Mr. Michael J. DeMarco, also known as Mike, C.P.A, has been the Chief Executive Officer at Mack-Cali Realty Corporation since April 5, 2017 and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer from June 2015 to April 5, 2017. Mr. DeMarco is a veteran real estate investment professional with several years of industry experience. Mr. DeMarco served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Commercial Operations at Brookfield Office Properties and prior to that, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Tri-State Region at CBRE, Inc. Mr. DeMarco served as Chief Investment Officer at Cantor Commercial Real Estate Company, L.P from August 2013 to 2014. He served as a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group LLC from 2007 to 2010. Mr. DeMarco served as Executive Vice President at Vornado Realty Trust from 2010 to 2013. He joined Cantor from Vornado, where he served as an Executive Vice President and a member of their executive management team. Prior to Fortress, Mr. DeMarco served as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc from 1998 to 2007. He was employed at Lehman Brothers for fourteen years covering all aspects of the real estate industry. Mr. DeMarco held senior positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Arthur Andersen LLP. From his career in real estate investment banking and commercial finance, he has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate finance and real estate mergers and acquisitions and possesses a very deep knowledge and understanding of real estate capital markets, such as the CMBS market, as well transactions and valuations. Mr. DeMarco has several years of experience in real estate. His clients included General Growth Properties, Douglas Emmett, Macerich, Simon, Capital Automotive, Crescent and U Store IT. While at Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., he covered Fortress as a banker and was involved in Brookdale's IPO and advised on the purchase of Intrawest. Mr. DeMarco has been a Trustee of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust since 2015. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. DeMarco holds an MBA in Economics from the University of Chicago and a BBA from Pace University.