Company: CMCT
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000908311-25-000052
Chunk: 73

Company: Creative Media & Community Trust Corp
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form: DEF 14A
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and into CMFT in December 2020. Mr. Ressler also served as a director of Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. (“CCIT II”) from January 2019 until CCIT II’s merger with Peakstone Realty Trust (f/k/a Griffin Realty Trust, Inc. (“GRT”)) in March 2021. The second as a director of Cole Credit Property Trust V, Inc. (“CCPT V”) from January 2019 to October 2019.

Mr. Ressler co-founded CIM Group, L.P. in 1994 and serves as the executive chairman of CIM and as an officer of various affiliates of CIM, including our Administrator and CIM Urban GP. Mr. Ressler co-founded the predecessor of OFSAM Holdings in 2001 and chairs its executive committee. Mr. Ressler co-founded OCV in 2016 and chairs its executive committee. Prior to founding Orchard Capital, from 1988 until 1994, Mr. Ressler served as vice chairman of Brooke Group Limited, the predecessor of Vector Group, Ltd. (NYSE: VGR) and served in various executive capacities at VGR and its subsidiaries. Prior to VGR, Mr. Ressler was with Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., where he focused on merger and acquisition transactions and the financing needs of middle-market companies. Mr. Ressler began his career in 1983 with Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP, working on public offerings, private placements, and merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Ressler holds a B.A. from Brown University, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Columbia University. Mr. Ressler was selected to serve as a director because of his extensive real estate, business management and finance experience and expertise, in addition to his leadership roles at several public companies, all of which are expected to bring valuable insight to the board of directors.

Avraham Shemesh has served as a director of the Company since March 2014. Mr. Shemesh is a co-founder, principal and president of CIM’s Real Asset Management division with more than 30 years of active real estate, infrastructure and lending experience. Since co-founding CIM Group, L.P. in 1994, Mr. Shemesh has been instrumental in building CIM Group, L.P.’s real estate, infrastructure and debt platforms. He serves on CIM Group, L.P.’s Investment, Allocation, Real Assets Management and Valuation