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Corporate Trustees

Mr. John P. McDaniel is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He served as Chief Executive Officer of MedStar Health, a multi-institutional healthcare organization, from 1982 until his retirement in January 2008.  Since August 2008, he has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Hickory Ridge Group, a private healthcare consulting and facilities development organization.  Mr. McDaniel also serves on the Board of Wittenberg University and the Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation.  Mr. McDaniel is past Chairman and current Board member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal City Council, a member and past Chairman of the Maryland State Racing Commission, and Vice Chairman of the Greater Baltimore Committee.  Mr. McDaniel is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a member of the Economic Club of Washington and the National Association of Corporate Directors, and is a trustee of the National Capitol Area Foundation.

Mr. William G. Byrnes is a retired Managing Director of Alex Brown & Sons and a private investor since 2001. He is a member of the board of directors of CapitalSource Inc. and LoopNet, Inc., an information services provider to the commercial real estate industry. In September 2006, he founded, and is Managing Member of, Wolverine Partners, LLC, which operates MUTUALdecision, a mutual fund research business. Mr. Byrnes also was co-founder of Pulpfree d/b/a BuzzMetrics, a consumer-generated media research and marketing firm, and served as its Chairman from June 1999 until its sale in September 2005. Mr. Byrnes spent 17 years with Alex Brown & Sons, most recently as a Managing Director and head of the financial institutions investment banking group. He has been a full-time and adjunct professor and member of the Board of Regents at Georgetown University.

Mr. Edward S. Civera has served since 2005 as the Chairman of the Board of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc., a publicly traded pharmacy benefit management company (formerly known as HealthExtras, Inc.).  He also serves as a director of MedStar Health, a non-profit healthcare organization. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Civera was the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer of United Payors & United Providers, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Civera spent 25 years with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), most recently as Managing Partner, focused on financial advisory and auditing services. Mr. Civera is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Terence C. Golden has been Chairman of Bailey Capital Corporation, a private investment company in Washington,D.C. since 2000. From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Golden was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Host Marriott Corporation. He serves as a director of Host Hotels and Resorts, Pepco Holdings, Stemnion, Inc., the Federal City Council, Kipp Academy, the District of Columbia Police Foundation and the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Mr. Golden also serves as Chairman of the Federal City Council and is active in a number of philanthropic activities. From 1985 to 1988, Mr. Golden served as the head of the General Services Administration, and from 1984 to 1985, served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Mr. Golden is a member of New Leaders New Schools and a former director of Cousins Properties, Inc. and G2 Satellite Solutions.

Mr. George F. McKenzie was elected to the Board of Trustees and appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of WRIT in June 2007. Since joining the Trust in September 1996, Mr. McKenzie has served in executive roles, including Executive Vice President, Real Estate and Chief Operating Officer. From 1985 to 1996, Mr. McKenzie served with the Prudential Realty Group, a subsidiary of Prudential Insurance Company of America, most recently as Vice President, Investment & Sales. Prior assignments included real estate finance originations and asset management in the mid-Atlantic region. From 1977 to 1985, Mr. McKenzie served as an officer in the US Navy as an aviator flying P-3 Orion aircraft. Mr. McKenzie is a member of the Economic Club of Washington, Urban Land Institute (ULI), National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP), and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

MR. CHARLES T. NASON is retired Chairman and CEO of The Acacia Group, including Acacia Life, Acacia Federal Savings Bank and the Calvert Group LTD. He served Acacia from 1977 to 2005, including being CEO from 1988 to 2003. The Acacia Group is a Washington D.C. based financial services organization with assets under management in excess of $15 billion. Mr. Nason is a past Chairman and director of The Greater Washington Board of Trade and the Federal City Council. He currently serves as a Director of MedStar Health and was a member of The Economic Club of Washington. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Jefferson College. In addition, he is a past Director of The American Council of Life Insurance and past Chairman of Insurance Marketplace Standards Association.

MR. THOMAS Edgie RUSSELL, III served as President and director of Partners Realty Trust, Inc., a private real estate company which was previously engaged in the ownership of apartments, offices and shopping centers, from 1990 until his retirement in 2005. Mr. Russell currently serves as a Director of Good Samaritan Hospital, a health-care facility operated by MedStar Health, a not-for-profit health care organization serving the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. region, and Keswick Multi-Care Center, a not-for-profit organization providing skilled nursing care and adult day services and The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins, a not-for-profit organization. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Russell was a Director of Florida Rock Industries, a publicly traded construction materials company prior to it being acquired by Vulcan Materials Company in 2007, and the Chief Operating Officer of its wholly owned subsidiary, The Arundel Corporation. He held various executive positions with The Arundel Corporation for approximately 15 years prior to it being acquired by Florida Rock.

Ms. Wendelin A. White is a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (“Pillsbury”), where she has practiced law since 1981.  Ms. White currently sits on Pillsbury’s Managing Board and is the head of the firm’s D.C. real estate group.  In 2007, Ms. White was ranked by Chambers USA as a leading real estate attorney in the District of Columbia.  She was named by the Washington Business Journal in 2005 as the top real estate transactional attorney in the region.  Ms. White concentrates her practice on acquisitions, dispositions and financings of commercial properties.  Ms. White is a member of the Federal City Council and sits on the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Washington.  She is a member and past President of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) of Washington, and sits on CREW’s Advisory Board.  She is also a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and the District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA).

Vice Adm. Anthony L. Winns (RET.) is Vice President - International Business Development at Lockheed Martin and former Naval Inspector General. He retired in June 2011 after 32 years of naval service. Adm. Winns served as Naval Inspector General from 2007 to his retirement. From 2005 to 2007, he served as Director/Vice Director for Operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Between 2003 and 2005, he was Deputy Director, Air Warfare Division for the Chief of Naval Operations. Prior to 2003, Adm. Winns served in other staff and leadership positions in Washington, D.C., including at the Bureau of Naval Personnel. He also served as commanding officer of several major commands, including the Pacific Patrol/Reconnaissance task force, the USS Essex, an amphibious assault carrier, and a naval aircraft squadron.

There are no family relationships between any Trustee and/or executive officer.

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