Mr. Matthew Tucker, also known as Matt, serves as the Managing Director of Real Estate at Gladstone Management Corporation and also served as its Director of Real Estate. Mr. Tucker serves as the Managing Director at Gladstone Commercial Corp. and served as its Principal. At Gladstone, he focuses on sourcing and executing net leased real estate acquisitions and sale leaseback financing investments in the Northeast and Midwest United States as well as overseeing the Gladstone Commercial portfolio in the Northeast and Midwest regions. He joined The Gladstone Companies in May 2005. He served as an Associate at Gladstone Commercial Corp. Prior to Gladstone, he provided management and strategic consulting services to early stage and start-up companies as well as deal evaluation services for private equity investors. In 2003, he served as a Summer Associate of Liquid Realty Partners, where Mr. Tucker was responsible for valuing portfolios of properties held by institutional sellers of limited partnership interests and held investment and advisory positions. From 2000 to 2002, he served as an Associate at SG Capital Partners. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Tucker served as an Analyst and Associate at the Chase Securities' High Yield Finance group. He served as an Associate at Cowen Capital Partners, LLC and SG Merchant Banking Fund, L.P. He has extensive experience in net leased real estate investing, real estate asset management, real estate finance, corporate private equity and leveraged finance. Mr. Tucker is a member of the National Association of Industrial Office Properties (NAIOP) and participates as a member of the NAIOP Industrial Development VI Forum. Mr. Tucker holds an M.B.A., with highest honors, from the University of Michigan Business School as a Member of the Beta Gamma Delta honors society and holds a BA in Psychology from the Princeton University.