<p><span class="p-body">David Z. Hirsh has served on the board of directors of Seaport Entertainment Group (NYSE American: SEG) since August 2024 and as an advisor to Townhouse Partners since December 2024. Previously, Mr. Hirsh served as the Vice Chairman of Sterling Investors, a real estate investment firm, from January 2022 to December 2024 and as Senior Advisor at Sterling Investors from April 2020 to December 2021. He served on the board of directors of of SILVERspac Inc. (Nasdaq: SLVR) from September 2021 to September of 2023. </span></p> <p><span class="p-body">Mr. Hirsh spent approximately sixteen years working in the Real Estate Asset Management Group at Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”) in various positions until his retirement in January 2018 with the title of Managing Director. During his tenure at Blackstone, Mr. Hirsh’s most significant responsibilities included day-to-day oversight and strategic management of Equity Office Properties from 2009 to 2018, IndCor Industrial Properties from 2013 to 2015 and the LXR Hotels and Resorts portfolio from 2004 to 2010. </span></p> <p><span class="p-body">Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Hirsh worked at Citigroup Inc. for approximately fifteen years, including six years in real estate asset management, where he led the hotel group, and five years in corporate finance, specializing in corporate real estate and project lending. </span></p> <p><span class="p-body">Mr. Hirsh is involved in several philanthropic efforts serving on the board of the THANC Foundation and CaringKind. He is an Adjunct Professor at the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate and New York University Tisch Center for Hospitality, Vice Chair of the NYU Schack Advisory Board and founder of the Hirsh Fellows program at NYU Schack. Mr. Hirsh a trustee of the Madison Square Park Conservancy and a trustee at Pace University. He earned a B.B.A in Public Accounting from Pace University and an M.S. in Real Estate Development and Investment from New York University.</span></p>