Farzana Khaleel

Farzana Khaleel serves as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, a position she has held since September 2012. Ms. Khaleel joined the Company in September 2000 as Senior Vice President – Finance and was promoted to Executive Vice President - Finance in January 2010. Prior to joining the Company Ms. Khaleel was Vice President of Equitable Real Estate (successor to Lend Lease Real Estate Investments prior to its acquisition by Morgan Stanley). Ms. Khaleel served the Equitable and Lend Lease companies for 18 years in various senior financial positions and as Deputy Portfolio Manager for Equitable/AXA Financial's mortgage portfolio. From 1976 to 1982, she served as Assistant Treasurer of IRT Property Company, a former REIT. She has served since October 2010 on the Board of Commissioners of the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority (CMA) and also is a member of the Finance Committee of the CMA. Ms. Khaleel received her BBA degree in Economics, MBA in Accounting and a MS in Real Estate and Urban Affairs from Georgia State University. She is a certified public accountant, licensed in the state of Georgia.