Stephen Gross is a Trustee of H&R REIT and is a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Gross graduated from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1993 with a B.Sc. in Accounting and received his LL.B/J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1996. Mr. Gross is a Principal of Initial Corporation, which is a private real estate investment company located in Toronto, Ontario focused on the seniors housing/retirement home and multi-family industries in Ontario and Québec. Mr. Gross is also a director of Cross River Bank, a New Jersey chartered bank located in Teaneck, New Jersey, and is a member of its lending/credit and compensation committees. Prior to this, Mr. Gross was a lawyer with the firm of Minden Gross LLP, a law firm located in Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Gross also previously served on the board of trustees of H&R Finance Trust from 2008 until its dissolution in 2018.