<strong><em>David S. Searles, Jr.</em></strong> After undergraduate commencement and summer “camp” at Fort Benning, Georgia, Mr. Searles enrolled at Harvard Business School. Upon graduation, he joined the Harvard Business School faculty for one year, then began his real estate career in 1971, developing an office in a Connecticut suburb of New York City. In 1973, he served as the chief financial officer for a large publicly-traded (SEC registered) land development company based in Miami, Florida. In 1975, David moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to oversee the development and management of a 625-acre golf course planned community in Roswell for the 14 banks that had become owners of the planned development. In 1976, Mr. Searles and his now-retired partner G. Malcolm Kilpatrick created Chase Properties Associates, LLC. As a general partner, developer, and owner, Chase Properties owned and developed apartments and land in Tennessee and Georgia starting in 1976 through today. Chase Properties was the general partner for 15 years in a Delaware partnership with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Mr. Searles was a Director of Tucker Federal Savings and Loan Association, a $320 million thrift institution, and its parent holding company, Eagle Bancshares, Inc. (sold to RBC but now part of PNC Bank).&nbsp; David is 75 years old.