Mr. Richard K. Schoebel, also known as Rich, has been the Chief Operating Officer of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., November 17, 2011. Mr. Schoebel serves as Chief Operating Officer of United Income Properties. Prior to joining UIP, he served as the Vice President, Operations for Pan Pacific Retail Properties (???PPRP???). During his 12 years with PPRP, Mr. Schoebel held various positions, where he was responsible for the property management, leasing and acquisition/disposition of more then 50 shopping centers comprised of approximately nine million sq. ft. of retail in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee and Connecticut. While with PPRP, Mr. Schoebel was an integral member of the $400 million initial public offering for PPRP and numerous acquisition and disposition teams. He also contributed to the mergers between PPRP and Western Properties Trust and Center Trust. Prior to joining PPRP, he was employed by Kelvin Realty and Salsbury Properties in Hartford, Connecticut. He is a member of ICSC. Mr. Schoebel holds a Bachelor's Degree, cum laude, in Management with a Minor in Applied Computer Science from Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire.