Company: BHM
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035097
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Company: Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: DEF 14A
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 General Counsel of Carey Financial, LLC. Prior to joining W. P. Carey Inc., Mr. Jafarnia served as Counsel to two American Lawyer Global 100 law firms in New York. From March 2014 to October 2014, Mr. Jafarnia served as Counsel in the REIT practice group at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. From August 2012 to March 2014, Mr. Jafarnia served as Counsel in the Financial Services & Products Group and was a member of the REIT practice group of Alston & Bird, LLP. Between 2006 and 2012, Mr. Jafarnia served as a senior executive, in-house counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer for several alternative investment program sponsors, including, among others, American Realty Capital, a real estate investment program sponsor, and its affiliated broker-dealer, Realty Capital Securities, LLC. In addition, Mr. Jafarnia has served as a non-executive independent member of the board of directors of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) since January 2013. Mr. Jafarnia also has served as an independent Trustee on the Board of Trustees of Bluerock Total Income + Real Estate Fund since 2021 and as an independent Trustee on the Board of Trustees of Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund since 2022. Mr. Jafarnia received an L.L.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation in 2011 from Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. degree in 1992 from Temple University and a B.A. degree in economics and government in 1988 from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Jafarnia’s legal background and public company experience, as well as the additional experience described above, led the nominating and corporate governance committee to conclude Mr. Jafarnia should continue to serve as a member of our board of directors.

#### Romano Tio
has served as an independent member of our board of directors since October 2022. Additionally, Mr. Tio served as an independent member of the board of directors of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. from January 2009 to October 2022.

Mr. Tio served as Senior Managing Director of Greystone, a commercial real estate finance and investment firm, from March 2021 to March 2023. From June 2017 to March 2021, Mr. Tio