Chad M. Carpenter – Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Carpenter co-founded Equastone and has been involved with all major investment, acquisition and operating decisions since its inception in 1993. As CEO, Mr. Carpenter oversees all aspects of Equastone’s business, is a member of its Board of Managers, and sits on the Investment Committee of each fund. Mr. Carpenter has over 20 years of experience in real estate investing, brokerage and operations across multiple property types including: office, industrial, R&D, retail and land (acquisition and entitlement). In addition, Mr. Carpenter has experience with international investments and the acquisition of distressed debt and related foreclosure. He is frequent speaker on the topic of real estate investing and real estate capital markets.

In 2005 Mr. Carpenter was selected as one of Real Estate Southern California's "40 Under 40.” In 2007 he was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in San Diego and was also chosen as one of the “20 Rising Stars of Real Estate” globally by Institutional Investor News.

Prior to Equastone, Mr. Carpenter spent eight years with Business Real Estate Brokerage Company (BRE) and CB Commercial Real Estate Services. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California (BA in Economics) and attended the Harvard University Graduate School of Design “Running a Real Estate Company Program.” Mr. Carpenter is a licensed real estate broker in California, a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (San Diego) and a member of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Board.

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