million of IPO shares–and kept on buying in public offerings in January 2012, February 2013 and July 2013. Our incentive compensation is based on total return to shareholders and paid with stock. Our governance is market leading.
Independent Director
Chair, Audit Committee
Mr. Carlson has been a principal of NNC Apartment Ventures, LLC, a well established firm specializing in the long-term investment in multi-family assets on the West Coast, since 1999.
Mr. Carlson formerly served as executive vice president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer and board member of BRE Properties, Inc. (now Essex Property Trust, NYSE: ESS). BRE was a large multi-family NYSE–listed real estate investment trust based in San Francisco, California. In his role as chief operating officer, Mr. Carlson oversaw the company’s capital market activities, asset management and development and played a key role in two company mergers with an aggregate value of two billion dollars. Mr. Carlson retired from BRE in October 2002.
Prior to joining BRE Properties, Inc., Mr. Carlson served as vice president, chief financial officer and as a director of Real Estate Investment Trust of California from 1990 to March 1996. He was a partner and chief financial officer of William Walters Company, a southern California based asset management company and investor, from 1976 to 1990.
Mr. Carlson is a Certified Public Accountant in California. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California.