Biography

LISA PALMER, age 56, has served on our Board since 2018. Ms. Palmer became our Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2020, and has served as our President since January 1, 2016 to date. Previously, she served as our Chief Financial Officer from January 2013 to August 12, 2019. Prior to that, served as Senior Vice President of Capital Markets from 2003 until 2013. She served as Senior Manager of Investment Services in 1996 and assumed the role of Vice President of Capital Markets in 1999. Prior to joining Regency, Ms. Palmer worked with Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting Strategic Services, as a consultant and financial analyst for General Electric. She serves as a director of Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Brooks Rehabilitation, a private healthcare organization. She currently serves a Chair of United Way of Northeast Florida, an executive member of Nareit, a member of ULI, and a member of the Board of Trustee of Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (ICSC). She previously served a director of ESH Hospitality, Inc., a subsidiary of Extended Stay America, Inc. Ms. Palmer is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Palmer has extensive knowledge of the shopping center and real estate industries and has extensive experience in finance and capital markets, operations, public board strategy and governance.