W. Blake Baird

W. Blake Baird has served as a director since April 2016. Mr. Baird co-founded Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE: TRNO), and has served as chairman of its board of directors and its CEO since February 2010. Terreno Realty Corporation acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets. Mr. Baird was managing partner and co-founder of Terreno Capital Partners LLC, a private real estate investment firm, from September 2007 to February 2010. Mr. Baird served as President of AMB Property Corporation (NYSE: AMB) from January 2000 to December 2006. AMB, now Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), is a leading global developer, owner and operator of industrial real estate. Mr. Baird also served as a director of AMB from 2001 to 2006 and chairman of its investment committee. Mr. Baird joined AMB as its Chief Investment Officer in 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Baird was a managing director of Morgan Stanley & Co., most recently as head of Real Estate Investment Banking for the Western United States. Mr. Baird spent 15 years at Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter, the last 11 focusing on real estate. Mr. Baird previously served as a director of Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), a Honolulu-headquartered ocean transportation and logistics company, from June 2012 until April 2020. Mr. Baird is a former member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and a former member of the board of governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Mr. Baird holds a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School (magna cum laude) and a B.A. degree in History from the College of Arts and Sciences (magna cum laude) at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an M.B.A. degree from New York University.