Jeffrey L. Swope

Jeffrey L. Swope has served as a director of Piedmont since 2008. He is the Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Executive Officer of Champion Partners Ltd., a nationwide developer and investor of office, industrial and retail properties since 1991. Mr. Swope co-founded Centre Development Co., Inc, and Champion Private Equity, a private real estate capital and investment company. He is founding Chair of The Real Estate Council and the Real Estate and Finance Center at the University of Texas., a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (“ULI”), and Director of the ULI Foundation. Recognized as a Hall of Fame Member of both the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and the Dallas Board of Commercial Developers, Mr. Swope also serves as a member of the University of Texas at Austin Business School Advisory Board and as a Trustee of the Business School Foundation.