BOARD CHAIRMAN

Richard J. Campo

Richard Campo is chairman of Houston First and chief executive officer of Camden Property Trust. Mr. Campo has served in this capacity at Camden since May 1993. As chairman and CEO of one of the nation's largest multifamily Real Estate Investment Trusts, Mr. Campo holds strategic roles within the real estate industry. He serves on the Executive Board as Vice Chairman for the National Multi-Housing Council, is an Executive Committee member for the Urban Land Institute and sits on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He also chairs the Convention Center Committee of the Houston First board.

As an active participant in the Houston community, Mr. Campo is involved in numerous local charitable organizations such as the Alexis de Tocqueville Society Steering Committee, a United Way organization. He has been honored for his support of the Irvin Kaplan Children's Scholarship Fund, which benefits children of all religious and ethnic backgrounds in need of financial assistance for infant care, day care, summer camp and special needs programs offered at the Jewish Community Center.

Mr. Campo serves on the board of directors of several organizations that focus on the economic development, business outlook and future growth of Houston, including the Center for Houston's Future, Central Houston, Inc. and the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Mr. Campo is also the former Finance Committee chair, secretary and treasurer for the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, which was responsible for the design, development, financing and construction of Houston's baseball stadium, Minute Maid Park, Reliant Center, which hosted the 2004 NFL Super Bowl XXXVIII, and the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets.

Mr. Campo is a frequent speaker on real estate and development related topics for both industry-related and non-industry conferences and associations and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David W. Arpin

David Arpin is a principal of HES Advisors, a national healthcare management advisory firm. Prior to joining HES he was with IPC The Hospitalist Company from its start-up through public offering. As national vice president for corporate development, he initiated the company’s acquisition program resulting in over 30 acquisitions and was responsible for its national hospital contracting strategy.

Mr. Arpin serves on the National Victory Campaign Board of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, and was awarded the Super Bundler Award by the Fund in 2009. He serves as the treasurer and finance chair for the Annise Parker for Houston campaign.

Mr. Arpin received a bachelor of science in mathematics from Gonzaga University and master in health administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Katy Caldwell

Katy Caldwell is executive director of the Legacy Community Health Services, Inc., Houston, a not-for-profit community health care clinic. Ms. Caldwell has expanded the agency from an exclusively HIV clinic to the largest federally qualified health center in the Houston area. Prior to her joining Legacy, Ms. Caldwell served as the elected treasurer of Harris County and as a partner in a government relations and political consulting firm.

Ms. Caldwell currently serves on the board of directors for Aids Action Council, Harris County Health Care Alliance, National Coalition for LGBT Health and is an alumna of American Leadership Forum, Leadership Houston, Texas Lyceum.

Ms. Caldwell received a bachelor of science from the University of Houston and completed her post-graduate studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She chairs the board's Audit and Finance Committee.

Desrye M. Morgan

Desrye Morgan is an accomplished lawyer and investment banker with 14 years of experience, advising and structuring over $5 billion of municipal financings for housing, transportation, airport, water and sewer systems and other public benefit projects. Ms. Morgan is currently a senior vice president with Mesirow Financial. Her specialties include a restructure/repurchase finance product, advising public/private partnership ventures and transit-oriented development projects. Prior to joining Mesirow Financial, she was a director with the municipal finance group of UBS Investment Bank and a vice president with Banc of America Securities. As a lawyer, her area of practice consisted of public finance, corporate and business transactions with concentration on business acquisitions, dispositions and regulatory compliance.

Ms. Morgan is currently a member of the State Bar of Texas, National Association of Compliance Professionals, National Association of Securities Professionals, National Council of Public Private Partnerships, and Women and Public Finance.

Ms. Morgan is a graduate of the University of Houston and South Texas College of Law. She chairs the board's Theater Committee.

Hasmukh D. Patel

Hasmukh D. Patel has 28 years of experience in the hotel/motel industry and has worked with franchises such as Choice Hotels, Howard Johnson International Inc., Day’s Inn, Best Western Inn, Scottish Inn and America’s Best Value Inn. Mr. Patel is currently the owner/operator of five hotels and in the process of developing four additional properties, including a Comfort Suites and Marriott Hotels.

Mr. Patel takes an active role in the community by having served on numerous boards including the Asian American Hotel Owner’s Association, Small Independent Motel Association, Texas Lodging Association, Houston Lodging Association, Indo-American Political Action Committee, Indian Culture Center, Leuva Patidar Samaj of USA, and Southwestern National Bank.

He is a graduate of Arts & Commerce College in Bardoli, India and Navsari Technical Institute in Navsari, India.

Richard A. Rabinow

Richard A. Rabinow is the president of The Rabinow Consortium, L.L.C. After a 34-year career with ExxonMobil, Mr. Rabinow has been a consultant to the pipeline industry, has served on industry and government panels and was the president and chief executive officer of Longhorn Partners Pipeline, LP. Mr. Rabinow served on the Houston Mayor’s Metro Transition Team, on the board of Standard Renewable Energy LP in Houston and on the Committee on Alaska’s Oil and Gas Infrastructure of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board.

Mr. Rabinow, a native of New Jersey, earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering mechanics from Lehigh University and received master's degrees in mechanical engineering and in management, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He chairs the board's Strategic Planning Committee.

David L. Solomon

David Solomon serves as chairman and CEO of Condera Advisors, a wealth management firm worth over $1 billion under management in traditional and alternative asset classes. Prior to founding Condera Mr. Solomon was founder and chairman/CEO of the Redstone Companies, a diversified hospitality and real estate company.

Mr. Solomon serves on the Board of Directors of Green Bank. Mr. Solomon is involved in numerous charitable and social organizations including Make A Wish Foundation, Owen Daniel’s Catch a Dream Foundation, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and past president of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Mr. Solomon has been honored by the Jewish Community Center Scholarship Ball and as Humanitarian of the Year by the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Mr. Solomon serves as chairman of the Operations/Sales and Marketing Committee. He chairs the board's Hotel Committee.

Joe Ting

Joe Ting is vice chairman of Metro Bank and president of West Plaza Management, a commercial property management and investment firm he founded in 1988. Mr. Ting is a member of Mayor's Advisory Board for International Affairs (Asia). He is also a member of the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Ting serves as chairman of the Audit Committee.

Thomas Deon Warner

Deon Warner is a partner in Warner & Associates PLLC, a Houston transactional law practice specializing in mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, broker dealer, investment advisor and general securities regulation, and oil and gas transactions. Mr. Warner is a former partner in the Corporate/Securities Section of Andrews & Kurth LLP. He also is part owner of The Warner Law Firm, PLLC, a joint venture with The Phillips Law Group, PLLC.

Mr. Warner is currently on the board of Neighborhood Recovery CDC and was previously on the boards of the Houston Lawyers Association, Big Brothers and Sisters of Houston, Texas, Inc., Kids are People Too, Inc and Sandra Organ Dance Company.

Mr. Warner graduated from the University of Colorado (Boulder) and Howard University School of Law. He chairs the board's Compensation and Benefits Committee.