R. Steven Hamner is one of our founders and has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer since September 2003. In August and September 2003, Mr. Hamner served as our executive vice president and chief accounting officer. From October 2001 through March 2004, he was the managing director of Transaction Analysis LLC, a company that provided interim and project-oriented accounting and consulting services to commercial real estate owners and their advisors. From June 1998 to September 2001, he was vice president and chief financial officer of United Investors Realty Trust, a publicly-traded REIT. For the 10 years prior to becoming an officer of United Investors Realty Trust, he was employed by the accounting and consulting firm of Ernst & Young LLP and its predecessors. Mr. Hamner received a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University in 1979. Mr. Hamner is a certified public accountant.