Regent Hurwitz

Daniel B. Hurwitz was appointed to the Ohio Board of Regents in October 2008. Regent Hurwitz is president and chief operating officer of Developers Diversified Realty in Beachwood, Ohio, where he previously served as senior executive vice president and Chief Investment Officer, and as executive vice president of Developers Diversified.

Regent Hurwitz is responsible for Developers Diversified's core revenue departments, in addition to management of the various disciplines related to the day-to-day operations of the company.

Prior to joining Developers Diversified, Regent Hurwitz served as senior vice president and director of Real Estate and Corporate Development for Boscov's Department Store, Inc. Prior to Boscov's, he served as development director for the Shopco Group, a New York City-based developer and acquirer of regional and super regional shopping malls.

Regent Hurwitz is a graduate of Colgate University and the Wharton School of Business Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a frequent speaker at real estate industry functions, including the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Urban Land Institute (ULI), and The University of Wisconsin-Madison James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.

Mr. Hurwitz is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hawken School; a member of the Board of Trustees of U-Store-It, Inc. (NYSE: YSI); a director of Macquarie DDR Trust (ASX:MDT); a member of the Developers Diversified/Sonae Sierra Brazil Advisory Committee that oversees all venture activities in Brazil; and a member of the Leadership Board for the Neurological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

Professionally, he is a member of ICSC, a member of the ICSC Board of Trustees, and also serves as a co-chair of ICSC's Open-Air Centers Committee. He is also a member of ULI and serves as Vice Chairman of the CRC Blue Council. In addition, Mr. Hurwitz is a member of The Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he serves in the Career Mentor Program. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Colgate University Alumni Corporation, Colgate University Maroon Council, Boscov’s Department Store, Inc., Applewood Centers and the Cleveland Children's Museum.