ten years in the investment banking business at the firms of Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, having been based in both New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA. In this capacity, Mr. Merkle was involved in a variety of investment banking transactions on behalf of both public and private real estate clients, including buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, special committee representations, fairness opinions, asset and portfolio sales, and public and private equity and debt financings. Mr. Merkle also spent two years as a corporate finance associate at the Irvine Company in Newport Beach, CA. Mr. Merkle received a BS in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University.

R. Bruce Andrews

Mr. R. Bruce Andrews is Independent Director of Thomas Properties Group, Inc., since October 2004. Until his retirement in April 2004, Mr. Andrews served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust, which position he had held since September 1989. Mr. Andrews' previous experience includes serving in various capacities including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director of American Medical International. He began his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen and Company. Mr. Andrews graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.

Bradley Carroll

Mr. Bradley H. Carroll has been appointed as Independent Director of Thomas Properties Group, Inc., effective August 2, 2012. Since November 2010 Mr. Carroll has been a Managing Director for Madison International Realty, LLC, a real estate private equity firm. From January 2002 through July 2010 he was employed by Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., where he managed regional acquisition and disposition functions throughout the United States, and oversaw portfolio and asset management for three emerging market real estate funds. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Mr. Carroll was an associate with Bear, Stearns, & Co. and a senior analyst with a boutique real estate advisor. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Richmond.

Edward Fox

Mr. Edward D. Fox is Independent Director of Thomas Properties Group, Inc., since October 2004. Since January 2003, Mr. Fox has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vantage Property Investors, LLC, a private real estate investment and development company. Prior to 2003, Mr. Fox was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Center Trust, a real estate investment trust, from 1998 to January 2003 when Center Trust was acquired by Pan Pacific Retail Properties. Mr. Fox co-founded and served as the Chairman of CommonWealth Partners, a fully integrated real estate operating company, from 1995 through October 2003. Prior to forming CommonWealth Partners, Mr. Fox was a senior partner with Maguire Thomas Partners. A certified public accountant, Mr. Fox started his career in public accounting specializing in real estate transactions. Mr. Fox serves on the Dean's advisory council for the USC School of Architecture and the board of directors of the Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation and the Los Angeles Boy Scouts. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in business, both with honors, from the University of Southern California.

John Goolsby

Mr. John L. Goolsby is Independent Director of Thomas Properties Group, Inc., since May 2006. He is a private investor and from 1988 until his retirement in 1998, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Howard Hughes Corporation, a real estate development company. He currently serves as a director of Tejon Ranch Company. Mr. Goolsby formerly served as a director of America West Airlines from 1994 until 2005, and Sierra Pacific Resources and its predecessor, Nevada Power Company, from 1989 until 2001. He served as a trustee of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation from 1994 until 2005. Mr. Goolsby received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a certified public accountant.

Winston Hickox

Mr. Winston H. Hickox is Independent Director of Thomas Properties Group, Inc., since October 2004. Since September 2006 he has been a partner in the government affairs consulting firm California Strategies, LLC. From June 2004 to July 2006, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager for the California Public Employees Retirement System, responsible for the design and implementation of several environmental investment initiatives. From January 1999 to November 2003, Mr. Hickox served as Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, where he was responsible for a broad range of programs created to protect California's environmental and human 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., Mr. Hickox was a Managing Director with Alex, Brown Kleinwort Benson Realty Advisors Corp. From April 1997 to January 1999, Mr. Hickox served as an alternate Commissioner on the California Coastal Commission. He was President of the California League of Conservation Voters from 1990 to 1994. He is currently a member of the board of Cadiz, Inc. and the Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System. Mr. Hickox is a graduate of the California State University at Sacramento with a bachelor of science degree in business administration, and obtained a master of business administration degree in 1972 from Golden Gate University.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

James Thomas

1,614,750

Diana Laing

784,668

Paul Rutter

1,025,250

John Sischo

918,729

Randall Scott

860,584

Thomas Ricci

801,755

Robert Morgan

--

Todd Merkle

--

R. Bruce Andrews

--

Bradley Carroll

--

Edward Fox

--

John Goolsby

--

Winston Hickox

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011
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