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BRUNO N. BOTTARELLI
bottarelli@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Bruno Bottarelli is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment and advisory services.

An architect by profession, Mr. Bottarelli brings strategic planning and vision to the executive team. During his 28-year career, Mr. Bottarelli has designed and developed more than $1 billion in real estate throughout the Midwest. He is co-founder of the Marquette Companies and Kensington/Marquette Partners, LLC and serves as a national advisor to community developers and church-based organizations.

Mr. Bottarelli is an innovator and known for developing strategic alliances that integrate improvements in technology and design to accommodate changing societal needs.

A graduate from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture, Mr. Bottarelli is a board member of the National Multi-Housing Council and founding board member of the Institute for Community. He is past President of the Apartment Council of Greater Chicago, an advisor to Harvest For Humanity and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

STEVEN E. FISHMAN
fishman@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Steven Fishman is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

In addition to KMF, Mr. Fishman is the President and Co-Chairman of Formation Capital, LLC, which is a full service finance and consulting company providing financial advisory services, mortgage products and liquidity options for senior living, and long-term care and health care companies. Previously, he was the President and Managing Principal of ZA Consulting Company, a senior housing and healthcare consulting company which specializes in financial and transactional consulting and offers a scope of services that include due diligence, evaluations, financial restructuring, marketing, operational improvement, takeover and turnaround services and valuation reporting. Mr. Fishman has over 20 years experience in the financial services industry, including 12 years in the industry's senior housing and health services sector.

Mr. Fishman's involvement in health care industry trade associations include the Assisted Living Federation of America, the Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association, the National Association for Senior Living Industry Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association, where he has served on the Reimbursement Committee. Mr. Fishman received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Drexel University.

RICHARD S. HARB
harb@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Richard Harb is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

During his 25-year career, Mr. Harb has operated more than 30,000 residential units throughout the United States, including 8,000 in senior housing. He is president of Marquette Management, Inc., an industry leader in residential management and customer service. Mr. Harb founded the Marquette School of Advanced Management, specializing in staff training and development, team-building skills, customer satisfaction, and resident retention.

Mr. Harb brings his expertise and leadership to the team to identify and enhance high-quality senior housing operators, through proven system development and training programs.

Mr. Harb is an educator by profession, with a Graduate degree in administration. He is a national lecturer, served two terms as President of the Apartment Council of Greater Chicago, and is a member of the National Multi-Housing Council.

JAMES S. LEE
lee@KMFSeniorHousing.com
James Lee is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

In addition to KMF, Mr. Lee is a Principal of Kensington Realty Advisors. Kensington Realty Advisors (KRA) is a registered investment advisor providing real estate investment management and advisory services to its clients, large public pension funds. In addition to its pension advisory division, KRA has a division that originates fixed-rate debt investments for a variety of capital sources. Mr. Lee's main responsibilities include the overall supervision and management of the mortgage division.

In 1982, Mr. Lee began his career with the Prudential Realty Group. He has extensive experience in the acquisition, asset management, disposition, and financing of diverse property types across the nation.

Mr. Lee is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, Pension Real Estate Association, Mortgage Bankers' Association, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, and the Counselors of Real Estate. Mr. Lee received his Bachelor of Science degree in architecture and his MBA degree in finance from the University of Minnesota .

NICHOLAS M. RYAN
ryan@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Nicholas Ryan is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

During a 25-year real estate career, Mr. Ryan has designed, developed, and operated more than $1 billion worth of residential properties, including senior housing and inter-generational communities.

Mr. Ryan co-founded the Marquette Companies in 1983, which currently has over 300 employees dedicated to the housing industry. In 1994, Mr. Ryan co-founded Kensington/Marquette Partners, LLC, which has subsequently acquired and operated more than $400 million of apartment assets on behalf of separate account clients. Mr. Ryan is known for his ability to form high-quality, long-lasting, successful strategic partnerships.

Graduated from Rose-Hilman Institute of Technology, with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, Mr. Ryan currently serves as a board member of the National Multi-Housing Council and the Institute for Community and is a member of the Pension Real Estate Association.

CHRIS SERTICH
sertich@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Chris Sertich is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

In addition to KMF, Mr. Sertich is the Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Formation Capital, LLC, a financial advisory and mortgage banking firm that specializes in the senior housing and long-term care industry.

Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer and a Director of PRN Mortgage Capital, LLC, a mortgage banking entity in the senior housing and long-term care industry. Through the use of secondary market sources such as loan securitization and direct loan placements, the entity closed more than $1.5 billion of loan volume over a three-year period. Mr. Sertich also has worked in the public finance arena, completing more than $750 million of tax-exempt bond offerings in both feasibility consultant and advisory capacities.

Prior to entering mortgage banking, Mr. Sertich was in the healthcare consulting practice of Coopers & Lybrand with responsibilities for project management and client development within the healthcare industry. Areas of professional competence included financial feasibility, analysis and support of acquisitions and strategic and financial planning for acute-care hospitals, long-term care facilities and related entities.

Mr. Sertich has been active in many of the senior housing and long-term care trade associations, including the National Investment Center for the Senior Housing and Long-Term Care Industries (NIC), Assisted Living Federation of America and the American Health Care Association, among others. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina and is a Certified Public Accountant.

KELLEY J. SMITH
ksmith@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Kelley Smith is a Principal of KMF and also a Principal of Kensington, where her main responsibilities are the asset and portfolio management activities of the firm. Ms. Smith is also responsible for overseeing the financial management and accounting functions, and is the primary liaison with clients as to property operations and performance.

Prior to joining Kensington in 1992, she was associated for nine years with Catellus Development and for two years with KPMG.

Ms. Smith earned her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Illinois State University and received designation as Certified Public Account. She is an active member in the Urban Land Institute, Pension Real Estate Association, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers and is past President of the Chicago Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Executive Women.

JAMES S. SMITH
smith@KMFSeniorHousing.com
James Smith is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

In addition to KMF, Mr. Smith is the Managing Principal of Kensington Realty Advisors. Kensington Realty Advisors (KRA) is a registered investment advisor providing real estate investment management and advisory services to its clients, large public pension funds. Acting as a fiduciary, the firm specializes in separate account investment management of residential and industrial assets. In 1994, Mr. Smith co-founded Kensington/Marquette Partners, LLC, which has subsequently acquired and operated more than $400 million of apartment assets on behalf of separate account clients.

Mr. Smith has extensive experience in the acquisition, disposition and asset management of all types of income-producing property. Prior to founding KRA in 1991, Mr. Smith was president of Bennett & Kahnweiler Realty Advisors. During his 20-year real estate career, Mr. Smith has been involved in transactions totaling in excess of $2 billion.

Mr. Smith is actively involved in The Urban Land Institute, Pension Real Estate Association, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers and the Counselors of Real Estate. Mr. Smith received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in real estate from the University of Wisconsin.

PHILIP L. VAN SYCKLE
vansyckle@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Philip Van Syckle is a Senior Officer with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

In addition to KMF, Mr. Van Syckle is a Vice President with Kensington Realty Advisors responsible for heading a new division that creates investment opportunities through real estate operating companies.

Prior to joining Kensington in 1998, Mr. Van Syckle was the administrator in charge of the mortgage and real estate division of the State of Michigan Pension Funds. During his career at the State of Michigan Pension Funds, he was responsible for the acquisition of $1.5 billion in mortgages and in the growth of the equity real estate portfolio, which now exceeds $3.8 billion. Mr. Van Sycklešs responsibilities at Michigan included: strategy, portfolio management, financing, acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Van Sycklešs foresight and planning resulted in the successful implementation of the real estate operating company as a major investment vehicle for the State of Michigan Pension Funds.

Mr. Van Syckle received his Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University. He is an active member of Pension Real Estate Association, Mortgage Bankers' Association and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers.

ARNOLD M. WHITMAN
whitman@KMFSeniorHousing.com
Arnold Whitman is a Principal with KMF Senior Housing Investors, LLC, specializing in senior housing investment management and advisory services.

In addition to KMF, Mr. Whitman is the CEO and Co-Chairman of Formation Capital, LLC, a financial advisory mortgage banking and capital enhancement provider for the senior housing and healthcare industry and Executive Vice President and founder of Prime Care Properties. Prime Care Properties owns approximately $330 million of senior housing properties nationwide and contracts with third-party operators. Prime Carešs largest client is Marriott Senior Living Services.

Prior to 1998, Mr. Whitman provided mortgage banking and financial advisory services that resulted in more than $5 billion in financing to the senior living industry and was responsible for the origination and underwriting of healthcare loans for Meditrust, the nation's largest Health Care REIT.

Mr. Whitman is the President of the National Investment Center for the Senior Housing and Long-Term Care Industries (NIC). NIC is a non-profit organization whose sole mission is to facilitate efficient capital formation for the senior housing and long-term care industries through networking, research and providing business and financial information. Mr. Whitman is also a member of the Board of Directors of Care Institute, a non-profit healthcare company that owns assisted living facilities.