Mr. Barber is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the Company and was appointed by the Board of Directors effective May 8, 2017. Mr. Barber has more than a decade of experience as legal counsel with responsibilities for SEC compliance and reporting matters, corporate governance, investment banking operations and REIT-related capital markets. From July 2012 to May 2017, Mr. Barber was Associate General Counsel at FBR & Co. where he assisted with SEC compliance, corporate governance and was Primary Counsel for investment banking operations. From August 2004 to June 2012 he served as Senior Associate – REIT Capital Markets at Hunton & Williams LLP, where he represented public REITs in conjunction with their SEC compliance requirements, corporate governance matters, offerings of equity and debt and merger and acquisition transactions. From September 2003 to August 2004 he served as an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he represented issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities.
Mr. Barber received his Juris Doctor degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 2003. In 1999 he received his Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Finance from Indiana University.