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20 our portfolios. Having the right team in place is essential for continued success and to create lasting value for our investors and all our stakeholders." Garcia brings more than three decades of experience managing portfolios across multiple U.S. real estate asset classes and investment products, including core, value-added, and ground- up development. He most recently spent nearly 10 years as Senior Portfolio Manager of PGIM Real Estate's flagship U.S. core equity fund, where he led the development and implementation of portfolio-level strategy and improved operations, while driving enhanced financial performance and asset value across market cycles. Garcia implemented numerous fund-level ESG initiatives, resulting in index-leading scores from GRESB, the benchmark for ESG measurement in the real estate community. At PGIM, he also was involved in firm-level DEI initiatives focused on recruitment and retention of diverse talent. Prior to PGIM Real Estate, He also spent 12 years at Deutsche Bank/RREEF, where he was a portfolio manager on the firm's core fund and a senior portfolio manager of its U.S. value-added commingled fund between 2001 and 2013. Garcia began his career at CBRE and public REIT manager, Spieker Properties. "We are confident Frank's extensive experience developing and implementing core and value-added portfolio-level strategies will be an asset to our real estate team and a meaningful differentiator for our clients," said Josh Pristaw, Co-Head of Real Estate at Pretium. "We look forward to working closely with Frank to further expand our investment management capabilities and scale our real estate platform while delivering compelling returns to our investors." MELISSA OUTLAW PROMOTED BY NCONTRACTS TO CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER Ncontracts, a provider of integrated compliance and risk management solutions to the financial industry, has promoted Melissa Outlaw to the role of Chief Customer Officer. Outlaw has been with Ncontracts since 2018, serving as the EVP of Client Services. Leveraging her industry experience spanning more than 20 years, Outlaw will lead Ncontracts' vendor management, implementation and training, support services, contract services, professional services, and success teams. Before joining the company, she served as VP of Services at Symplr, a healthcare SaaS credentialing and compliance company, and VP of Operations at Kroll Background Screening. In these roles, she helped drive initiatives to enhance client satisfaction, improve operational efficiency, and increase revenues and gross margins, all while investing in her teams' development and success. "Customers are the heart of everything we do at Ncontracts, and the creation of this position cements the customer relationship as a core component of our mission," Outlaw said. "I'm excited to partner with current and future customers in this new role to help them achieve regulatory and compliance excellence throughout their organizations." Ncontracts' integrated risk management and knowledge as a service (KaaS) solutions empowers financial institutions and fintechs with cloud technology designed to make it easy to find and leverage industry-leading content developed by a team of seasoned regulatory risk and compliance experts. In addition to being a four-time honoree of the Inc. 5000 list of fastest- growing private companies, Ncontracts was recently named to Inc. Magazine's annual "Best Workplaces List," as well as e Tennessean's "2022 Top Workplaces" for a second year. "As we experience monumental growth and increased demand for our solutions, it is crucial that we have the very best team in place—and Melissa is a key part of that," said Michael Berman, CEO of Ncontracts. "She has been instrumental in Ncontracts' success, helping us eclipse 4,000 clients and earn industrywide recognition for our work. is promotion is well deserved, and we look forward to her continued leadership." Movers & Shakers Got something to share with us? Send it to Editor@DSNews.com. "As we experience monumental growth and increased demand for our solutions, it is crucial that we have the very best team in place–and Melissa is a key part of that." —Michael Berman, CEO of Ncontracts

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