Board of Directors

Kenneth M. Woolley is the founder of our Company, served as our Executive Chairman and CEO from our formation through March 2009, and Chief Investment Officer from July 2012 to July 2013. Since July 2012, Mr. Woolley has served as Executive Chairman (July 2012 - May 2018) and Chairman (May 2018 - present) of the board of directors. Mr. Woolley resigned from his position as Chairman and CEO of the Company effective April 1, 2009, to serve a voluntary three-year mission for his church, during which time he remained a director. Mr. Woolley has been involved in the self-storage industry since 1977. He has been directly responsible for developing over 165 properties and acquiring over 625 self-storage properties throughout the United States. Early in his career he was a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. From 1979 to 1998, he was an Associate Professor, and later an Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration at Brigham Young University, where he taught undergraduate and M.B.A. classes in Corporate Strategy and Real Estate. Mr. Woolley has also developed more than 17,000 apartment units through his Las Vegas entity, Nevada West Partners. He is also a partner in New York based Gaia Real Estate, which owns 18,000 apartment units and 600,000 square feet of office space. He has also founded several companies in the retail, electronics, food manufacturing and natural resources industries. Mr. Woolley currently serves as chairman of American Homes 4 Rent, a publicly traded REIT. Mr. Woolley holds a B.A. in physics from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Woolley has been a member of our board of directors since August 2004.

Joseph D. Margolis J has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2017. Previously, he served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer from July 2015 until December 31, 2016. From 2011 until July 2015, he also was Senior Managing Director and Partner at Penzance Properties, a vertically integrated owner, operator and developer of office and other properties in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Previously, Mr. Margolis was a co-founding partner of Arsenal Real Estate Funds, a private real estate investment management firm, from 2004 through 2011. Before forming Arsenal in 2004, Mr. Margolis held senior positions from 1992 to 2004 at Prudential Real Estate Investors in portfolio management, capital markets and as General Counsel. Before that, Mr. Margolis worked for The Prudential Insurance Company of America as in-house real estate counsel from 1988 through 1992, and as a real estate associate at the law firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish from 1986 through 1988. Mr. Margolis currently serves as a director for Invitation Homes, a publicly traded REIT. Mr. Margolis is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University School of Law. Mr. Margolis served as a member of our board of directors from February 2005 until July 2015 and rejoined our board on May 18, 2017 after his appointment as Chief Executive Officer.

Mark G. Barberio has served as a Principle at Markapital, LLC, a business and M&A consulting firm, since 2013. From 2009-2013, Mr. Barberio served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Mark IV, LLC (now Dayco, LLC) a global diversified manufacturing company. Mr. Barberio also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mark IV, LLC from 2004-2013. Mr. Barberio served as the Non-executive Chair of Life Storage, Inc. from 2015 until its acquisition by the Company in 2023. He currently serves as a director of Gibralter Industries, Inc. and as the Non-executive Chair of Endo International pic. He is a trustee serving on the board of Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Barberio is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (‘NCAD’). Mr. Barberio previously served as a director of Exide Technologies and Paragon Offshore Limited. Mr. Barberio holds a B.S. in Business-accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Barberio has been a member of our board of directors since July 2023.

Joseph J. Bonner is the President & CEO of Solana Beach Capital LLC, where he is responsible for advising Owner/ Operator/Developer clients on finding solutions for their real estate capital needs. He was previously the Chief Investment Officer of the UAE based company Mubadala Pramerica Real Estate Investors from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Bonner was responsible for executing the investment strategy of the company regionally as well as globally. From 1989 to 2010, Mr. Bonner held senior positions at Prudential Real Estate Investors in asset management and transactions where he was responsible for all real estate acquisitions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regions of the United States and the Eastern and Mid-Western Regions of Canada. From 1981 to 1987, Mr. Bonner was a senior engineer at Exxon Chemical Company, responsible for providing project management service to Exxon's worldwide affiliates. Prior to joining Exxon, Mr. Bonner served as a Project Manager for IBM, where he was responsible for the design and construction of corporate office facilities. Mr. Bonner served as a Director at USAA Real Estate Company through June 2018. He is currently an Independent Director for three mutual funds managed by The Capital Group. Mr. Bonner also serves on the Investment Committee of Rethink Community, a social impact community development firm. Mr. Bonner holds a directorship certification designation form NACD. Mr. Bonner holds a B.A. in architecture from The Cooper Union, an M.S. in civil engineering from MIT, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mr. Bonner has been a member of our board of directors since May 2019.

Gary L. Crittenden has served as an Executive Director at HGGC, LLC, a private equity firm, since January 2017. Mr. Crittenden previously served as the Chairman and Managing Partner of HGGC, LLC from December 2013 to December 2016, as its Chief Executive Officer from April 2012 to December 2013, and as its Managing Partner from 2009 to April 2012. Mr. Crittenden previously served as chairman of Citi Holdings, and as Chief Financial Officer at Citigroup, American Express Company, Monsanto, Sears Roebuck, Melville Corporation, and Filene's Basement. Mr. Crittenden is a director of Primerica, Inc. and Zions Bancorporation. Mr. Crittenden holds a B.S. in Management from Brigham Young University, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Crittenden has been a member of our board of directors since February 2020.

Susan Harnett has been a mentor to digital startups and mentor at the FinTech Innovation Lab, sponsored by Partnership Fund for New York City and Accenture since 2015. Ms. Harnett is also the cofounder of two startups, Juntos and EqualFuture Corp. and a National Association of Corporate Directors Governance Fellow. From 2012-2015, she was COO of North America for QBE Insurance Group Limited and from 2001-2012, she held four key positions at Citigroup: President of Local Consumer Lending, Head of Global Business Performance, CEO of Citibank Germany, and Head of Retail Banking/Deputy CEO of Citibank EMEA. Ms. Harnett served as an independent director for First Niagara Financial Group from 2015 until its acquisition by KeyCorp in 2016. She has also served on the Boards of QBE Insurance, CitiFinancial, CitiGermany and Visa Canada and is currently on the board of directors of OFG Bancorp. Ms. Harnett joined the Extra Space Storage board in July 2023, prior to that she served on the Life Storage board since 2021. Ms. Harnett was Chair of Citi’s Management Board in Germany and of the Global Perspectives Advisory Group of Marquette University College of Business. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Marquette University, an Executive MBA degree from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and a Board Leadership Fellow from the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Spencer F. Kirk served as the Company's CEO from April 1, 2009 until his retirement on December 31, 2016. In addition, he has served as a director of the Company since its initial public offering in 2004, serving as the Company's Chairman from April 1, 2009 until July 1, 2012. Previously, Mr. Kirk served as the Company's President from September 2007 to April 2009 and as an Executive Vice President of the Company's predecessor from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Kirk is the Company's largest private individual stockholder. Before his involvement with the Company, Mr. Kirk co-founded Megahertz Corporation in 1985, which became the leading manufacturer of modems for laptop computers in the world. With Mr. Kirk serving as Chairman and CEO, Megahertz grew from a basement operation to the leading supplier of solution-oriented mobile data communications products. Megahertz went public in 1993 and in 1995 was acquired by US Robotics, which was later acquired by 3Com Corporation. Mr. Kirk holds a B.A. in finance and an M.B.A. from the University of Utah. Mr. Kirk has been a member of our board of directors since August 2004.

Diane Olmstead has served as the Managing Director at Fillmore Capital Partners (FCP) since May 2018. Her key responsibilities include creating and managing the ESG policy and practices for FCP and its five owned real estate and health care operating companies; serving on the Board of Scioto (a company in which FCP has a majority control), and strategy development. Prior to FCP, Ms. Olmstead was Chief Investment Officer at Bridge Housing Corporation; prior to Bridge, Ms. Olmstead was the founder and Co-CEO of W3 Partners, from 2009 to 2016, and a principal to CIM Group from 2005 to 2009. Ms. Olmstead opened their San Francisco office where she headed acquisitions and development in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest and was a voting member of the investment committee. Prior to CIM Group, from 2000 to 2005, Ms. Olmstead was an Executive VP of iStar and responsible for all activities in iStar's Western Region, including origination of structured finance transactions and acquisitions of triple net leases. From 1983 to 2000, Ms. Olmstead worked in positions of asset management, lending, acquisitions and equity raising with Arthur Andersen LLP, USF&G Corporation, Cigna Corporation and Aetna, Inc. Ms. Olmstead received an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. She serves on the board of Scioto, which is a privately owned net lease real estate company serving the developmentally disabled community and is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Development (UC Berkeley), NAREIT, Women Corporate Directors (WCD) and National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Ms. Olmstead has been a member of our board of directors since December 2013.

Julia Vander Ploeg served as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Digital for Hyatt Hotels Corporation from 2018 to July 2022, where she was responsible for setting digital and technology strategy, enhancing corporate technology organizations for Hyatt Hotels, including digital marketing, e-commerce, technology, and cyber security. Ms. Vander Ploeg has experience developing digital product teams that incorporate security best practices as part of their work, in addition to overseeing cyber security operations globally. Ms. Vander Ploeg also served as Vice President of Digital and Business Transformation for Volvo Car Group from 2017 through 2018, and as U.S. Vice President of Digital for McDonald's Corporation from 2014 through 2017. In addition, she has served in various senior management roles at Ticketmaster Entertainment, Tribune Company, The Mills Corporation, United Airlines and the Ford Motor Company. Ms. Vander Ploeg received an M.B.A from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from Michigan State University. Ms. Vander Ploeg has been a member of our board since November 2020.

Joseph V. Saffire served as the Chief Executive Officer for Life Storage, Inc. from March 2019 through July 2023. Mr. Saffire previously served as the Chief Investment Officer of Life Storage, Inc. Prior to joining Life Storage, Inc. Mr. Saffire served as the Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking for First Niagara Bank. Mr. Saffire also served as the Executive Vice President and Head of Global Banking for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for Wells Fargo Bank from 2012 to 2014 and the Chief Operating Officer and Head of International Corporate and Commercial banking in Germany for HSBC Bank from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Saffire previously served as a Director for Life Storage, Inc. Mr. Saffire received an M.B.A. from the University at Buffalo and a Bachelors of Science degree in Finance from Boston College. Mr. Saffire has been a member of our board of directors since July 2023.

Committee Composition

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information.
To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below.

	Audit Committee	Compensation Committee	Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
Mark G. Barberio	Audit Committee		Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
Susan Harnett		Compensation Committee	Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
Joseph J. Bonner		Compensation Committee	Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
Gary L. Crittenden	Audit Committee	Compensation Committee
Diane Olmstead	Audit Committee		Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
Julia Vander Ploeg	Audit Committee	Compensation Committee

= Chairperson = Member

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Kenneth M. Woolley

Chairman

Joseph D. Margolis

Director and CEO

Mark G. Barberio

Director

Joseph J. Bonner

Director

Gary L. Crittenden

Director

Susan Harnett

Director

Spencer F. Kirk

Director

Diane Olmstead

Director

Julia Vander Ploeg

Director

Joseph V. Saffire

Director

Committee Composition