Company: GTY
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-008521
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Company: GETTY REALTY CORP /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
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| Howard B. Safenowitz - 66 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                           | Mr. Safenowitz has served as a director of Getty since December 1998 and was appointed as Chairman of the Board in April 2021. Prior to his appointment as Chairman, Mr. Safenowitz served as Lead Independent Director of Getty from February 2010 to March 2021, Chairman of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee from 2005 to March 2021, a member of the Compensation Committee from 1999 to March 2021, and a member of the Audit Committee from 2005 to March 2021.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Together with attributed family interests, Mr. Safenowitz is one of the Company’s largest stockholders. Mr. Safenowitz is the President of Safenowitz Family Corp., an investment firm, since 1997. From 1990 to 2003, he was employed by The Walt Disney Company where he served as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs of Buena Vista Motion Pictures from March 2001 until April 2003 and prior thereto as Vice President, Business Affairs of Walt Disney Pictures and Television from 1996 until 2001. Mr. Safenowitz practiced corporate and transactional law in New York and California from 1983 until joining The Walt Disney Company in 1990. He also served as a director of Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. from December 1998 until December 2000. Mr. Safenowitz holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. 
 Mr. Safenowitz’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his significant experience with and knowledge of Getty, along with his prior service as a director of Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. until December 2000, which together provide him with a valuable perspective on core business matters that face our Company. In addition, his experience as a corporate lawyer, as well as his position as the president of Safenowitz Family Corp. and his past leadership experience at The Walt Disney Company, have provided Mr. Safenowitz demonstrated leadership and management skills contributing to his value as an advisor to our Company.                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

Committee Composition of our Board of Directors The table below sets forth the Committee appointments of our current directors as of February 26, 2025.

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