Thomas Crocker - Chatham Lodging Independent Trustee

Mr. Thomas J. Crocker is Independent Trustee of Chatham Lodging Trust. He is Founding Partner and principal investor of Crocker Partners, LLC, a privately held real estate investment company, which is the general partner of a real estate private equity fund, Crocker Partners IV, L.P., and other real estate ventures. Mr. Crocker was previously the Chief Executive Officer of CRT Properties, Inc., until its sale in September 2005. CRT Properties, Inc. was a NYSElisted REIT which owned or had interests in more than 137 office buildings, containing 11.7 million rentable square feet, primarily located in 25 suburban and urban office projects in 12 metropolitan areas in the Southeastern United States, Maryland and Texas. Prior to joining Koger Equity, Inc. in March 2000, Mr. Crocker was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Crocker Realty Trust, Inc., a privately held REIT, which owned and operated approximately 6.2 million square feet in 133 office buildings located in six states in the Southeast, plus more than 125 acres of developable land. Previously, Mr. Crocker was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Crocker Realty Trust, Inc., which was an officebased publiclyheld REIT in the southeast U.S., from that companys inception until June 1996, when it merged with Highwoods Properties, a NYSElisted REIT. Prior to forming Crocker Realty Trust, Inc., Mr. Crocker headed Crocker Co., a privately held firm responsible for development, leasing and property management services to approximately 1.7 million square feet of commercial property and 272 residential units. Mr. Crocker should serve as a trustee due to his extensive experience leading his own REITs, his understanding of financial markets, and his considerable acquisitions experience.