Lori Wittman

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ms. Wittman has served as a Director since May 2018. Ms. Wittman has extensive experience in the real estate development industry and until February 2020 was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp., a “blank check” company (“Big Rock Partners”), and remains an advisor to Big Rock Partners. From August 2015 through August 2017, Ms. Wittman served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Care Capital Properties, Inc. (CCP), a public real estate investment trust (REIT) that was spun off in 2015 from Ventas, Inc. (Ventas), a publicly held REIT that owns over 1,600 healthcare properties across the United States and Canada. CCP was a healthcare REIT with a diversified portfolio of triple-net leased properties focused on the post-acute sector. CCP was merged into Sabra Healthcare in August of 2017. Prior to serving at CCP, Ms. Wittman was the Senior Vice President of Capital Markets & Investor Relations for Ventas. During her tenure at Ventas, Ms. Wittman had oversight responsibilities for all capital market, investor relations and marketing activities and oversaw the corporate analyst team responsible for the corporate earnings model. From 2006 through 2011, Ms. Wittman was Chief Financial Officer & Managing Principal for Big Rock Partners, LLC, a real estate private equity firm focused on generating returns through development and redevelopment, where she led all capital markets, accounting and investor activities.

Ms. Wittman has also served in various capacities for General Growth Properties, Heitman Financial and Homart Development Company, all entities involved in the investment and/or development of real estate. Ms. Wittman also served on the Board of Directors and as Head of the Audit Committee of Green Realty Trust, Inc. Ms. Wittman serves as a Director of IMH Financial (IMH), a member of IMH’s Audit Committee and as Chairperson of the Compensation Committee of IMH’s Board of Directors. In 2019, Ms. Wittman joined the boards of Freehold Properties and NetSTREIT Corp., and she chairs the audit committees of both companies. Ms. Wittman received her MBA with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago, and her Master of City Planning in Housing and Real Estate Finance degree from the University of Pennsylvania.