Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018236
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Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 a guest on over 30 podcasts, including “Ten Percent Happier” with Dan Harris. She also appeared in the HBO documentary “Risky Drinking.” Dr. Wilkens is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the American Association of Addiction Psychiatry.

Dr. Wilkens experience in managing several successful enterprises and her deep understanding of behaviors and inter-personal dynamics, led the Board of Directors to conclude that Dr. Wilkens should serve as our director.

Kenneth J. Bacon. Mr. Bacon has served as one of our directors since April 2020. Mr. Bacon is co-founder and managing partner of RailField Partners, an entrepreneurially run financial advisory and asset management firm focused on the multifamily sector which was started in 2013. Prior to forming RailField, he spent 19 years at Fannie Mae as the Executive Vice President of Multifamily Mortgage Business, where he was responsible for the management and marketing of Fannie Mae’s portfolio of multifamily loans and investments and had roles serving single-family housing and directing investments in community development. During his tenure, he grew the firm’s portfolio from $56 billion to more than $195 billion, consisting primarily of multifamily mortgages and over $6 billion of conventional equity, tax credits, and mezzanine debt. He also managed the American Communities Fund at Fannie Mae, which was established to provide loans and equity to for-sale and rental housing developments to increase the supply of affordable housing and to revitalize communities. Before joining Fannie Mae, he was Director of the Office of Securitization for the Resolution Trust Corporation and held officer positions at Morgan Stanley and Kidder Peabody.

Mr. Bacon serves as Chairman of the Board at Welltower, Inc., Nominating and Governance Chair at Comcast Corporation, and Risk Committee Chair at Ally Financial, Inc. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for Dominium, one of the nation’s largest privately-owned affordable housing development and management companies.

Mr. Bacon is active in several nonprofit and trade groups, including The Real Estate Roundtable, the Board of the Real Estate Executive Council, and the National Multifamily Housing Council. He also serves as board chair of Martha’s Table, a community nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., and board member at the Urban Institute, a leading Washington, D.C. think tank. He is currently an adjunct professor at the McDonough School of Business — Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown University.

Mr. Bacon’s significant experience