Home Properties Inc.

Edward J. Pettinella has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 1, 2004. He is also a director. He joined the Company in 2001 as an Executive Vice President and director. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of HPRS. From 1997 until February 2001, Mr. Pettinella served as President, Charter One Bank (NY Division) and Executive Vice President of Charter One Financial, Inc. From 1980 through 1997, Mr. Pettinella served in several managerial capacities for Rochester Community Savings Bank, Rochester, NY, including the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pettinella serves on the Board of Directors of United Way of Greater Rochester, Rochester Business Alliance, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, National Multi Housing Counsel, Syracuse University School of Business and the Geneseo Foundation Board. He is also on the Board of Governors of National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and is a member of Urban Land Institute. Mr. Pettinella is a graduate of the State University at Geneseo and holds an MBA Degree in finance from Syracuse University.

Mrs. Falk's efforts in Information Systems and Marketing have focused on portfolio-wide network connectivity for the Company, as well as business application development, systems integration, e-procurement, and other web-based services. Having joined Home Properties' Investor Relations Department in 1995, she moved to Information Systems and became Vice President in 1997. Prior to joining the Company, Mrs. Falk was employed as a product manager at Bausch & Lomb Inc. and as a financial analyst at Kidder Peabody. A graduate of Cornell University, she also holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

John E. Smith has served as Chief Investment Officer of the Company since January, 2006, and as Senior Vice President since 2001. From 1998 until 2001, he was a Vice President of the Company. He holds the same title in HPRS. Prior to joining the Company in 1997, Mr. Smith was general manager for Direct Response Marketing, Inc. and Executive Vice President for The Equity Network, Inc. Mr. Smith was Director of Investment Properties at Hunt Commercial Real Estate for 20 years. He has been a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) since 1982, a New York State Certified Instructor and has taught accredited commercial real estate courses at various institutions in four states.

Robert J. Luken has served as Senior Vice President since 2004, and as Chief Accounting Officer since January, 2005. He has been the Company's Treasurer since 2000 and became a Vice President in 1997. He holds the same title in HPRS. He joined the Company in 1996, serving as its Controller. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Controller of Bell Corp. of Rochester and an Audit Supervisor for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Luken is a graduate of St. John Fisher College and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is on the Board of Directors of St. Joseph's Villa of Rochester.

Ann M. McCormick has served as Executive Vice President since 2004 and a Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since its inception. She holds the same titles in HPRS. Mrs. McCormick joined Home Leasing in 1987 and was named Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel in 1991. Prior to joining Home Leasing, she was an associate with the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP. Mrs. McCormick is a graduate of Colgate University and holds a Juris Doctor from Cornell University. She is on the Board of Directors of Greater Rochester Housing Partnership, the Alzheimer’s Association of the Finger Lakes, and St. Ann's of Greater Rochester, Inc.

Donald R. Hague joined the Company in 2006 as a Vice President. He was elected a Senior Vice President effective January 1, 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hague was a Vice President of KSI Services, Inc. since 2000. He is a graduate of Davidson College and holds an MBA from George Washington University.

Lisa M. Critchley has served as Senior Vice President since joining the Company in June 2007. She holds the same title in HPRS and HR Management. Prior to joining the Company, with over 18 years of experience in Human Resources, she was employed by ALSTOM Signaling, Inc. as Director of Human Resources and prior to that by the William E. Simon School of Business Administration as Assistant Dean. Ms. Critchley is a graduate of the St. John Fisher College.

Alan L. Gosule, 67, has served as a director of MFA since 2001. Mr. Gosule is a partner in the law firm of Clifford Chance US LLP (“Clifford Chance”) in New York, New York and has practiced law with such firm and its predecessor since 1991. From 2002 to August 2005, he served as the Regional Head of Clifford Chance’s Real Estate Department for the Americas and, prior to 2002, was the Regional Head of such firm’s Tax, Pension and Employment Department for the Americas. Prior to 1991, Mr. Gosule practiced law with the firm of Gaston & Snow, where he was a member of such firm’s Management Committee and the Chairman of the Tax Department. Mr. Gosule also serves as a member of the board of directors of Home Properties, Inc. and F.L. Putnam Investment Management Company.

Paul L. Smith has been a director of the Company since August 1994. Mr. Smith was a director, Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Eastman Kodak Company from 1983 until he retired in 1993. He is currently a director of Constellation Brands, Inc. He is also a member of the Boards of Trustees of the George Eastman House and Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and holds an M.B.A. in finance from Northwestern University.

oger W. Kober has been a director of the Company since 1994. He was employed by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation from 1965 until his retirement on January 1, 1998. From March 1996 until January 1, 1998, Mr. Kober served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation. He is a Trustee Emeritas of Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Kober is a graduate of Clarkson College and holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Amy L. Tait has served as a director of the Company since its inception in 1993. She is currently the principal of Tait Realty Advisors, LLC. Mrs. Tait joined Home Leasing in 1983 and held several positions with the Company, including Senior and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Effective February 15, 2001, Mrs. Tait resigned her full-time position as Executive Vice President of the Company. She currently serves on the M & T Bank Advisory Board and the boards of the United Way of Greater Rochester, Princeton Club of Rochester, the Al Sigl Center, Center for Governmental Research, Allendale Columbia School and Monroe County Center for Civic Entrepreneurship. Mrs. Tait is a graduate of Princeton University and holds an M.B.A. from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Rochester.

Josh E. Fidler has been a director of the Company since August, 2004. Mr. Fidler is a Founding Partner of Boulder Ventures, Ltd., a manager of venture capital funds, which has been in operation since 1995. Since 1985, he has also been a principal in a diversified real estate development business known as The Macks Group. In 1999, the Company acquired 3,297 apartment units from affiliates of The Macks Group. Mr. Fidler was also a principal of the entity which owned a 240-unit apartment community which the Company purchased in 2004. He is a graduate of Brown University and received a law degree from New York University. Mr. Fidler is a member of the Maryland Region Advisory Board of SunTrust Bank, the Board of Johns Hopkins Medicine and President-elect of the Board of Trustees of The Park School.

Leonard F. Helbig, III has been a director of the Company since 1994. Since September 2002 he has served as a Director of Integra Realty Advisors in Philadelphia. Between 1980 and 2002 he was employed with Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. From 1990 until 2002, Mr. Helbig served as President, Financial Services for Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Prior to that and since 1984, Mr. Helbig was the Executive Managing Director of the Asset Services and Financial Services Groups. He was a member of that firm's Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Mr. Helbig is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Pension Real Estate Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mr. Helbig is a graduate of LaSalle University and holds the MAI designation of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers.

Mr. Blank is a Senior Fellow, Finance, with the Urban Land Institute, and an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. From 1993 to 1998, he was the Managing Director for Real Estate Investment Banking with CIBC Oppenheimer Corp. He is an independent trustee of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust and Atlantic Realty Trust, and serves on the boards of directors of WestCoast Hospitality Corporation and MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of Paloma, LLC, the general partner of Simpson Housing Limited Partnership. Mr. Blank serves as the chair of the audit committees for both Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust and MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. He has over 20 years experience as a senior real estate investment banking officer advising and evaluating a wide array of real estate companies, including publicly reporting companies.