Mr. Chao has served as a director since July 2010 and as lead independent director since November 2017. He retired in 2008 as Chief Executive Officer of Chelsea Property Group, Inc., a NYSE-listed shopping center REIT with operations in the United States, Asia and Mexico (now part of Simon Property Group, NYSE: SPG), previously serving as President and Chief Financial Officer. He has been a board member of London-based Value Retail PLC since 2009; and a co-founder and chairman of entities comprising Value Retail China, a privately-held owner/developer of retail properties, since 2012.

Ms. Fischer joined PECO’s board of directors effective November 1, 2019. Ms. Fischer joined Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in 1998 and most recently served as Managing Director of the Bank Debt Portfolio Group from 2010 until her retirement in May 2019, where she managed Leveraged Finance led syndicated loans. Ms. Fischer also served four years as co-head of Goldman Sachs’ firmwide Women’s Network for the Americas.

Since February 2023, Ms. Wang has served as the Chief Product Officer of Alloy, a global identity risk decisioning platform that helps banks and fintech companies automate their decisions for onboarding, ongoing monitoring and credit underwriting. From March 2022 to February 2023, Ms. Wang served as the Head of Product of Alloy. Prior to joining Alloy, Ms. Wang was with Bread Finance (now Bread Financial), where she served as Senior Vice President and Head of Product from June 2020 to February 2022. As a member of the senior leadership team, Ms.

Mr. Quazzo is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pearlmark Real Estate, L.L.C. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Quazzo served as President of Equity Institutional Investors, Inc., a subsidiary of investor Sam Zell’s private holding company, Equity Group Investments, Inc. Mr. Quazzo was responsible for raising equity capital and performing various portfolio management services in connection with the firm’s real estate investments, including institutional opportunity funds and public REITs. Prior to joining the Zell organization, Mr.

Ms. Silfen is a Managing Director at WindSail Capital Group, which provides growth financing to companies advancing energy innovation and sustainability. Since 2015, she also has served as Vice President at Mayfair Management Co., Inc., a New York City-based family office, where she is responsible for overseeing and making public and private investments. Ms. Silfen currently serves as a director of HercuTech, Inc. Ms.

Dr. Strong has served as a director of PECO since November 2018. He previously served as a director of REIT II from May 2017 to November 2018 when it merged into PECO. Since July 2010, Dr.

Mr. Wood has been a director of PECO since April 2016. Mr. Wood served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EnergySolutions, Inc., a leading services provider to the nuclear industry, from June 2012 until his retirement in June 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Wood held the role of Chief Financial Officer at numerous public and private companies, including Actian Corporation, Silicon Graphics, Liberate Technologies, and InterTrust Technologies. Mr. Wood was a director of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

Jeff Edison co-founded Phillips Edison & Company and has served as a principal since 1995. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO. 

From 1991 to 1995, he was employed by NationsBank’s South Charles Realty Corporation, serving as a Senior Vice President from 1993 until 1995 and as a Vice President from 1991 until 1993. Jeff was employed by Morgan Stanley Realty Incorporated from 1987 until 1990 and The Taubman Company from 1984 until 1987.

Devin Murphy serves as Managing Director of Investment Management.  The company announced in October 2023 that Devin would transition from President to Managing Director of Investment Management effective January 1, 2024.  In addition, the Company announced Devin's planned retirement at the end of June 2024.  Devin is in discussions with the Governance and Nominating Committee to join PECO's Board of Directors in July 2024.

Bob Myers currently serves as President. Bob Myers joined Phillips Edison & Company in 2003 as a Senior Leasing Manager, was promoted to Regional Leasing Manager in 2005 and became Vice President of Leasing in 2006. He was named Senior Vice President of Leasing and Operations in 2009, Chief Operating Officer in 2010 and Executive Vice President in 2020. He was named President on January 1, 2024.