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Chris Clemente founded the Comstock organization in 1985 and has guided its growth and diversification since its inception. Mr. Clemente managed the growth of Comstock as a private enterprise until the 2004 initial public offering of Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI), now known as Comstock Holding Companies®, Inc. (“Comstock” or “Company”). Since the IPO, Mr. Clemente has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Comstock and is the largest individual stockholder of the Company. Mr. Clemente chairs Comstock’s Executive Committee, which charts strategic direction, evaluates acquisition opportunities, and oversees strategic partnerships, including multiple public-private partnerships. Mr. Clemente is also Managing Member of Comstock Partners, LC (“Partners”), a family-owned, private company founded by Mr. Clemente in 1999 to focus on commercial real estate development and investment. Following its IPO, Comstock expanded its for-sale homebuilding operation into multiple key markets in the southeastern United States, while the commercial development operation of Partners remained focused on the Washington, DC market. Following the Great Recession, Comstock scaled back its for-sale homebuilding operation to focus solely on the Washington, DC market. Mr. Clemente managed the two companies as separate firms with distinct management teams and investment objectives until early 2018, when Comstock announced its plan to wind-down its for-sale homebuilding operation and refocus on commercial development, real estate asset management, and real estate related services. To execute this strategic plan, the operating platforms of Comstock and Partners were combined, and changes were made to the management team. To anchor the transition, Partners entered a long-term, cost-plus asset management agreement covering its portfolio of commercial properties, which had grown to include millions of square feet of stabilized buildings and development assets strategically located at key transit stations on Metro’s new Silver Line in the Dulles Corridor of Northern Virginia that have an estimated value at full build out of approximately $3 billion. Key assets included in the portfolio of managed assets, include; Reston Station, a 4.5 million square foot transit-oriented and mixed-use development covering nearly 40 acres surrounding the terminus station of Phase I of the Silver Line in Reston, Virginia, and Loudoun Station, a 2+ million square foot transit-oriented and mixed-use development located adjacent to the terminus station of Phase II of the Silver Line in Ashburn, Virginia. Mr. Clemente attended the University of Wisconsin and George Mason University where he studied Business and Psychology. Mr. Clemente and his wife, Tracy Schar, have been long-time supporters of numerous charitable organizations in the Washington, DC region that support international adoptions, foster care programs, and that provide educational, housing and other assistance to families and children in-need.

Paul S. Weinschenk is President, Retail of Peterson Companies. He oversees all facets of the Company’s 6 million square foot retail portfolio including Development/Construction, Asset Management, Leasing and Legal. Previously, he was Vice President and Managing Director for the Retail Division at Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE) and oversaw the growth and operations of WRE’s then 2.4 million square foot retail portfolio. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at Peterson Companies as Vice President of Retail Development and was instrumental in the development and leasing of Fairfax Corner, Virginia Gateway and East Market among others. He is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and served a three-year term as State Director for Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. Paul is also President of the University of Virginia School of Architecture Foundation. Paul holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Business Administration from The Keenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina.

An Alexandria native and Falls Church resident, Andrew has cultivated a unique set of skills, knowledge, relationships, and expertise in the transactional aspects of real estate law. He has represented clients in 16 Virginia localities, from Arlington County to Winchester, and specializesin securing zoning approvals and providing counselto residential,commercial, and industrial developers and landowners, advises clients on all aspects of the land entitlement process and real estate matters, and frequently appears before planning commissions, town and city councils,county boards of supervisors, localcitizen groups, boards of architecturalreview, and civic and homeowners associations. Prior to joining The Land Lawyers in 2007, Andrew worked for two members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the County Administrator of Caroline County, Virginia, and former Virginia Governor (now U.S. Senator) Mark Warner. In 2004, Andrew worked for McGuireWoods Consulting, identifying business expansion opportunities and conducting comprehensive studies for public safety, education, and transportation construction companies across thecommonwealth. Andrew is an adjunct professor and teaches classes in political science, urban history, historic preservation, and city and regional planning at the University of Richmond and the University of Mary Washington. He also leads courses for public and private civil engineers on the land use entitlement process at the Engineers & Surveyors Institute to improve the quality of their plans and the process by which they are approved.Having studiedNorthern Virginia’s geography and chronicled itsland development history, Andrew’sextensive knowledge of the region has played a significant role in assisting clients and navigating issues related to development patterns, transportation concerns, and environmentalchallenges in multiplejurisdictions.

A serial entrepreneur, innovator and industry visionary, Mr. Robinson is currently a business development executive with Avaya, with a focus on Smart Cities, Software Defined Networks and IoT. He also is the Owner and President of Telecore, an SDVOSB company, where his skilled employees build and service cell sites for AT&T and Verizon. Telecore has also developed digital content kiosks for deployment over satellite networks. Twenty-five years of participation in the industry during an explosive period of growth have developed his broad experience in global satellite and digital information technology. He has made significant contributions and experienced success as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving as a Computer Science Officer, Senior Director of Programs for Hughes Network Systems working on large-scale VSAT networks, and Business Development Executive for Raytheon Company, where he developed a portable receive suite for Special Forces use. In addition, he honed his entrepreneurial skills by starting both ViaCast Networks and Cerona Networks, both manufacturing, and selling satellite networking equipment for fortune 500 companies. He is recognized as a pioneer in satellite communications technologies.

Mr. Ihrie has over 35 years industry experience as a direct innovator in the fields of satellite and terrestrial communication, computing, and information science. He has been a principal in seven startup companies in industries ranging from Nuclear Power to Digital Broadcast to analytic software for the Intelligence Community. Mr. Ihrie has used the CTO position as a platform to help build four breakthrough enterprise-scale innovation organizations. The National Technology Alliance brought non-traditional technology companies to help solve hard problems for the Intelligence Community. Mach37 is the first vertically-focused business accelerator for cybersecurity. Mr. Ihrie leads the EMERGE Program with DHS Science & Technology Directorate, using a national coalition of business accelerators to bring leading edge innovation in wearable technology to the First Responder community. His current project, the Smart Communities Actuator combines an accelerator and incubator with built- in path-to- market opportunities focused on helping early stage businesses bring value to the Smart Cities market. Mr. Ihrie has a Master of Science degree in Business from MIT, specializing in the Management of Technological Innovation, and a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science.

Mr. Minh Le is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and commercial real estate developer. He is the Managing Partner at 22 Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in real estate, technology (smart cities, artificial intelligence, big data analytics) and clean energy. They have financed numerous private portfolio companies to successful exits with returns ranging from 10% to 24% IRR. Mr. Le leverages over twenty-five years of experience in finance, technology, merger and acquisition, venture capital and commercial real estate development in his most recent endeavor: the creation of 22CityLink, a smart city developer and technology platform. Its inaugural project, Gramercy District, is a ground-up $500M+ development located outside Washington D.C. in Loudoun County, VA. Mr. Le is well-positioned to accelerate and evolve technology-based real estate development through his existing network of big data, predictive analytics, in-house technology and partnerships with Microsoft, Avaya, and Neon Mobile. In his free time, he serves as the CEO of Defense Security Technology Group (DSTG). Mr. Le wasted no time starting his technology career. While still in undergrad, he built algorithms for the Navy’s towed array sonar systems. He held multiple management positions at ExxonMobil over the next eight-years. Mr. Le started as a senior software engineer and developed an oil and gas spot market trading system which earned him a promotion to oil and gas market trader. Responsible for the Gulf Coast, Midwest and New York Harbor, Mr. Le traded tens of billions of dollars each year. In 1997 he joined Accenture as a consultant, and in less than five years, was promoted to senior partner. He first served on Accenture’s Department of Defense (DoD) Navy account, responsible for large application system development and integration projects. Mr. Le moved from Managing Director to North American Partner and Managing Director of Supply Chain Planning. He became an expert in multi-billion-dollar merger and acquisition transactions, deal structure, finance and supply chain operations. In a $10 billion deal he consolidated over 90+ installations for the Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC); in another he merged Man Power, Personnel, Training and Education (MPTE) to a single command following commercial best practices with a shared services model. In 2009 he left Accenture to become the COO of Cogility, Inc. Cogility delivered classified software applications to the DoD and intelligence communities. The company was sold for a handsome exit in 2013. Mr. Le continued his technical and financial due diligence success as the Executive Vice President of private equity company Acquired Sales Corporation. He led a number of transactions for acquired technology companies. Since 2005, he’s somehow found the time to serve as CEO of DSTG. A strategy, research, development, engineering and technology consulting firm, DSTG delivers solutions to commercial companies and federal DoD departments alike. Major viable products include Legal-AI for legal analytics and MedCloudAI for the legal and healthcare industries. Mr. Le holds a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Maryland College Park and an MBA in Finance from Georgetown. He’s lived around the Washington, D.C. area for many years, so the Gramercy District project is a natural fit.

Leo Titus has over 25 years of geotechnical engineering, materials testing, and Special Inspections experience. He is President and Principal Engineer of ECS Mid-Atlantic. Mr. Titus has managed hundreds of projects, developed field investigation programs, and provided engineering analysis and geotechnical design. His experience also includes deep foundations, slope stability, residential projects, low- to high-rise structures, airport and highway pavements, karst topography and retaining wall systems.

Kristina Bouweiri is President and CEO of Reston Limousine, Washington DC’s premier chauffeured transportation provider and the 10th largest fleet operator nationwide. Starting with only five vehicles in 1990, Bouweiri diversified the business and grew it to a $25 million company today with more than 200 vehicles. As a woman in an industry traditionally dominated by male executives, Bouweiri has been committed to supporting women entrepreneurs over the years and is the founder of the monthly networking luncheon Sterling Women and co-founder of the annual Virginia Women’s Business Conference. Active in the business and greater community, she sits on the boards or is a member of the DC Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Greater Washington, Inova Loudoun Hospital Foundation, GMU School of Business Dean’s Council, Loudoun Education Foundation, Loudoun CEO Cabinet, among others. Recognized for her business acumen regionally and nationally, Bouweiri is an international speaker on topics ranging from startup success strategies to the use of social media in growing your business. Her recent recognitions include Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 and Top Women-Owned Businesses in Washington DC, George Mason University School of Business Outstanding Leadership Award, DC Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year and International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge Award.

Alta’s professional career has been in executive finance/chief financial officer positions, risk management, asset/business acquisitions and strategy roles primarily at Wells Fargo and GMAC business subsidiaries. She is past board chair for Loudoun Habitat for Humanity and was board member/treasurer for Virginia Habitat for Humanity. A native Virginian with stints in Des Moines, Iowa and Minneapolis, Minnesota, she serves as chair for Loudoun’s Rural Economic Development Council, an advisory group to Loudoun’s Board of Supervisors. She is an avid promoter for Loudoun’s rural businesses and a mentor to young professional women.

AJ Wood is a Director in Cushman & Wakefield’s Tysons Corner, Virginia office with a sole focus on tenant representation. He provides real estate advisory and brokerage services to public and private sector clients throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Mr. Wood’s extensive experience includes successful solutions for occupiers of both traditional and non-traditional real estate. Prior to his seven year professional soccer career, Mr. Wood won four national championships in soccer at UVA, as well as participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Mr. Wood is extremely active in the local soccer community having worked closely with local programs to instruct and mentor boys and girls for the last 15 years.

Buddy Rizer is the Executive Director of the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development, the 2021 Economic Development Organization of the Year. During his tenure, Rizer and his team have attracted more than $50 billion in new commercial investment and more than 50 thousand new jobs. During this time, the growth in the commercial based has help lower the tax rate in Loudoun by more than 41 cents on the dollar, saving residents thousands of dollars annually on their tax bill. Mr. Rizer has been named a Tech Titan 7 times by Washingtonian Magazine, has been named one of the 50 most influential Virginians 6 times by Virginia Business Magazine, is a 4-time member of Virginia’s Power 500, and was three times named to the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 as one of the most influential businesspeople in Washington, DC. Mr. Rizer is a Certified Economic Developer, a certified Entrepreneurship Development Professional, and a graduate of Virginia Tech's Local Government Management Graduate Certificate Program.

Kurt Marx is the market president for United Bank’s Fairfax West region, encompassing Loudoun County and parts of Fairfax County. He is a 1980 graduate of George Washington University and he has been employed in the local banking industry since 1986. Kurt is an active member and has served in various positions within St. Theresa Catholic Church, Ashburn, VA. Since 2012, he has served as director and treasurer for the non-profit Mosaic-Virginia which operates a clinic in Lansdowne, VA and provides free women’s health care services.