William E Sullivan BW

William E. Sullivan

Independent Director

William E. Sullivan has served as one of our directors since September 2012. Mr. Sullivan served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Purdue University from June 2014 to December 2019. From April 2007 to May 2012, Mr. Sullivan served as Chief Financial Officer of Prologis, Inc. (“Prologis”), a publicly listed REIT (NYSE: PLD). Prior to joining Prologis, Mr. Sullivan was the founder and President of Greenwood Advisors, Inc., a private financial consulting and advisory firm, from 2005 to 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer of SiteStuff, Inc. (“SiteStuff”), from 2001 to 2005 and Chair of SiteStuff from 2001 until the company was sold in June 2007. Mr. Sullivan served as Chief Financial Officer of JLL from 1997 to 2001 and in various other capacities with JLL from 1984 to 2001. Prior to joining JLL, he was a member of the Communications Lending Group of the First National Bank of Chicago and also served as a member of the tax division of Ernst & Ernst LLP, a predecessor to Ernst & Young LLP. Since November 2023, Mr. Sullivan has served on the board of directors of CenterPoint Properties, a Calpers wholly owned entity, where he also serves as a member of its audit committee and chair of its investment and valuation committee. From January 2013 until March 2022, Mr. Sullivan served on the board of directors of CyrusOne Inc., a publicly listed REIT (NYSE: CONE), and was also the chair of its governance and nominating committee and a member of its audit committee. From August 2013 until September 2017, Mr. Sullivan served on the board of directors of Club Corp., a publicly listed owner-operator of private golf and country clubs, business sports and alumni clubs (NYSE: MYCC), as an independent director and member of its audit and compensation committees. Mr. Sullivan holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a B.S.B.A. in Accounting and Marketing from Georgetown University.