Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Mr. Walter is our President and Chief Executive Officer. He joined our Company in 1996 as Senior Vice President for Acquisitions, and was elected Treasurer in 1998, Executive Vice President in 2000, Chief Operating Officer in 2001 and Chief Financial Officer in 2003. He became our President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2007. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Walter was a partner with Trammell Crow Residential Company and the President of Bailey Capital Corporation. He is on the Board of Directors of AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Friendship Public Charter School, the largest charter school system in the District of Columbia, and the National Kidney Foundation.

"James F. Risoleo joined our company in 1996 as Senior Vice President for Acquisitions, and he was elected Executive Vice President in 2000. He is responsible for our development, acquisition and disposition activities. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Risoleo served as Vice President of Development for Interstate Hotels Corporation, then the nation's largest independent hotel management company. Before joining Interstate, he was Senior Vice President at Westinghouse Financial Services. "

Larry K. Harvey rejoined our company in February 2003 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller. In February 2006, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, was elected Treasurer in September 2007 and elected Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President in November 2007. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Harvey served as Chief Financial Officer of Barcelo Crestline Corporation, formerly Crestline Capital Corporation, and in various other positions with Crestline from January 1999 to January 2003. From May of 1994 through December of 1998, he served in various accounting positions at our company and was the Vice President, Corporate Accounting prior to the spin-off of Crestline.

Elizabeth A. Abdoo joined our company in June 2001 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and became Executive Vice President in February 2003. She was elected Corporate Secretary in August 2001. Prior to joining our company, Ms. Abdoo served as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Orbital Sciences Corporation from 1996 to May 2001.

Gregory J. Larson joined our company in October 1993 as Senior Manager of Partnerships and was promoted to Director of Acquisitions in 1996. Mr. Larson joined the Treasury group as Vice President of Corporate Finance in 1998, assumed leadership of the Investor Relations department in 2000, was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2002, and was elected Treasurer in 2005. In 2007 Mr. Larson was selected to lead our corporate strategy and fund management business and elected to Executive Vice President. Prior to joining us, Mr. Larson served in various accounting positions with Marriott International, Inc. and worked in public accounting.

"Minaz Abji joined our company in 2003 as Executive Vice President Asset Management. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Abji was President of Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, a Canadian REIT located in Vancouver, British Columbia where he began working in August 1998. Mr. Abji previously worked for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Canada (which purchased Westin) as area managing director from October 1994 to August 1998. He was a general manager for Westin from 1986 to August 1998. "

"Pamela K. Wagoner joined our company in October 2001 as Vice President for Human Resources and became Senior Vice President in February 2003. Prior to joining our company, Ms. Wagoner served as Vice President of Human Resources at SAVVIS Communications. From 1998 through August 2000, Ms. Wagoner was Director of Human Resources at Lucent Technologies, Inc. and prior to that was Director of Human Resources at Yurie Systems Inc., since 1996, which was acquired by Lucent. "

"Brian G. Macnamara joined our company in February 1996 and was promoted to Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller in February 2007, and was elected Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller in September 2007. Prior to serving as Assistant Corporate Controller, Mr. Macnamara served as Vice President, Financial Reporting and Corporate Real Estate. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Macnamara worked at the Securities & Exchange Commission and Deloitte & Touche. "

Andrew H. Young has been a director of the company since its formation. Mr. Young has been co-chairman and a senior partner of Good Works International, Inc. since January 1997. He was vice chairman of Law Companies Group, Inc. from 1993 through January 1997, and a director of that company from August 1995 through January 1997. He was chairman of Law Companies International Group, Inc. (a former subsidiary of Law Companies Group, Inc.) from 1990 to 1993. Mr. Young was the mayor of Atlanta from 1982 to 1990, United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1977 to 1979, and a member of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress from 1973 to 1977. Mr. Young is a director of Archer Daniels Midland Company; Cox Communications, Inc.; Film Fabricators, Inc.; Host Marriott Corporation;The Argus Board (The International Advisory Board of Independent Newspapers Holdings Limited); and Thomas Nelson, Inc. He is chairman of the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund, a member of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board, and a director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center. He was co-chairman of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and a member of the board of the United States Olympic Committee. Mr. Young also served as the 1996 chairman of the Greater Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Robert M. Baylis has served as a director since May 2000 and is the Chairman of the Company's Finance & Risk Management Committee and a member of the Company's Nominating & Governance Committee. Mr. Baylis was Vice Chairman of CS First Boston, a position he held until 1996, and prior to his retirement was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CS First Boston Pacific Inc. Mr. Baylis is a director of New York Life Insurance Company, Host Marriott Corporation, Covance, Inc., and is Chairman of the Board for Gildan Activewear, Inc. He is an overseer of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and a Trustee of the Rubin Museum of Art. Mr. Baylis is a member of the Advisory Council of the Economics Department of Princeton University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Terence C. Golden, age 64, since 2000 has been Chairman of Bailey Capital Corporation in Washington, D.C. Bailey Capital Corporation is a private investment company. From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Golden was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Host Marriott Corporation. He serves as a director of Host Hotels and Resorts, Inc., Washington Real Estate Investment Trust and the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Mr. Golden also currently serves as Chairman of the Federal City Council. Mr. Golden was a director of Pepco from 1998 until August 1, 2002. He has been a director of the Company since August 1, 2002.