Mr. C. Marc Richards has been Chief Financial Officer of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. since March 11, 2011 and served as its Chief Accounting Officer since July 20, 2009. From November 2007 to July 2009, Mr. Richards served as Vice President of JE Robert Companies and functioned as the Controller for JER Investors Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust ("REIT") that invests in real estate loans, commercial mortgage backed securities and other structured finance products. While serving in this capacity, Mr. Richards supervised the accounting and financial reporting functions, Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance and REIT tax compliance of JER Investors Trust. From May 2006 to October 2007, Mr. Richards served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Republic Property Trust, a publicly traded owner, operator and redeveloper of commercial office buildings in the Metropolitan D.C area, which was acquired by Liberty Property Trust in August 2007. In this role, Mr. Richards supervised the accounting and financial reporting functions of Republic Property Trust. From July 1999 to May 2006, Mr. Richards served in a variety of accounting positions with increasing responsibilities at The Mills Corporation ("Mills"), a publicly traded developer, Owner and Manager of a diversified portfolio of regional shopping malls and retail entertainment centers, which was acquired by Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital in May 2007. These positions included: Group Vice President of Corporate Accounting until May 2006, Vice President of Corporate and Property G/L Accounting from 2004 to 2006, Director of Corporate Accounting from 2003 to 2004, Director of Property Accounting from 2001 to 2003, and Property Controller from 1999 to 2001.