QTS Realty Trust, Inc. announced the appointment of Mazen Rawashdeh to its Board of Directors as a new independent director, effective immediately. He is currently the Chief Infrastructure and Architecture Officer of eBay and was previously the Vice President of Infrastructure Operation Engineering at Twitter. In addition to the appointment of Mr. Rawashdeh, following extensive engagement with QTS stockholders, QTS announced a number of corporate governance modifications, including that the company has elected to opt out of MUTA. Consistent with the company's practice of reviewing committee composition and leadership, the company also changed the leadership of its Board Committees: independent director Catherine R. Kinney has been appointed as chair of the Compensation Committee, and independent director Peter A. Marino has been appointed as chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee.