Mr. McGillis, our President, joined MRECS in 2015 and has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of MREG since April 2021, as our President and a Director since May 2021, and as our Chief Financial Officer from 2015 until March 2022. He is also a member of the MREG and MRECS Investment Committees. Prior to joining MRECS, Mr. McGillis worked at J.E. Robert Companies, or JER, from January 2006 to January 2015, where he was the Managing Director, Head of U.S. Funds and Chief Financial Officer. He was responsible for asset and portfolio management, capital markets, investor relations and financial management activities for a series of private equity real estate funds focused on both CRE debt and equity investments. Between 2006 and 2011, Mr. McGillis served in a variety of capacities at JER including as the Chief Financial Officer of JER, Chief Financial Officer of JER’s U.S. fund business and Chief Financial Officer of JER Investors Trust, an externally managed, publicly-traded mortgage REIT, for which he was also a member of the board of directors. Mr. McGillis was a member of JER’s management committee, investment committee, valuation committee, and the boards of directors of various JER portfolio companies. Prior to joining JER, Mr. McGillis was employed in various senior finance and investment management capacities by Freddie Mac, Starcom Holdings, AEW Capital Management, Robertson-Ceco and Price Waterhouse. Mr. McGillis graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Business Administration and is a CPA (inactive).