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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

26 N. Euclid Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101


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Executive Management

Joel S. Marcus
Joel S. Marcus
Executive Chairman & Founder
Joel S. Marcus Joel S. Marcus is Executive Chairman and Founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE), the urban office REIT that pioneered the life science real estate niche in 1994 and is the longest-tenured owner, operator, and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, technology, and agtech campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations. Prior to serving as the company’s full-time Executive Chairman, Mr. Marcus served as Chief Executive Officer from March 1997 to April 2018 and also as Chairman from May 2007 to April 2018. Since co-founding Alexandria as a garage startup with $19 million in Series A capital, Mr. Marcus has led its growth into an S&P 500 company with a total market capitalization exceeding $26 billion and a total shareholder return of over 1,700% as of December 31, 2019. Alexandria was named the NAIOP 2019 Developer of the Year and is the five-time recipient of the Nareit Gold Investor CARE (Communications and Reporting Excellence) Award.

Guided by its mission to create clusters that accelerate the world’s leading innovators in their pursuit to advance human health, Alexandria sits at the forefront of the life science ecosystem that is advancing solutions for COVID-19. Mr. Marcus has driven the company’s comprehensive response to COVID-19, which is highlighted by the continuous operation of its essential national Labspace® real estate platform to enable COVID-related and other important research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization efforts, and by its methodical implementation of enhanced health and safety measures on its campuses and properties. In addition, Alexandria has convened impactful virtual webinars to explore critical issues, strategies, and policies related to testing, therapies, vaccines, and reopening and has made significant donations of personal protective equipment and financial aid to key national and regional relief funds.

Under Mr. Marcus’s leadership, Alexandria has seen extraordinary growth as a result of the successful execution of its visionary cluster campus strategy, which was launched during 2004–2006 in Mission Bay, New York City, and Cambridge. Informed by Harvard Business Professor Michael Porter’s cluster theory, Mr. Marcus and Alexandria developed its proven cluster model, which identifies four critical components for innovative companies to thrive — location, innovation, talent, and capital. It stands as a critical element of the company’s differentiated business model, which encompasses four business verticals: real estate, corporate responsibility, venture investments, and thought leadership.

Alexandria coalesces these verticals to create and cultivate vibrant ecosystems in key locations, including Greater Boston, San Francisco, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle. Since 1994, Alexandria has provided mission-critical real estate to enable its innovative tenants to discover and develop therapies and technologies to improve people’s lives. In 1996, Mr. Marcus founded Alexandria Venture Investments, the company’s venture capital arm, to provide strategic investment capital to transformative life science, technology, and agtech entities developing novel therapies and technologies. He then introduced the company’s thought leadership vertical in 2011 with the co-founding of the Alexandria Summit®, a highly collaborative, neutral platform that convenes its preeminent global life science and healthcare networks to address the most critical challenges facing human health. Under Mr. Marcus’s direction, Alexandria’s corporate responsibility vertical focuses on sustainability, philanthropy, and volunteerism to affirm its deep commitment to its communities, and beyond. Mr. Marcus is also personally engaged in numerous mission-critical philanthropic efforts through his work with Robin Hood and the Emily Krzyzewski Center in their respective efforts to fight poverty and address educational and training opportunities in underserved communities, as well as his steadfast support of the Navy SEAL.

Foundation in serving the unique needs of the Naval Special Warfare community and their families. In March 2020, Mr. Marcus and Alexandria received the prestigious Navy SEAL Foundation Patriot Award for contributions to the nation and for embodying the values that epitomize the SEAL community.

Mr. Marcus was named one of Real Estate Forum’s 2017 Best Bosses in commercial real estate and was a recipient of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award (Los Angeles – Real Estate). He earned his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Stephen A. Richardson
Stephen A. Richardson
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Stephen A. Richardson Stephen A. Richardson is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. and has served in this role since April 2018. A 20-year Alexandria veteran, Mr. Richardson jointly leads the company with a long-term focus on strategic planning and revenue growth.

Most recently at Alexandria, Mr. Richardson served as Chief Operating Officer from October 2011 to April 2018, and he held positions of increasing responsibility prior to that. He served as Regional Market Director of San Francisco from July 2005 to April 2018, during which time he led the management and growth of all aspects of the region’s asset base and operations. From February 2000 to July 2005, Mr. Richardson was Vice President of Portfolio Services.

Prior to joining the company, he served as a Director of CellNet Data Systems from 1993 to 2000 and was responsible for negotiating large-scale technology transactions and aggregating a national footprint of wireless spectrum. From 1983 to 1993, Mr. Richardson served as a Director of Marketing and Leasing at Paragon Group, a national real estate development company, and as a real estate broker with Schneider Commercial Real Estate, serving the Greater Silicon Valley market.

Mr. Richardson currently serves on the boards of the California Life Sciences Association, the state’s most influential organization whose mission is to advance California’s world-leading life sciences innovation ecosystem by advocating for effective national, state, and local public policies and supporting entrepreneurs and life sciences businesses; and the Gladstone Foundation, a not-for-profit organization supporting the Gladstone Institutes, an independent state-of-the-art biomedical research institution.

Mr. Richardson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Literature from Claremont McKenna College and his Master of Business Administration degree from Santa Clara University.
Peter M. Moglia
Peter M. Moglia
Co-Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chief Investment Officer
Peter M. Moglia Peter M. Moglia is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. He has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer since April 2018 and Co-Chief Investment Officer since May 2018. Mr. Moglia served as Chief Investment Officer from January 2009 through April 2018. A 22-year Alexandria veteran, Mr. Moglia is a respected leader with extensive industry and market knowledge.

He jointly leads the company in his role as Co-CEO, and jointly oversees the company’s strategic growth as Co-CIO through a focus on acquisitions and dispositions, development and redevelopment, leasing, and joint ventures. He also concurrently leads Alexandria’s Real Estate Finance team, which provides critical support across a range of underwriting, due diligence, and financing activities.

Since joining Alexandria in 1998, Mr. Moglia has served in many important capacities of increasing scope and responsibility, including managing the company’s Seattle asset base and operations from April 2003 through December 2008, during which time the region doubled its revenue.

Prior to Alexandria, Mr. Moglia served as an analyst at Lennar Partners, Inc., a diversified real estate company, where his responsibilities included underwriting and structuring direct and joint venture real estate investments. Mr. Moglia began his real estate career in the Management Advisory Services group within the Kenneth Leventhal & Co. Real Estate Group, where he spent six years providing valuation, feasibility, financial modeling, and other analytical services to real estate developers, financial institutions, pension funds, and government agencies.

Mr. Moglia received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dean A. Shigenaga
Dean A. Shigenaga
Co-President & Chief Financial Officer
Dean A. Shigenaga Dean A. Shigenaga is Co-President and Chief Financial Officer of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. With more than 25 years of accounting and real estate experience, including 19 years with Alexandria, Mr. Shigenaga is committed to maximizing long-term asset value and total shareholder return, continuing to strengthen the company’s credit profile and balance sheet, and maintaining the best-in-class transparency, quality, and efficiency of disclosures and reporting for which Alexandria is known.

During his tenure at Alexandria, Mr. Shigenaga has effectively led the company’s financial, accounting, and treasury functions as Chief Financial Officer since December 2004. He previously served as Treasurer from March 2008 to April 2018, when he was responsible for the company's corporate treasury function, including liquidity, financial planning, credit enhancement, and risk management related to financial activities, and as Executive Vice President from May 2012 to April 2018. Mr. Shigenaga also served in capacities of increasing responsibility from December 2000 to December 2004.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Shigenaga was an Assurance and Advisory Business Services Manager in Ernst & Young LLP’s Real Estate practice. In his role at Ernst & Young LLP, from 1993 through 2000, Mr. Shigenaga provided assurance and advisory services to several publicly traded REITs, over a dozen private real estate companies, and many other public and private companies. In addition to providing audit and attestation services, he assisted clients with services related to initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, debt offerings, and technical research.

Mr. Shigenaga is a certified public accountant in the State of California and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California.
Thomas J. Andrews
Thomas J. Andrews
Co-President & Regional Market Director – Greater Boston
Thomas J. Andrews Thomas J. Andrews is Co-President and Regional Market Director of Greater Boston at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. In these roles, Mr. Andrews focuses on the company’s overall strategic operations and leads its Greater Boston asset base and operations. He has been Regional Market Director of Greater Boston, with increasing responsibility related to the role, since joining Alexandria in 1999.

With 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, he has a proven track record and leading reputation within the real estate, life science, and technology communities. During his 20-year tenure at Alexandria, Mr. Andrews has steered the transformative growth of Greater Boston into the company’s largest region, which is home to three of Alexandria’s most prominent life science and technology campuses—Alexandria Technology Square, Alexandria Center at Kendall Square, and Alexandria Center at One Kendall Square—in the heart of Cambridge. As Regional Market Director of Greater Boston, Mr. Andrews has led the strategic acquisition of multiple value-added properties; diligently managed on-time, on-budget development projects; and cultivated and maintained key tenant relationships. He has also built and continues to guide with operational excellence a highly skilled team across a range of disciplines.

Prior to Alexandria, Mr. Andrews worked at the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1988 to 1999, serving first as Assistant Director and later as Executive Director. The Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park is believed to be the first purpose-built biotechnology research park in the country.

Mr. Andrews serves on the boards of the Massachusetts chapter of NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association and the Kendall Square Association and is a member of the Economic Development Advisory Group of Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio).

He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and his Master of Science in Real Estate Development degree from the Center for Real Estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Daniel J. Ryan
Daniel J. Ryan
Co-Chief Investment Officer & Regional Market Director – San Diego
Daniel J. Ryan Daniel J. Ryan is Co-Chief Investment Officer and Regional Market Director of San Diego at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. In these roles, Mr. Ryan focuses on the company’s strategic growth and leads its San Diego asset base and operations. He has served as Co-Chief Investment Officer since May 2018 and has been the Regional Market Director of San Diego in capacities of increasing responsibility since June 2010, when Alexandria acquired certain assets of Mr. Ryan’s company, Veralliance Properties, Inc. With over 30 years of commercial real estate experience and almost two decades of life science real estate experience, Mr. Ryan is known as an industry veteran and a creative and forward thinker.

During his tenure at Alexandria, Mr. Ryan has led the growth and transformation of the San Diego region to 6 million rentable square feet of state-of-the-art office and laboratory campuses, including Campus Pointe by Alexandria, the Illumina headquarters campus, and The Spectrum Collection. In addition to leading the San Diego region, Mr. Ryan has also been involved with developments, redevelopments, joint ventures, financing, leasing, and other strategic opportunities across the company’s North American asset base, including Greater Boston, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Ryan was Chief Executive Officer of Veralliance, a commercial real estate developer, which he founded in 2002. Veralliance owned, managed, developed, and leased an approximately $1 billion portfolio primarily consisting of life science assets in the greater San Diego region. Veralliance had significant institutional equity partners, including a REIT, Prudential Real Estate Investors, and UBS. Prior to 2002, Mr. Ryan worked in the commercial real estate industry in Southern California. He was a founding principal of Pacific Management Services, Inc., a commercial developer focused on value-added transactions in the greater San Diego area, including life science, office, industrial, and multi-family transactions.

Mr. Ryan is a board member of Biocom, a Southern California trade organization, the San Diego Economic Development Corporation, a not-for-profit regional body comprising business, government, and civic leaders committed to maximizing economic growth, and the Policy Advisory Board of the University of San Diego – School of Real Estate. He is also a member of the NAIOP and the Urban Land Institute, both public policy organizations focused on public advocacy of the built environment.

Mr. Ryan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was admitted to Omicron Delta Epsilon, the honor society for excellence in achievement in the study of economics.
Lawrence J. Diamond
Lawrence J. Diamond
Co-Chief Operating Officer & Regional Market Director – Maryland
Lawrence J. Diamond Lawrence J. Diamond is Co-Chief Operating Officer and Regional Market Director of Maryland of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. In these roles, Mr. Diamond oversees the company’s real estate property operations and also leads its Maryland asset base and operations. He has more than 35 years of experience in the real estate industry and expertise in all phases of property management, accounting, leasing, and construction services.

Since joining the company in 1998 to open Alexandria’s regional office in the Maryland life science cluster, Mr. Diamond, has led the region’s strategic growth to more than 2 million rentable square feet of office/laboratory space. He has also been responsible for Alexandria’s properties in Canada and Pennsylvania.

From January 1994 to November 1998, Mr. Diamond served as Director of Facility Services for Manor Care, Inc., where he was responsible for management of corporate real estate. From 1980 to 1994, Mr. Diamond’s real estate career was focused on regional Maryland management firms starting with B.F. Saul Company.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting / Business Administration from Frostburg State University.
Joseph Hakman
Joseph Hakman
Co-Chief Operating Officer & Chief Strategic Transactions Officer
Joseph Hakman Joseph Hakman is Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategic Transactions Officer at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. In these roles, Mr. Hakman oversees property acquisitions and dispositions, due diligence activities, financial underwriting, secured debt placement, and security and contributes to Alexandria’s regional strategic planning. He is also a key member of the company’s COVID-19 Task Force and has over 25 years of experience in real estate, including more than 13 years with Alexandria.

Before joining the company, Mr. Hakman was part of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Group at Colliers International. In this capacity, he was responsible for financial and project feasibility analyses, investment sales activities, and commercial real estate transaction structuring. Previously, Mr. Hakman was a Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, (PwC), where he headed a team that was responsible for performing due diligence with respect to the acquisition of commercial property and the securitization of loan portfolios. Prior to PwC, he worked in the asset management division at American Realty Advisors, where he was responsible for the asset management of office, industrial, and land assets nationally.

Mr. Hakman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.
Vincent R. Ciruzzi Jr.
Vincent R. Ciruzzi Jr.
Chief Development Officer
Vincent R. Ciruzzi Jr. Vincent R. Ciruzzi is Chief Development Officer for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Mr. Ciruzzi previously served as a Senior Vice President, Construction and Development, from June 2000 to October 2015, Vice President from September 1996 to June 2000, and was an active participant in the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in May of 1997. Since Alexandria’s IPO, Mr. Ciruzzi has been responsible for the company’s domestic and international construction and development operations and services platform. Working with a team of highly skilled professionals, Mr. Ciruzzi has overseen the management of entitlements, design, permits, development, construction, and completion of the company’s collaborative life science, technology, and agtech campuses in our urban innovation clusters. Mr. Ciruzzi is also deeply involved in the company’s sustainability efforts, construction risk management, capital planning, and project budgeting.

In 1993, Mr. Ciruzzi founded a real estate development and consulting business, which provided consulting services to Alexandria from September 1995 until his appointment as Vice President. From 1986 to 1993, Mr. Ciruzzi served as Project Manager for Home Capital Development Group, a real estate development company, where he specialized in project management of master planned communities, including the management of a 2,600 acre mixed use community, as well as other real estate development opportunities.

Mr. Ciruzzi received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Southern California. Mr. Ciruzzi is a key team advocate with the USGBC on LEED® building certification and other sustainability initiatives for the company.
John H. Cunningham
John H. Cunningham
Executive Vice President, Regional Market Director – New York City
John H. Cunningham John H. Cunningham is the Executive Vice President – Regional Market Director of the New York City cluster at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Mr. Cunningham has more than 30 years of experience in real estate operations, leasing and development, and has completed over 4.5 million square feet of development projects, including numerous complex life science and specialized high-tech projects, large build-to-suits, and strategic properties.

Prior to joining Alexandria, Mr. Cunningham was at Cambridge Property Group in the Washington, DC metropolitan area since 1987, where he became the President of the Development Group in 1995. While at Cambridge, Mr. Cunningham worked closely with Alexandria from 1997 to 2007, acting as a third-party developer on projects in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. In addition to operations, leasing, and development, Mr. Cunningham has extensive experience in acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate. Prior to Cambridge, Mr. Cunningham was the editor-in-chief of The Pro Review magazine, a publication for professional photographers. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Loudoun Country Day School for six years, and has published eight novels.

Mr. Cunningham received his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Maryland.
Marc E. Binda
Marc E. Binda
Executive Vice President, Finance & Treasurer
Marc E. Binda Marc E. Binda is Executive Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. With over 20 years of diversified financial experience and deep knowledge of the REIT industry, Mr. Binda is a trusted member of Alexandria’s executive management team. Since joining the company in 2005, Mr. Binda has served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility within the finance and accounting functions. In his current role, he oversees the company’s treasury strategies and risk management, financial projections, capital planning, debt financing, and other capital market transactions and provides business and technical advice on unique and complex real estate, joint venture, and leasing transactions.

Prior to joining the company, he served as the Manager of Financial Reporting at a privately held retail REIT. Mr. Binda began his career in Ernst & Young LLP’s Real Estate Advisory Business Services group, where he served three publicly traded REITs and other public and private companies.

Mr. Binda is a certified public accountant in the State of California and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California Lutheran University.
Andres R. Gavinet
Andres R. Gavinet
Chief Accounting Officer
Andres R. Gavinet Andres R. Gavinet has served as Chief Accounting Officer of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. since June 2012. Mr. Gavinet oversees the Company’s accounting and financial reporting functions and the execution of capital market transactions. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gavinet was the Chief Accounting Officer at Ares Management, a global alternative asset manager.

Previously, Mr. Gavinet served in senior finance and accounting positions in private and public real estate companies, including as Chief Financial Officer at Younan Properties, as Executive Vice President of Finance at Douglas Emmett, Inc., and as Chief Accounting Officer at Arden Realty, Inc. Mr. Gavinet began his career in the Assurance and Advisory Services group within the EY Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group, where he spent five years practicing as a certified public accountant and assisting clients with audit and attestation services related to REIT initial public offerings and debt and joint venture compliance.

Mr. Gavinet received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State University, Northridge.
Jackie B. Clem
Jackie B. Clem
General Counsel & Secretary
Jackie B. Clem Jackie Clem is General Counsel and Secretary at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Since joining Alexandria in 2006, Ms. Clem has overseen a vast array of complex domestic and international transactions, helped to develop and implement protocols and initiatives within the Legal department, and managed the department’s Leasing and Transactions groups. In her role as General Counsel, Ms. Clem leads a team that advises the company on a range of legal matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, construction and development, litigation, investment, compliance, intellectual property, leasing, property management, and joint ventures. She is also key member of the company’s COVID-19 Task Force. Ms. Clem has over 20 years of commercial real estate and related legal experience.

Prior to Alexandria, Ms. Clem practiced law in the real estate department of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in Los Angeles, where she specialized in acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development, and other commercial real estate transactions and represented a variety of REITs, regional and national developers, retailers, and institutional investors.

Ms. Clem is a member of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in a number of community organizations. Ms. Clem helped establish the Pasadena Education Network, a non-profit organization promoting family participation in public education in Pasadena, California, and previously served on the board of the Pasadena Educational Foundation.

Ms. Clem received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Terezia C. Nemeth
Terezia C. Nemeth
Executive Vice President, Regional Market Director – San Francisco
Terezia C. Nemeth Terezia C. Nemeth is Executive Vice President – Regional Market Director – San Francisco. Ms. Nemeth has more than 30 years of experience in real estate development and operations, including 15 years with Alexandria. She previously served as the company’s San Francisco-based Senior Vice President – Real Estate Development & Community Relations from March 2018 to March 2020 and as Vice President – Development & Community Relations from July 2015 to March 2018. Ms. Nemeth was also with the Company as Vice President, Development from February 2005 to July 2013.

During her career, Ms. Nemeth has completed 5 million square feet of commercial development projects, including several complex life science multi-phase campus projects in the Bay Area, as well as managed the operations of the Alexandria’s Mission Bay assets between 2009 and 2013. Ms. Nemeth has worked on the Mission Bay project in San Francisco since its inception in 1998. She has led the design, entitlement, and project management for all commercial development at Mission Bay for the Company as well as previously for Catellus Development Corporation. Ms. Nemeth has also served as a Special Assistant – Development to SF Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., and as Long Range Planning Director for the City of Oakland.

Ms. Nemeth serves as Chair of the Mission Bay Community Advisory Committee, as well as a member of the Board of the Mission Bay Transportation Management Association and the Mission Bay Commercial Maintenance Corporation, and previously served on the Board of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation. Ms. Nemeth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley as well as a Master of Science degree from the Center for Real Estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Gary D. Dean
Gary D. Dean
Executive Vice President, Real Estate Legal Affairs & Assistant Secretary
Gary D. Dean Gary D. Dean is Executive Vice President – Real Estate Legal Affairs and Assistant Secretary at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Since joining Alexandria in 2004, Mr. Dean has been responsible for legal issues related to real estate acquisitions, dispositions, leases, and operational matters. He also manages the company’s vendor contracting process and is a key legal advisor to the Real Estate Development department as well as a key member of the company’s COVID-19 Task Force. In addition, as FCPA and OFAC compliance officer, he oversees Alexandria’s compliance program and reviews and evaluates related matters within the company. Mr. Dean has over 20 years of commercial real estate and related experience.

Prior to Alexandria, Mr. Dean practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in its Los Angeles and Tokyo offices. While at Skadden, he represented several publicly traded REITs and other institutional clients with investments in hotel, retail, office, residential, and mixed-use projects.

Mr. Dean earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, magna cum laude, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Board of Directors

Joel S. Marcus
Joel S. Marcus
Executive Chairman & Founder
Joel S. Marcus Joel S. Marcus is Executive Chairman and Founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE), the urban office REIT that pioneered the life science real estate niche in 1994 and is the longest-tenured owner, operator, and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, technology, and agtech campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations. Prior to serving as the company’s full-time Executive Chairman, Mr. Marcus served as Chief Executive Officer from March 1997 to April 2018 and also as Chairman from May 2007 to April 2018. Since co-founding Alexandria as a garage startup with $19 million in Series A capital, Mr. Marcus has led its growth into an S&P 500 company with a total market capitalization exceeding $26 billion and a total shareholder return of over 1,700% as of December 31, 2019. Alexandria was named the NAIOP 2019 Developer of the Year and is the five-time recipient of the Nareit Gold Investor CARE (Communications and Reporting Excellence) Award.

Guided by its mission to create clusters that accelerate the world’s leading innovators in their pursuit to advance human health, Alexandria sits at the forefront of the life science ecosystem that is advancing solutions for COVID-19. Mr. Marcus has driven the company’s comprehensive response to COVID-19, which is highlighted by the continuous operation of its essential national Labspace® real estate platform to enable COVID-related and other important research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization efforts, and by its methodical implementation of enhanced health and safety measures on its campuses and properties. In addition, Alexandria has convened impactful virtual webinars to explore critical issues, strategies, and policies related to testing, therapies, vaccines, and reopening and has made significant donations of personal protective equipment and financial aid to key national and regional relief funds.

Under Mr. Marcus’s leadership, Alexandria has seen extraordinary growth as a result of the successful execution of its visionary cluster campus strategy, which was launched during 2004–2006 in Mission Bay, New York City, and Cambridge. Informed by Harvard Business Professor Michael Porter’s cluster theory, Mr. Marcus and Alexandria developed its proven cluster model, which identifies four critical components for innovative companies to thrive — location, innovation, talent, and capital. It stands as a critical element of the company’s differentiated business model, which encompasses four business verticals: real estate, corporate responsibility, venture investments, and thought leadership.

Alexandria coalesces these verticals to create and cultivate vibrant ecosystems in key locations, including Greater Boston, San Francisco, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle. Since 1994, Alexandria has provided mission-critical real estate to enable its innovative tenants to discover and develop therapies and technologies to improve people’s lives. In 1996, Mr. Marcus founded Alexandria Venture Investments, the company’s venture capital arm, to provide strategic investment capital to transformative life science, technology, and agtech entities developing novel therapies and technologies. He then introduced the company’s thought leadership vertical in 2011 with the co-founding of the Alexandria Summit®, a highly collaborative, neutral platform that convenes its preeminent global life science and healthcare networks to address the most critical challenges facing human health. Under Mr. Marcus’s direction, Alexandria’s corporate responsibility vertical focuses on sustainability, philanthropy, and volunteerism to affirm its deep commitment to its communities, and beyond. Mr. Marcus is also personally engaged in numerous mission-critical philanthropic efforts through his work with Robin Hood and the Emily Krzyzewski Center in their respective efforts to fight poverty and address educational and training opportunities in underserved communities, as well as his steadfast support of the Navy SEAL.

Foundation in serving the unique needs of the Naval Special Warfare community and their families. In March 2020, Mr. Marcus and Alexandria received the prestigious Navy SEAL Foundation Patriot Award for contributions to the nation and for embodying the values that epitomize the SEAL community.

Mr. Marcus was named one of Real Estate Forum’s 2017 Best Bosses in commercial real estate and was a recipient of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award (Los Angeles – Real Estate). He earned his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Steven R. Hash
Steven R. Hash
Lead Independent Director
Steven R. Hash Steven R. Hash has served as a director since December 2013 and has served as Lead Director since March 2016. Mr. Hash is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Renaissance Macro Research, LLC, an equity research and trading firm focused on macro research in the investment strategy, economics, and Washington policy sectors, which he co-founded in 2012. Between 1993 and 2012, Mr. Hash held various leadership positions with Lehman Brothers (and its successor, Barclays Capital), including Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking from 2006 to 2012, Chief Operating Officer of Global Investment Banking from 2008 to 2011, Director of Global Equity Research from 2003 to 2006, Director of U.S. Equity Research from 1999 to 2003, and Senior Equity Research Analyst from 1993 to 1999. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Hash held various positions with Oppenheimer & Company’s Equity Research Department, including senior research analyst. He began his career in 1988 as an auditor for the accounting and consulting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. He has served as a director of The Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC) since May 2015 (and is currently Non-Executive Chairman of the Board), as the lead director of Nuveen Global Cities REIT, Inc., a non-traded REIT, since January 2018, and as a Director of DiamondPeak Holdings Corp. since February 2019. Mr. Hash received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Loyola University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
John L. Atkins, III
John L. Atkins, III
Independent Director
John L. Atkins, III 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 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 5% of architects receive. Mr. Atkins is immediate past Chairman of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and currently serves as a Director and Executive Committee member. He is past Chairman of the North Carolina Railroad Company and is a director of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science, 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.
James P. Cain
James P. Cain
Independent Director
James P. Cain Ambassador James P. Cain has served as a director since December 2015. He is the Managing Partner of Cain Global Partners, LLC, a company that provides a vital link between the developed and emerging markets of the world by utilizing its network of diplomatic, political, and corporate resources. As a partner at Cain Global Partners, Ambassador Cain works with North American and European companies to expand their operations into international markets (such as Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East), as well as to support economic development and public policy interests. His career has spanned the fields of leadership, law, business, sports, and international diplomacy, and he has mastered the skills of building lasting relationships as well as strong ecosystems. Ambassador Cain’s unique combination of expertise and passion for business and leadership has been instrumental in his role in developing the Research Triangle Park innovation cluster. For 20 years, Ambassador Cain was a partner at the international law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (formerly known as Kilpatrick Stockton), where he co-founded the firm’s Raleigh office in 1985. He continues to serve as counsel to Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. From 2000 to 2002, Ambassador Cain served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the NHL Carolina Hurricanes and their parent company, Gale Force Holdings. Later, during his tenure as the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, a position for which he was nominated by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2005 (to serve until January 2009), Ambassador Cain called upon not only his leadership and relationship-building skills, but also his experience from his time working with the Carolina Hurricanes. As Ambassador, he oversaw the 13 agencies of the American government that composed the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, where he focused his energies on areas of national security, counter-terrorism, energy security, commerce, and investment. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Wake Forest University.
Maria C. Freire, PhD
Maria C. Freire, PhD
Independent Director
Maria C. Freire, PhD Maria C. Freire, PhD 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, of the FNIH, a Congressionally authorized independent 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 public-private partnership 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 a commissioner on 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, and her Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Virginia; she completed post-graduate work in Immunology and Virology at the University of Virginia and the University of Tennessee. She is currently a Director at Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) and has previously served on the Science Board of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a member of the Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future of the Institute of Medicine, among others.

Her awards include the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service, the Arthur S. Flemming Award, the Bayh-Dole Award, the 2017 Washington Business Journal's “Women Who Mean Business” Award, the 2017 Gold Stevie Award for “Woman of the Year,” and NonProfit PRO’s 2019 “Executive of the Year” Award. Dr. Freire is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and the Council on Foreign Relations
Jennifer Friel Goldstein
Jennifer Friel Goldstein
Independent Director
Jennifer Friel Goldstein Jennifer Friel Goldstein has served as a director since March 26, 2020. She has 20 years of investing, banking, business development, portfolio management, and strategy experience, as well as a biotechnology background. Since November 2012, Ms. Goldstein held several positions with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and currently serves as the Head of Business Development, Technology and Healthcare, where she is responsible for business development, venture capital relationship management, and corporate relationship management across all sectors for the bank. From July 2006 to September 2012, Ms. Goldstein served on Pfizer Inc.’s Venture Capital team, during which time she helped lead or co-lead fund-of-fund investment decisions and manage Pfizer's private equity portfolio. Ms. Goldstein has also served as a consultant at Bain & Company in London, where she focused on private equity transactions across Europe. Additional experience at companies such as Chiron, Genelabs, and Genencor further developed Ms. Goldstein’s diverse operational and research skills. Ms. Goldstein also serves on the board of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Silicon Valley. Ms. Goldstein graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in Bioengineering and a Master of Biotechnology degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Goldstein was also named a Joseph Wharton Fellow while completing her Master of Business Administration degree at the Wharton School.
Richard H. Klein
Richard H. Klein
Independent Director
Richard H. Klein Richard H. Klein has served as a director since December 2003. Mr. Klein has a diverse background spanning more than 30 years as a senior advisor to a variety of domestic and international businesses, with a particular focus on real estate organizations. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Industrial Realty Group, LLC, a privately-held owner and developer of commercial and industrial properties with a 110 million square foot portfolio located throughout the United States. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Klein served as an independent business consultant. In 2003, Mr. Klein founded Chefmakers Cooking Academy LLC, which provided culinary education services and experiences and for which he served as Chief Executive Officer through 2011. From 1984 to 2000, Mr. Klein was with Ernst & Young LLP, and a predecessor firm, Kenneth Leventhal & Company. From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Klein provided tax consulting and auditing services for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 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. Mr. Klein is a certified public accountant in the State of California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Southern California.
James H. Richardson
James H. Richardson
Senior Management Consultant & Director
James H. Richardson James H. Richardson has served the Company as a senior management consultant since February 2009. Mr. Richardson previously served the Company as President from August 1998 to February 2009, as a director since March 1999, and in other capacities from August 1997 to August 1998. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Richardson held management and brokerage positions for nearly 15 years at CB Richard Ellis, Inc., a full-service provider of commercial real estate services. He was a top producer within the brokerage services group as well as a senior leader responsible for strategy and operations. During his time at CB Richard Ellis, Inc., Mr. Richardson was instrumental in the creation and development of the biosciences and corporate services practice groups. Mr. Richardson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.
Michael A. Woronoff
Michael A. Woronoff
Independent Director
Michael A. Woronoff Michael A. Woronoff has served as a director since July 2017. Mr. Woronoff is currently a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP (K&E). He advises clients on a variety of corporate and securities law matters, including SEC reporting obligations, corporate governance, and strategic alliances. Prior to joining K&E in 2019, he was a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP (“Proskauer”), head of Proskauer’s Los Angeles office, co-head of its international PEMA group, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Prior to joining Proskauer in 2004, Mr. Woronoff co-founded and was a principal of Shelter Capital Partners (Shelter), a Southern California-based private equity fund that invested in technology and technology-enabled businesses at all stages of development. Prior to joining Shelter in 2000, Mr. Woronoff was a partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Skadden), where he practiced corporate and securities law for 15 years. He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School, a Master of Science in Industrial Administration degree from Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management degree from Purdue University.
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