Mark E. Patten

Mr. Patten joined Essential Properties Realty Trust in August 2020 and serves as the CFO and Treasurer.

Prior to joining Essential Properties Realty Trust, Mr. Patten was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CTO Realty Growth (NYSE: CTO), previously Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co., for more than 8 years and served in the same role with Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) since November 2019 when he participated in the successful initial public offering of this single-tenant net-lease REIT.

Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Legacy Healthcare Properties Trust Inc. and Simply Self Storage and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a nearly $8 billion lodging REIT, that was sold successfully in April 2007.

Mr. Patten began his career at KPMG where he spent twelve years and was named a partner in 1997.