Education Realty Trust Inc.

J. Drew Koester , age 36, is the Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Koester joined Allen & O Hara in September 2004. From January 1999 until September 2004, Mr. Koester served as Vice President of Finance for TruGreen Companies, LLC, a division of The ServiceMaster Company. From August 1998 until January 1999, Mr. Koester was a financial analyst at The ServiceMaster Company. Mr. Koester began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and was a Financial Reporting Manager for Continental PET Technologies prior to joining The ServiceMaster Company. Mr. Koester is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Randall H. Brown is the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Brown joined Allen & O’Hara as its Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary in June 1999. Prior to joining Allen & O’Hara, Mr. Brown served as director of corporate finance for Promus Hotel Corporation (now part of Hilton Hotels Corporation). Prior to his promotion to director of corporate finance, Mr. Brown served as manager of capital analysis and planning for Promus. Mr. Brown began his career at PriceWaterhouse and also held various financial and accounting positions at Holiday Inns, Inc. and International Paper Company. Mr. Brown is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Thomas J. Hickey , age 60, is the Senior Vice President of Operations. Mr. Hickey joined Allen & O Hara in 1972 and has served as Assistant General Manager at Granville Towers (University of North Carolina), General Manager at Osceola Hall (Florida State University), General Manager of Fontana Hall (University of South Florida), and Regional Director of the housing/foodservice group of the management services department. Mr. Hickey was promoted to Vice President of the apartment group in 1983, Vice President of Operations in 1984 and he assumed responsibilities relating to Vice President of Management Services in 1988. Mr. Hickey is both a current member and past president of the Memphis chapter of the IREM. He also holds the Certified Property Manager designation conferred by the IREM and was chairman of the board of directors of the Diocese of Memphis Housing Corporation.

Wallace L. Wilcox , age 59, is the Senior Vice President of Construction and Engineering. Mr. Wilcox joined Allen & O'Hara in 1980 and has served in various capacities in the areas of project management, maintenance and engineering. He became Vice President of Construction and Engineering for Allen & O'Hara in May 2000. For the past 29 years, Mr. Wilcox has supervised the construction and development of student housing communities as well as hotels, office buildings and churches.

Wendell W. Weakley is the President and CEO of the University of Mississippi Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation on July 1, 2006, he was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) from August 1976 to June 2006. Mr. Weakley was an audit partner with PwC serving public clients in the manufacturing, distribution and retail sectors in the Memphis, Dallas and Tampa offices over his career. As an audit manager, he also served a two-year international tour of duty with PwC. He has served as the Office Managing Partner for the Memphis office of Price Waterhouse as well as the audit and industry leader in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market for PwC. He was also a Regional Risk Management partner for PwC. Mr. Weakley is a Certified Public Accountant.

John L. Ford , age 61, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2005. Dr. Ford is the Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life at Emory University where he oversees student housing and seventeen other departments. Dr. Ford was a professor of policy analysis and management and the dean of students at Cornell University from 1992 to 2000. He has held administrative, academic or research positions at: the University of Exeter in England, the University of British Columbia in Canada, the Japanese Nursing Association in Japan, the Dokkyo University Medical School in Japan, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Chicago. Dr. Ford is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of the South and a member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance to Improve Emory Village.

Monte J. Barrow has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2005. From February 1982 until August 2002, Mr. Barrow served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of MS Carriers, Inc., a publicly-traded trucking transportation company (NASDAQ: MSCA). While serving as Chief Financial Officer of MS Carriers, Mr. Barrow was responsible for the accounting, financial, human resources and information technology departments of EDR. Mr. Barrow retired in August 2002, following the sale of MS Carriers to Swift Transportation Company, Inc. Since February 2003, Mr. Barrow has been self-employed as the owner and operator of two privately-held businesses.

Mr. Churchey is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Great Wolf Resorts (Nasdaq: WOLF). Previously he was, from 1999 until its sale in 2003, the Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of RFS Hotel Investors (NYSE:RFS), an owner and manager of 58 hotels. Mr. Churchey currently serves as Director of Innkeepers USA Trust (NYSE:KPA) and Education Realty Trust (NYSE: EDR). He was the CEO of Golden Gate National Senior Care, the successor entity to Beverly Enterprises. Prior to joining RFS (1997-1999), Mr. Churchey was Senior Vice President and CFO of FelCor Lodging Trust, a publicly traded hotel REIT with a total market capitalization (at the time) of over $3 billion. In that capacity, he was responsible for FelCor's capital market activities and the supervision of all financial, treasury, investor relations and reporting functions. For approximately 15 years prior to joining FelCor, Mr. Churchey held various positions in the audit practice of Coopers & Lybrand, LLP, including Chairman of the firm's Hospitality and Real Estate practice for the Southwestern United States. Mr. Churchey holds a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Alabama and is a C.P.A.

William J. Cahill, III has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2005. Mr. Cahill has served as the Corporate Vice President of Human Resources of FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) since June 2004 and served as Vice President of Human Resources of FedEx Corporation from February 1998 until June 2004. He has been with FedEx since December 1979. In his current role, Mr. Cahill is responsible for executive compensation, succession planning, healthcare strategy, retirement investment, employment, legal compliance and other human resources functions at FedEx Corporation.