Jeff Edison has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Phillips Edison & Company since December 2009 and has been a principal of the company since co-founding it in 1995. He also served as President from October 2017 to August 2019. Jeff served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT III, Inc. from April 2016 until its merger with PECO in October 2019, and of Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II, Inc. from 2013 until its merger with PECO in November 2018.

Prior to founding PECO, Jeff was employed by NationsBank’s South Charles Realty Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President from 1993 to 1995 and Vice President from 1991 to 1993. He also worked at Morgan Stanley Realty Incorporated from 1987 to 1990 and The Taubman Company from 1984 to 1987. Jeff serves on the ICSC Executive Board and ICSC Board of Trustees. He also serves on Nareit’s Advisory Board of Governors and is a board member of the Utah Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Jeff earned a BA in mathematics and economics from Colgate University in 1982 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1984.