David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of

the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Mr. Rubenstein co-founded the firm in

1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing $230 billion from 30 offices around the world.

Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the

Performing Arts and the Council on Foreign Relations; a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation; a Regent of

the Smithsonian Institution; a Trustee of the National Gallery of Art, the University of Chicago, Memorial

Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National

Constitution Center, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum; a Director of the Lincoln

Center for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and President of the

Economic Club of Washington.

Mr. Rubenstein is a member of the American Philosophical Society, Business Council, Harvard

Global Advisory Council (Chairman), Madison Council of the Library of Congress (Chairman), Board of

Dean’s Advisors of the Business School at Harvard, Advisory Board of the School of Economics and

Management at Tsinghua University (former Chairman), and Board of the World Economic Forum

Global Shapers Community.

Mr. Rubenstein has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Duke University and the

Smithsonian Institution, and Co-Chairman of the Board of the Brookings Institution.

Mr. Rubenstein is an original signer of The Giving Pledge, a significant donor to all of the above-

mentioned non-profit organizations, and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, and the

MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award, among other philanthropic awards.

Mr. Rubenstein has been a leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, having made

transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of the Washington Monument, Monticello, Montpelier,

Mount Vernon, Arlington House, Iwo Jima Memorial, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, the National

Archives, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, and the National Museum of African American

History and Culture. Mr. Rubenstein has also provided to the U.S. government long-term loans of his rare

copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the

Emancipation Proclamation, the 13 th Amendment, the first map of the U.S. (Abel Buell map), and the first

book printed in the U.S. (Bay Psalm Book).

Mr. Rubenstein is the host of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations on

Bloomberg TV and PBS, and Leadership Live with David Rubenstein by Bloomberg Media; and the

author of The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, a book published by Simon &

Schuster in October 2019, and How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and

Game Changers, a book published by Simon & Schuster in September 2020.

Mr. Rubenstein, a native of Baltimore, is a 1970 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University,

where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Following Duke, Mr. Rubenstein graduated in 1973 from the

University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

From 1973-1975, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in New York with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton

& Garrison. From 1975-1976, he served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s

Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. From 1977-1981, during the Carter Administration, Mr.

Rubenstein was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. After his White House service and before co-founding Carlyle, Mr. Rubenstein practiced law in Washington with Shaw, Pittman, Potts &

Trowbridge (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman).

Barry Glassman, CFP® is the founder and president of Glassman Wealth

Services®, LLC and is a nationally recognized leader in the field of wealth

management.

At Glassman Wealth, Barry leads a team of financial professionals that

manages over $800 million for high-net worth families.

Barry has been honored with Top Advisor awards from Barron’s,

Washingtonian, Washington Business Journal, Financial Times, and others.

Glassman Wealth Services has been named a “best place to work” by

Washingtonian and was awarded the #1 Small Company Best Place to Work

by the Washington Business Journal in 2015.

Barry can be heard weekly as a financial contributor on WTOP and

periodically on CNBC as he sits on the CNBC Financial Advisor Council.

His thought-leadership is driven by his desire to find innovative ways to

educate investors through a refreshing perspective, videos, infographics, and

visuals. Barry’s other passion in life is photography, despite being colorblind.

Additionally, Barry is past-Chairman of the National Financial Planning

Association’s Tax Sub-Committee and past-president and Chairman of the

Financial Planning Association’s National Capital Area Chapter. He served on

the Board of Directors of the International Association for Financial Planning

for a total of six years.

Each year, he hosts and underwrites Chef Night, a wine tasting and

philanthropy event that has raised over $1 million for the National Brain Tumor

Society and Montgomery County Pediatric Hospice..

Jodie W. McLean is Chief Executive Officer of EDENS, one of the nation’s leading private owners, operators and developers of retail real estate. With a more than 25-year tenure at EDENS, she has been a key player in the company’s growth and expansion to its current marketplace leadership, capitalized by blue chip investors and assets valued at $6.5 billion.

Jodie is responsible for EDENS’ strategy to move the portfolio to major urban centers and first-ring suburbs, creating a portfolio of assets that are the center of community life. She was named Chief Investment Officer in 1997, President in 2002 and CEO in 2015. Overall, she has been responsible for the development, redevelopment, acquisition and disposition of more than $20 billion in retail assets. McLean passionately believes that retail should evolve beyond a shopping experience, and advocates for connectivity to the communities surrounding the company’s retail centers. To ensure this, each EDENS development is crafted to serve as an authentic gathering place, including a unique merchandising mix and welcoming design elements, fostering a sense of engagement with its neighbors.

McLean is Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and serves on several Board of Directors including Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), Wofford College and Milhaus. She is also a Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and The Real Estate Round Table. McLean is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network’s Liberty Fellowship, Class of 2009.

A native of Chicago, IL, she holds a B.S. in Finance and Management from the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, and a degree from South Carolina Honors College.

Chris Smith is the chairman and chief executive officer of WC Smith. Mr. Smith began his

career with the firm in the construction group and worked in finance before launching the

development arm of the business in the early 1980’s. Under his direction, the company has

become a District of Columbia industry leader in the rehabilitation and revitalization of

challenged neighborhoods. While enhancing its portfolio of market rate housing, WC Smith

has concurrently focused on developing affordable multi-family communities and

commercial properties.

With a lifelong commitment to community service, Chris Smith has fostered a culture within

WC Smith of improving the quality of life for residents of the District. The company and its

employees routinely volunteer time and resources to build playgrounds, beautify

neighborhoods, and provide recreational opportunities for DC families. In 1997, Chris was

instrumental in forming a non-profit organization, Building Bridges Across the River, to

fundraise and develop a $27 million cultural arts, recreation and education facility, the

Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) in Southeast Washington.

THEARC was honored by the Urban Land Institute with the 2007 Award of Excellence.

Mr. Smith holds a real estate brokers license in Washington, DC, and the State of Virginia.

He sits on the board of directors for Building Bridges Across the River, the Washington

Ballet, St. John’s College High School and the District of Columbia Building Industry

Association. He has been honored with the Washington Urban League’s Whitney M. Young

Service Award, the Apartment and Office Building Association’s prestigious Sidney Glassman

award, the N Street Village Founder’s Award, the Property Management Association’s

highest honor (the Sussman award), and Transwestern’s Trendsetter of the Year 2009. In

2007, Mr. Smith was named as one of Washingtonian Magazine’s Washingtonians of the

Year, and he was the subject of a segment entitled “American Spirit” on Katie Couric’s CBS

Evening News broadcast.

Gary D. Rappaport, is Chief Executive Officer of Rappaport, a retail real estate company he founded in 1984. Rappaport provides leasing, tenant representation, management and development services for more than 15.6 million square feet. Rappaport’s portfolio includes more than 60 shopping centers and ground floor retail in some 100 mixed-use properties, both residential and office, located primarily throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Rappaport is Principal Partner for approximately 4 million square feet of the shopping centers managed by Rappaport.

He has made tremendous contributions to the shopping center industry as former Chairman and Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and through his service on ICSC’s Executive, Executive Compensation, Nominating, Government Relations, Long Range Planning and PAC committees. Additionally, his demonstration of a well-rounded competency of the industry earned him ICSC’s respected Certified Retail Real Estate Professional (CRRP) credential. Mr. Rappaport continues to lobby at the state and federal government levels on many issues important to the shopping center industry.

Mr. Rappaport is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience as an entrepreneur and has authored two editions of “Investing in Retail Properties,” which explains how to structure real estate partnerships for sharing capital appreciation and cash flow. The information contained in the book is the basis for classes he teaches for ICSC’s University of Shopping Centers and as an annual guest instructor at Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, American and George Mason Universities as well as the University of Michigan and Georgetown Law Schools.

Land use, complex zoning issues and historic preservation projects in the District of Columbia are the focus of Paul Tummonds' practice. In furtherance of client objectives, Paul frequently appears before numerous authorities, including zoning boards and planning commissions. He has been recognized for his involvement in real estate projects which have helped create vibrant, safe communities offering pleasant places to work and live. Paul, a Director in the Real Estate group, is a co-Chair of the firm's Medical, Educational and Cultural Institutions Industry Group.

Todd Stokes, managing partner of the Tysons, Virginia office, has been with Baker Tilly

since 2001. He provides oversight and leadership to the professionals serving the greater

Washington, D.C. area and is a member of the firm’s management committee.

Todd believes in the teaching culture of Baker Tilly and helps develop client service

leaders and Valued Business Advisors. He works across multiple disciplines and teams to

provide opportunities to the future leaders of the firm.

Experience

> Provides leadership, management and strategic direction for the Tysons office

including providing insight and advice to client engagement teams, fostering

employee development and recruiting and driving growth

> Works primarily with owners and financial officers of construction and real estate

companies providing business consulting and accounting services

> Serves as a Valued Business Advisor to his clients, providing guidance on

organizational structure, incentive compensation, estate and succession planning

> Engages with his clients to generate specific tax and business planning opportunities,

as well as deliver strategic expertise on more complex accounting and advisory

matters, based on his extensive construction and real estate experience

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Ross Draber is the chief operating officer of United Bank, a subsidiary of United Bankshares, Inc., a $19.3 billion bank holding company. He is responsible for the performance and profitability of the Bank, directing commercial and consumer banking sales and service operations throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area. Draber oversees the region’s market presidents and works alongside them to drive growth and develop business strategy and execution plans.

Draber has played an integral role in United Bank’s expansion since assuming the role in 2015. During that time, United Bank has grown to over 70 branches in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. It has the number one deposit market share among community banks in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area. Draber is highly involved with the merger and acquisition team and was instrumental in the Bank’s successful acquisitions of Cardinal Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries George Mason Mortgage, LLC and Cardinal Wealth Services, Inc. (2017); Bank of Georgetown (2016); and Virginia Commerce Bank (2014).

Draber previously served as a senior vice president of treasury and corporate finance. In this role, he managed the capital adequacy and regulatory risk of United Bankshares, Inc., serving on the Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) and stress test development team. He oversaw the mergers and acquisitions analysis and supervised commercial loan pricing and term sheet structuring within United Bank. Prior to that, Draber held several positions in treasury and credit administration.

Draber is a CFA® charterholder and a 2017 Washington Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree. He graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration.

Chip Akridge, Founder and Chairman of the commercial real estate firm bearing his name, is an innovator in the industry, a committed advocate of community initiatives in the Washington, DC, region, and a dedicated supporter of philanthropic and charitable organizations.

Chip founded the firm in 1974 to specialize in commercial real estate in downtown and suburban Washington, DC. Since then, Akridge has acquired, developed, or entitled more than 14 million square feet of office, industrial flex, residential, retail, and entertainment space in the metro area.

As chairman of the company, he is responsible for corporate oversight and strategic planning. He continually focuses on developing the highest-quality products and delivering superior Client service.

Chip leads the commercial real estate sector in regulatory, legislative, and financial changes in Washington, DC. He was the first to use the “Woodies Act,” which enables developers to lease the air-rights above and below a public area in order to join properties.

Chip was also the first to use the DC Tax Increment Financing Program to build a mixed-use complex that revitalized the city’s downtown core.

He worked closely with the city government to develop innovative legislation that created the housing linkage program, Business Improvement Districts, and regulatory guidelines to improve the water quality of the Anacostia River.

Chip has served as a member of the Economic Development and Executive Committees of the Federal City Council, and as chairman of the Greater Washington Board of Trade’s Emergency Preparedness Task Force. He has received numerous industry awards.

A strong advocate for the environment, he has served on the Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Nature Conservancy of Maryland/DC, and various agencies of the city government. Chip testifies frequently in support of environmentally friendly legislation before the DC Council, and the Maryland State House and Senate. He is committed both personally and professionally to sustainable building design – earning numerous Smart Growth awards, more than any other developer, and the LEED Accredited Professional designation. He is also an EPA Energy STAR partner and has been recognized by the Garden Club of America for his environmental work.

Chip is a leader in philanthropic and civic organizations throughout the Washington, DC, area. He is the founder and chairman of the Trust for the National Mall, a non-profit created to assist the National Park Service to restore and improve The National Mall.

Previous philanthropic leadership initiatives include: chairman of The John Akridge Homeless Foundation, member of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, member of the Board of Trustees of The Georgia Tech Foundation, and member of the President’s Advisory Board of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Chip is a Distinguished Eagle Scout and a Vietnam veteran. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Real Estate Development from Harvard University.

Deborah Ratner Salzberg manages Uplands’ investor relations and capital-raising activities.

She previously was the Washington, DC Region Chairman for Brookfield Properties, a global real estate development and operating company with 300 million square feet of prime commercial space and 59,000 apartments under management, as well as 9 million square feet of commercial space in development.

Prior to joining Brookfield, Debby worked for over 30 years at Forest City Realty Trust. Most recently, she served as President of Forest City Washington, a subsidiary of Forest City Realty Trust, overseeing the company’s activities in the DC, Philadelphia, Boston, and New Jersey markets. During her career with Forest City, Debby’s responsibilities spanned development, leasing, construction, financing, and management, beginning with individual projects and progressing to executive supervision of multiple high-profile, large-scale developments in the DC Region, including The Yards in the Capitol Riverfront district, Waterfront Station in Southwest DC, and the redevelopment of Ballston Quarter in Arlington, Virginia.

Debby began her career as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She earned a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco, and is a member of the California Bar Association. Debby is active with numerous community and professional organizations, including the Federal City Council, District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA), the Washington Housing Conservancy, the Urban Land Institute, Kenyon College, CubeSmart (CUBE), and the NY Common Real Estate Advisory Committe