Mr. LaGrassa has had senior positions at major financial companies in fields of Asset Management and Corporate Real Estate. He is currently president of Chilton Realty Inc, a real estate investment banking, advisory and brokerage company, that provides a broad range of services to international investors and developers. He is also a principal in several real estate ventures.

While at Citicorp Ed was the Director of Global Real Estate and was involved in the strategic overview of the banks largest assets and was co-head of real estate Asset Management; at Merrill Lynch he ran a large diversified portfolio of investment-grade properties.

He is an active member of ; the Urban Land Institute, International Real Estate Group and is a frequent speaker at industry events. Ed also teaches the capstone course in Asset Management in New York University’s graduate degree program and chairs the Asset Management Roundtable.

Mr. LaGrassa is a director on several boards and is a member of Audit and Nominating committees and has a keen interest in good corporate governance.