Leonard A. Silverstein

Leonard A. Silverstein has served as President and Chief Operating Officer since August, 2012 and continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.  Prior to that time, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. since its formation in 2009.  Mr. Silverstein has also served as President of Williams Realty Advisors, LLC since January 1, 2012 and as General Counsel of Williams Realty Advisors, LLC and Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Holdings, LLC since 2004. From August 1994 to 2004, Mr. Silverstein was a partner at the law firm of McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP. From January 1991 to August 1994, Mr. Silverstein was a partner at the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, where he began his legal practice in 1983. Mr. Silverstein's practice focused on securities and corporate finance law, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions, advising both publicly-held and privately-held clients in a variety of industries, including real estate.

Mr. Silverstein currently serves on the Advisory Board of Mayer Electric Supply Co., Inc., a regional electrical equipment and supply wholesale-distributor, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. He also currently serves as the President of the American Jewish Committee - Atlanta  ("AJC-Atlanta") and on the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. He has served on the Board of Directors of AJC-Atlanta and in various other capacities on the Executive Committee of AJC-Atlanta, and on the Boards of Directors of numerous other business and civic organizations, including the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce-Southeast Region, Atlanta Symphony Associates, Business Practice Section of the Atlanta Bar Association, Vanderbilt University National Alumni Association, and Zoo Atlanta.  Mr. Silverstein formerly served as Vice Chairman of the Securities Law Subcommittee of the State Bar of Georgia.  He received his law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law where he served on the editorial staff of the Vanderbilt Law Review, and his BA from Vanderbilt University, where he graduated magna cum laude.