Deborah Smith

Ms. Smith was appointed as a Director of the Company in January 2021 and is currently a member of Aimco’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, Nominating, Environmental, Social, and Governance, Investment, and Aimco-AIR Transactions Committees. Ms. Smith is Co-Founder and Principal of The CenterCap Group. The CenterCap Group, formed in 2009, is a boutique investment bank providing strategic advisory, capital-raising, and consulting-related services to private and public sector companies and fund managers across the real assets industry. Ms. Smith heads the firm’s Strategic Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Execution efforts. She also serves as Chief Executive Officer of the firm’s two wholly owned subsidiaries, CC Securities and CenterCap Advisors. Prior to forming The CenterCap Group, Ms. Smith was Co-Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and a Senior Managing Director with CB Richard Ellis Investors (“CBREI”), where she also served on the Global Leadership Team, which oversaw the execution of strategies and best practices. Prior to CBREI, Ms. Smith served as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers, Wachovia Securities, and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Smith has been involved in more than $100 billion of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring transactions and over $500 million of private capital raising assignments to support GP and LP positions for middle-market restructuring, acquisition, and development projects across the retail, multifamily, office, hotel, and industrial sectors. Ms. Smith is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and author of numerous industry articles for real estate-focused publications. Ms. Smith has a Bachelor of Economics, with honors, and a Bachelor of Law, with honors, both from the University of Sydney. Ms. Smith brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of corporate finance, capital markets, banking, and marketing.