Elizabeth I Holland

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, Independent Director & Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee Elizabeth I Holland

Ms. Holland is the Chief Executive Officer of Abbell Credit Corporation and Abbell Associates, LLC, a 77-year-old privately held real estate acquisition, development and management company with a portfolio of shopping center, office and enclosed mall properties. She has held these roles since 1997. Ms. Holland is also the Chief Executive Officer of Consortial Technologies, LLC, a privately held company. Prior to joining Abbell Associates, Ms. Holland was a senior staff attorney on the National Bankruptcy Review where she was a member of a Congressional commission charged with making recommendations to Congress for bankruptcy code reform. Prior to that, she was a restructuring and business reorganization attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York City. Ms. Holland is an independent trustee of Federal Realty Investment Trust, a leading shopping center REIT. She is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, serving as the organization’s Chairman from 2016 – 2017, Vice Chairman from 2015 – 2016 and currently serves the Executive Board and the Board of Trustees. She is also a member of the Real Estate Roundtable and the Urban Land Institute and its CRC Blue Council. Ms. Holland earned a Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamilton College.