InvenTrust Properties Corp. announced, effective immediately, the appointment of Smita N. Shah to the InvenTrust Board of Directors. Ms. Shah currently serves as President and CEO of SPAAN Tech Inc., which she founded.

Ms. Shah brings considerable business and management experience to the InvenTrust Board as well as a unique insight to governmental civic and environmental programs. Ms. Shah will join the Board as an independent director and a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Shah serves on several civic boards and commissions, including Commissioner for the White House Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, Co– Chairperson the Council of Regents for Loyola University of Chicago, and Member of the M.I.T. Corporation Visiting Committee for Civil and Environmental Engineering. Additionally, she serves as Co- Chair of YPO Chicago and on the Board of MacLean-Fogg Companies as a member of the Finance and Audit Committee.

She received a B.S. from Northwestern University, an M.S. from MIT, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Management Studies from Oxford University.