
	Mr. Schissel joins Invitation Homes from BRE Properties where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2009 until its recently completed merger with Essex Property Trust. BRE Properties was a publicly traded apartment REIT that owned and operated over 21,000 apartment homes in the major metropolitan markets of California and Seattle. Prior to joining BRE, Mr. Schissel served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and board member for Carr Properties and helped guide the company&rsquo;s predecessor&rsquo;s (Columbia Equity Trust) successful initial public offering in 2005. Prior to Carr Properties, Mr. Schissel worked for nearly 13 years at Wachovia Securities (and predecessor institutions) and during that time served as a Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group and also a Senior Vice President in the firm&rsquo;s REIT Corporate Banking Group. In addition to his financial and operating experience, Mr. Schissel brings extensive knowledge and relationships in the real estate capital markets to the Invitation Homes platform. Mr. Schissel holds a B.S.B.A degree from Georgetown University.
