Leadership

As the Chairman and CEO of one of the nation's largest multifamily Real Estate Investment Trusts since 1993, Campo holds strategic roles within the real estate industry. He is an executive committee member for the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and sits on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).

Campo began his real estate career after graduating from Oregon State University in 1976. After working for a private, Houston-based real estate company, Campo co-founded Camden's predecessor companies in 1982, and has spent almost 25 years building a company of great people renowned for their management proficiency; their development and construction capabilities; and their technology, training, and marketing expertise. He has led the development, management, acquisition, and disposition of residential and commercial real estate properties valued in excess of $10 billion, and under his leadership, Camden has grown from a Texas-based real estate firm with assets valued at $200 million in 1993 to an industry leader with a national footprint and assets valued at more than $7 billion.

As an active participant in the Houston community, Campo is involved in numerous local charity organizations, such as the Alexis de Tocqueville Society Steering Committee (a United Way organization). He was recently honored for his support of the Irvin Kaplan Children's Scholarship Fund, which benefits children of all religious and ethnic backgrounds in need of financial assistance for infant care, day care, summer camp, and special needs programs offered at the Jewish Community Center.

Campo serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations that focus on the economic development, business outlook, and future growth of Houston, including the Center of Houston's Future; Central Houston, Inc.; Buffalo Bayou Partnership; and the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Campo is also Chairman of the Houston Convention Center Hotel Corporation and the former Finance Committee Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer for the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, which was responsible for the design, development, financing, and construction of Houston's sports stadiums—Minute Maid Park, Reliant Center and the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets.

Campo is a frequent speaker on real estate and development-related topics for both industry-related and non-industry conferences and associations, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

D. Keith Oden was co-founder of Camden's predecessor companies in 1982 and has served Camden as President and Trust Manager since 1993. As a Principal Executive Officer and Director, Oden drives Camden's strategic initiatives, leads the property operations and corporate support services, and promotes the company's culture.

After completing his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, Oden began his career as a management consultant with the then-public accounting firm Deloitte, Haskins and Sells in 1979. He joined Century Development Corporation, one of the most active real estate development firms in the Southwest in 1981, and later became Director of Financial Planning.

For more than twenty years, Mr. Oden has been committed to developing one of the best multifamily companies in the industry. Under his purview, Camden successfully completed the mergers of three well-established real estate companies: Paragon, Oasis Residential, and Summit Properties in 1997, 1998 and 2005, respectively. Oden's work was instrumental to the assimilation of these three companies into Camden's culture. He facilitated a side-by-side comparison of Camden and the companies' practices and processes, leveraging a best-practices approach to maintain Camden's leadership position within the industry.

Under Oden's leadership, Camden formed a cross-functional team to design, develop, and execute a web-based property management system across the portfolio. The result: Oden's team implemented OneSite throughout the Camden portfolio nearly 200 communities in nine months. With the system in place, the team implemented a pricing engine called YieldStar™ shortly thereafter. YieldStar™ indiscriminately prices apartment homes to maximize revenue which creates a considerable competitive advantage for the organization.

Oden was the corporate sponsor and ultimate decision-maker in the creation and development of Camden's comprehensive brand strategy. Taking a fully-integrated marketing approach, Camden launched its brand through an award-winning website; corporate and community collateral materials; and a naming convention so that all of Camden's communities would be captured under the company's flagship name. As a result, Camden increased market recognition and gained the ability to weather the ups and downs of the real estate cycle effectively.

Oden is a member of the Executive Council of the Center for Real Estate Finance at the University of Texas and serves as advisor, financial supporter, guest lecturer, and panelist for the faculty and students pursuing their MBAs in real estate finance. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and a licensed real estate broker in the State of Texas.

Malcolm Stewart is Chief Operating Officer of Camden Property Trust and Chairman of Camden's Investment Committee.

After graduating from Texas A&M University, Stewart served three years as a Regular Army officer in various military assignments and locations. Prior to joining Camden's predecessor company, Stewart had responsibility for all construction and project services at one of the largest and most active development multifamily companies in the Southwest, where he began his association with Richard J. Campo and D. Keith Oden. Stewart has successfully developed real estate business units, such as office buildings, hospitals, governmental facilities, and privatized student housing. At Camden, he has structured and managed numerous real estate service support groups and has been responsible for the construction, development, and acquisition or disposition of over $3 billion in commercial and residential real estate assets.

Stewart actively engages in community service activities, and has served as Commissioner of youth baseball for the Giff Nielsen/Roger Clemens Kids Way Charity and Director of the Board for the Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America. He was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Gulf Coast Sickle Cell Association. In addition to being a guest lecturer for Texas A&M University, he sits on the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Development Council (and is a mentor to the program) as well as the Executive Committee of the Texas A&M Masters of Real Estate Program. He supports civic and community programs such as the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, Greater Houston Women's Foundation, Shell Houston Open, Ronald McDonald House, and the Houston Livestock Show.

Dennis M. Steen's responsibilities encompass Camden's corporate finance, capital markets, accounting, SEC reporting and compliance, tax compliance, risk management, and internal audit functions.

Steen joined Camden in August 1999 as the Vice President of Accounting and Controller after more than fifteen years of corporate accounting experience. He managed the large corporate accounting departments for IKON Document Services, First Interstate Bancorp, and Texas Commerce Bancshares. He began his career as a manager in the Audit Practice of Ernst and Young and served various clients in the financial services industry.

After the Oasis merger, Steen was the key stakeholder and project owner of the companies  reporting processes integration and streamlining. Steen's team implemented a common accounting and finance platform for all of Camden's operations, which resulted in greater efficiency and the creation of standardized reports that better served his internal customers.

Steen is responsible for the multifamily company's compliance with the recent Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He initiated an extensive review of the requirements and led a project team to create a long-term strategic plan that would fully document processes and procedures and ensure compliance within the specified time frame. The end result was the creation of an internal audit group that is responsible for monitoring and reporting on compliance.

Because of his extensive experience in systems and system conversion, Steen became a member of Camden's eBusiness Task Force, a team responsible for the development and implementation of OpsTechnology, as well as the strategic initiatives intrinsically linked to this technology.

Steen received his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from the University of Houston in 1981. He is a member of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

Stephen R. Hefner is responsible for directing and supervising Camden's construction operation across the company's entire portfolio. He oversees construction management and general contracting for multifamily and other real estate properties developed by Camden and third-party clients. He is involved in site due diligence, acquisition, design team selection and direction, as well as cost estimating, project management, and general contracting. He has worked in over twelve different states across the nation.

Hefner began his career in construction with Worthing Southeast Builders, managing multifamily housing developments projects. He was then responsible for many of the same activities under SAE Spaw Glass/Cahaba Residential, a light commercial and residential builder based throughout the United States.

Later, Hefner served as Construction Manager for Gross Builders, a privately-owned development and construction company in Houston, Texas. He oversaw general contracting for the owner and developer before transferring to Camden.

Hefner received an Associate's Degree in Applied Science, Building Construction, from Texas State Technical Institute in 1985, and studied Finance at Southwest Texas State University as an undergraduate.

Hefner is Chairman of the multifamily council for the greater Houston Builders Association, and is a member of the national multifamily council of the NAHB, Houston Building Council, and the Houston Apartment Association. He is a licensed contractor in multiple states throughout the United States.

Alex Jessett is responsible for managing all facets of Camden's Finance, Treasury and Tax departments, which includes overseeing all debt and equity issuances and structured real estate investments.

At Camden, Jessett has completed debt and equity issuances of approximately $7 billion. Additionally, he played a lead role in the valuation, negotiation, structuring, and ultimate acquisition of $1.9 billion of real estate associated with the Summit merger and has structured and negotiated the formation of joint ventures with institutional partners involving over $1 billion of real estate.  Jessett also coordinated $300 million in equity commitments for Camden's Value-Add Fund.

Jessett has been employed in the real estate industry since 1997 and has worked at Camden since 1999. Prior to joining Camden, he worked at Comerica Bank of Texas in the Real Estate Lending department.

Jessett has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Houston, where he received the Dean's Award for Academic Excellence. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Texas.

Since April 2000, Cynthia B. Scharringhausen has been responsible for all areas of human resource management at Camden  from legal and compliance issues to employee relations, staffing, compensation, and benefits administration.

For nine years, Scharringhausen has played a central role in many of Camden's greatest achievements. From flawless merger integrations to industry-leading employee benefits programs, she has been instrumental in making Camden's multifamily company a great place to work.

Prior to joining Camden, Scharringhausen was the Vice President of Human Resources for Dubuis Health System based in Houston, Texas. As a key team member of senior management, she was instrumental in the strategic planning, development, and implementation of Dubuis centralized human resources function within a multi-state, multi-site healthcare organization. Scharringhausen's twenty years of experience, combined with her customer-centric focus, enables her to build highly functioning teams that provide innovative compensation, benefits, solutions and employee relation program all of which contribute to a positive work environment at Camden.

Scharringhausen received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bloomsburg State University.

William W. Sengelmann is a member of Camden's Investment Committee, responsible for overseeing all facets of Camden's Real Estate Investment activities including development, acquisitions, dispositions and mezzanine finance.

Sengelmann joined the company in 1998 as Vice President of New Development and has been involved in the development, acquisition, and disposition of more than 10,000 multifamily units within the central and western United States.

Prior to joining Camden, Sengelmann originated in excess of $1.5 billion commercial and multifamily loans and joint ventures with American General Investment Corporation and NorthMarq Capital from 1985 to 1997.

Sengelmann has served on numerous panels for the South Texas College of Law and the University of Houston. Sengelmann received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas.

Kristy Simonette is responsible for leading the information technology initiatives for Camden.

Just prior to her current position, Simonette was Vice President of Camden's Business Services department. During her tenure at Camden, she has been responsible for evaluating and streamlining business processes that leverage technology in order to improve operating efficiencies. Simonette managed all aspects of the property management software project that included product designs, enhancements, testing, conversion and implementation, and production support. Her responsibilities included the implementation and ongoing maintenance of revenue management, all ancillary programs, policies and procedures, national purchasing, and the internal help desk.

Before joining Camden, Simonette was Director of Sales and Customer Service for Ashford.com, an e-commerce company that offers luxury goods and corporate gifts. Prior to Ashford.com, she spent three years implementing, training, and managing support for SAP at Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) and nine years at a multi-housing property management company, where she worked on-site and in the corporate offices as an internal auditor, technical trainer, and help desk manager.

Simonette holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Schreiner University.