W. Walter

W. Edward Walter is a businessperson who has been at the head of 6 different companies. Mr. Walter is on the board of AvalonBay Communities, Inc., The District of Columbia, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and The Real Estate Roundtable and Global Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Urban Land Institute and Member-Visitors Board at Georgetown University Law Center. In the past Mr. Walter held the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer for Host Marriott Corp. (a subsidiary of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.), President for Bailey Capital Corp., Chief Financial Officer of Courtyard By Marriott II LP, Partner at Trammell Crow Residential Co., Chairman for The Federal City Council, Chairman at National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc., Director at National Kidney Foundation, Inc. and Chairman-Steers Center for Global Real Estate at McDonough School of Business. W. Edward Walter received an undergraduate degree from Colgate University and a graduate degree from Georgetown University Law Center.