Deborah H. McAneny
Deborah H. McAneny has served as a director since May 2017. Ms. McAneny previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Benchmark Senior Living, LLC, an owner and operator of senior living facilities in New England from 2007 to 2009. Prior to joining Benchmark, Ms. McAneny was employed by John Hancock Financial Services, where she advanced to Executive Vice President and was responsible for a portfolio of structured and alternative investment businesses including John Hancock’s real estate, structured fixed income, timber and agricultural investment business units. Prior to joining John Hancock in 1985, she was a senior auditor for Arthur Anderson & Co. Ms. McAneny is currently a director of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL), a leading global professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate where she serves as the Chairperson of the compensation committee and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committees, a director of RREEF Property Trust, Inc., a public non-traded REIT, where she serves on the audit committee. From 2015 through March 2023, Ms. McAneny served as a director of First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCRD), a publicly traded business development company, where she was the chairperson of the audit committee. From 2007 to 2019, she served as the lead independent director of HFF, Inc. (NYSE:HF), a leading provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services in the US. From 2005 to 2014, she also served as a director of KKR Financial Holdings LLC (formerly NYSE: KFN), a specialty finance company, where she was chairperson of the compensation committee and a member of the affiliated transaction committee and nominating and corporate governance committee. She currently serves as the Chair of the board of the University of Vermont Foundation and formerly served as trustee and chair of the board of the University of Vermont. Ms. McAneny has also served as President of the CRE Finance Council, formerly known as the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association. Ms. McAneny received a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Vermont and holds a Masters Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors.