People: Parkway Properties Inc (PKY)

Mr. Charles T. Cannada is Chairman of the Board, Lead Independent Director of Parkway Properties Inc. Mr. Cannada is a private investor and advisor with background in the telecommunications industry. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Cannada held various executive management positions at MCI (previously WorldCom and earlier LDDS Communications), including Chief Financial Officer from 1989 to 1994 and Senior Vice President in charge of Corporate Development and International Ventures and Alliances from 1995 to 2000. In these roles, Mr. Cannada was involved in numerous merger and acquisition transactions and financing transactions. Prior to joining MCI, Mr. Cannada was in public accounting from 1980 to 1989. Mr. Cannada currently serves on the board of directors for several non-public companies, including Chairman of the Board for Nanoventions, Inc. (a microstructure technology company), and director for First Commercial Bank, Inc. (chairman of the audit committee and a member of the investment/asset liability management committee) and Stadium Wrap America, LLC (a startup athletic banner company). Mr. Cannada serves on the Board of Trustees and executive committee of Belhaven University. He also serves as Chairman and member of the investment committee of the University of Mississippi’s Foundation Board and on the School of Accountancy’s Board of Advisors. Mr. Cannada received a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Mississippi.