Robert J. Laikin

Robert J. Laikin serves as our Chairman of the Board. Mr. Laikin became a director and was appointed as our Lead Independent Director on May 27, 2014. Mr. Laikin held the Lead Independent Director role until the position was eliminated by our Board of Directors in June 2016 at which time Mr. Laikin became the Chairman of the Board Mr. Laikin is currently the managing member of L 7 Investments LLC, a closely held company that invests primarily in multi-family apartments as well as single-purpose buildings, hotels, divestitures and single- family homes and has held this position since January 2016. Mr. Laikin also served as Executive Advisor to the CEO and Government Relations Executive of Ingram Micro Inc., a wholesale technology distributor and supply-chain management and mobile device lifecycle services company, from November 2012 to December 31, 2019. Mr. Laikin is Chairman of Novus Capital Corporation (NASDAQ NOVSU/NOVS), a blank-check company listed on NASDAQ.