Mr. Thomas W. Roberts, also known as Tom, has been Chief Executive Officer and President of Cole Credit Property Trust IV, Inc. since December 17, 2014. Mr. Roberts has been the Chief Investment Officer of at VEREIT, Inc. since October 2015 and has been its Executive Vice President since 2014. He serves as an Executive Vice President at American Realty Capital, LLC. Mr. Roberts oversees ARCP's real estate investment activities, including single-tenant retail, office and industrial and multi-tenant retail and is responsible for sale-leaseback transactions, build-to-suits and dispositions. Mr. Roberts has been Executive vice president and Head of Real Estate Investments at Cole REIT Advisors, LLC, Cole REIT Advisors II, LLC, Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC, Cole Capital Partners, LLC and Cole Capital Advisors, Inc. since January 2013. He served as an Executive Vice President and Head of Real Estate Investments for Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. Mr. Roberts served as Executive Vice President and Head of Real Estate Investments of Cole REIT Advisors IV, LLC since January 2013 and served as the executive vice president and managing director of real estate of CCPT IV Advisors and Cole Corporate Income Advisors II, LLC from July 2010 to January 2013. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Opus West Construction Corp. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Opus West Corporation at Opus Corporation from 1993 to 2009, where he was responsible for the design, construction and development of commercial real estate. He also served as Vice President, Real Estate Development, for the Koll Company. He served as Chairman of the Board at Cole Credit Property Trust IV, Inc. and has been Director since December 17, 2014. Mr. Roberts was recognized as one of ???The Next Generation??? of commercial real estate leaders helping to shape the industry. He received a B.S. degree in Finance, with a specialization in real estate, from Arizona State University.