Timothy E. Ellsworth has served as Head of Real Estate Transactions for the Americas, DWS, since September 2012. From February 2012 to October 2012, Mr. Ellsworth served as one of our directors. From June 2009 to September 2012, Mr. Ellsworth was Head of Portfolio Management for RREEF Real Estate in the Americas. From 2001 to May 2009, he served as Managing Director of Acquisitions for RREEF Real Estate, where he served on RREEF Real Estate's Investment Committee and was responsible for acquiring commercial real estate in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. From 1998 to 2001, he held various positions in the RREEF Real Estate Acquisitions group and was later responsible for RREEF Real Estate's property dispositions in the Eastern United States. From 1996 until joining RREEF Real Estate in 1998, he served as Regional Vice President of Acquisitions for Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, where he was responsible for the acquisition and development of commercial property in the Midwestern United States. Mr. Ellsworth was a Vice President at General Electric Capital, where he specialized in debt and equity finance, asset management and investment sales, from 1989 to 1996. He is currently a member of the Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers. Mr. Ellsworth holds a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University.