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Director

Lydia H. Kennard
Director

Ms. Kennard brings to our Board more than 40 years of executive and operational experience in real estate development and construction management. From her service on multiple public company boards, she adds important insights into operational requirements and challenges faced by public companies.

Age: 69

Director Since: 2020

Business Experience
KDG Construction Consulting
•   Founder and Chief Executive Officer (1980 – 1994 and 2007 – Present)
KDG Aviation, LLC
•   Principal (2007 – Present)
Quality Engineering Solutions
•   President and CEO (2021 – Present)
Los Angeles World Airports
•   Executive Director (1999 - 2003 and 2005 – 2007)

Public Boards
Vulcan Materials Company (2022 – Present)
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (2013 – Present)
Prologis, Inc. (2004 – Present)
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (2018 – 2022)
URS Corporation (2007 – 2014)
Intermec Corporation (2003 – 2013)

Private Boards and Community Service
The University of Southern California, Life Trustee
Audit Committee of the Annenberg Foundation (2015 – Present)
Unihealth Foundation (1995 – Present)
California Air Resources Board (2004 – 2011)

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Urban Planning and Management (Stanford University)
Master’s Degree, City Planning (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Juris Doctorate (Harvard Law School)