MICHAEL LENARD

Mr. Lenard has a deep and wide background in sport, business and law. Among his many positions in sport, Mr. Lenard has served as Vice President of the United States Olympic Committee and also has served on its Executive Committee and as Chair of its Key Strategies Task Force.  He served on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.  Since 1994, he has served as one of the twenty international members of the body that oversees and operates the Swiss-based court that adjudicates Olympic and other international sports disputes.  Mr. Lenard was a member of the 1984 U.S Olympic Team and competed in handball.  Among his other honors, he won seven National Championships and in 1985 was selected U.S. Team Handball Athlete of the Year and Olympian Magazine’s Team Handball SportsMan of the Year.

Mr. Lenard is a Senior Managing Director of Paladin Realty Partners, LLC, a leading private equity real estate investment firm that has invested in over $3 billion of real estate across a variety of property types throughout the US and emerging markets.  Prior to that, Mr. Lenard was a Partner in the international law firm of Latham & Watkins.