President and owner of Park Avenue Investments, a real estate investment firm since 2000 and also has been a Special Education on-call Teacher with the Phoenix Unified School District since 1993. From 1993 – 2003, Mr. Chase provided investor and management expertise to InnSuites Hotels, a subsidiary of the Trust. With over 35 years of real estate investment and hospitality experience, including experience managing a variety of real estate assets, we believe that Mr. Chase will provide our Board with wide-ranging and in-depth experience in hotel management companies, technology and operations. Mr. Chase is a valuable member to the board.