David Nettina

Biography

Mr. David J. Nettina is Independent Trustee of the Company. Mr. Nettina has served as the Managing Principal of Briarwood Capital Group, LLC, since 2001, through which he develops residential and commercial real estate pursuant to contracts and joint venture development agreements with Heritage Custom Builders, LLC, a residential home builder in Albany, New York. He is also a General Partner of Spa Mirbeau, a retail shopping center centric spa and French country dining experience company. In addition, he is the Albany, New York Chair for Vistage International, Inc., an international organization which offers facilitated peer groups for chief executive officers and private company owners. Mr. Nettina also formerly served as the chairman of the board of Mastrioanni Bros., Inc., a privately held commercial banking company in Albany, New York and as a member of the board of Frontera Investment, Inc. Mr. Nettina served as the co-Chief Executive Officer of Career Management, LLC from 2009 to 2013 and has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2013. Prior to returning to private business, Mr. Nettina served as the President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Real Estate Officer of American Financial Realty Trust (AFRT), a publicly traded real estate investment trust, from March 2005 to April 2008. In 2008, AFRT merged with Gramercy Capital Corp. AFRT was formerly the leading net lease real estate investment trust with an exclusive focus on bank real estate. Mr. Nettina earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, along with a Certificate in Management Accounting.

Research Interest

Chemical Engineering Chemical technology Process Engineering Petrochemical Engineering