Thomas Lowder
Mr. Lowder has served as Chairman of the Company's Board of Trustees since the Company's formation in July 1993. Additionally he served as president and chief executive officer from July 1993 until April 2006. Mr. Lowder became President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Properties, Inc., the Company's predecessor, in 1976, and has been actively engaged in the acquisition, development, management, leasing and sale of multifamily, office and retail properties for the Company and its predecessors. He presently serves as a member of the Board of the following organizations: Birmingham-Southern College, Crippled Children's Foundation, Children's Hospital of Alabama and United Way of Central Alabama. Mr. Lowder is a past board member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), past board member of The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, past chairman of the Birmingham Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, past chairman of Children's Hospital of Alabama and he served as chairman of the 2001 United Way Campaign for Central Alabama and Chairman of the Board in 2007. He graduated with honors from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Mr. Lowder holds an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from University of Alabama at Birmingham and a honorary Doctorate of Law from Birmingham Southern College. Mr. Lowder is the brother of James K. Lowder, one of the Company's trustees.
