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Daniel Barile, CFA is a Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Senior Investment Analyst at SkyBridge Capital. As a Portfolio Manager, Mr. Barile is responsible for oversight of the SkyBridge Opportunity Zone REIT. As a Senior Investment Analyst, Mr. Barile is responsible for manager sourcing, research and due diligence across a wide variety of alternative investment strategies. He is also a member of the Real Estate Investment committee. Prior to joining SkyBridge in June 2010, Mr. Barile was responsible for manager due diligence in the Hedge Fund Management Group at Citigroup Alternative Investments (CAI). Prior to joining CAI, Mr. Barile covered traditional and alternative asset managers from a variety of perspectives at Fitch Ratings and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (now BlackRock). Mr. Barile received a B.S. in Management with a concentration in Finance from Binghamton University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations.

Mr. Bjorkman leads Portfolio Oversight for CIM’s private real estate debt and Opportunity Zone investment strategies, and serves on the Firm’s Credit Committee. Mr. Bjorkman works closely with global institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, public & private pension plans, family offices, endowments & foundations, and other strategic investors on structuring equity investments in CIM vehicles. Mr. Bjorkman is also responsible for portfolio construction and coordination among internal teams to source, underwrite, close and execute new investment opportunities. Mr. Bjorkman previously worked at real estate private equity firms holding positions in investments, capital markets, and investor relations. Mr. Bjorkman holds a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Real Estate and International Business from Denver University

Mr. Johnson is a Founder and Partner of Fortuitous Partners (www.fortuitouspartners.com), a diversified opportunity fund platform investing in professional sports anchored multi-asset developments in opportunity zones. Mr. Johnson is the Co-Chairman of the Phoenix Rising Football Club (www.phxrisingfc.com), a minor league professional soccer team, based in Phoenix, Arizona. PHX Rising is currently in consideration for a Major League Soccer franchise. In 2005, Mr. Johnson founded Benevolent Capital (www.benevolentcapital.com), a private equity fund with investments in real estate, manufacturing and consumer brands, including Phoenix Rising FC, Octagon Partners, ArcherDX, TerraCycle, and NYC Office Suites. From 2015 to September 2016, Mr. Johnson was a Managing Director of Zealot Networks (www.zealotnetworks.com). Founded by Danny Zappin, who founded and sold Maker Studios to Disney for $950 million, Zealot Networks is a digital media company that comprises 18 portfolio companies and $150 million in revenue. Mr. Johnson managed the technology and content business units within Zealot. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Johnson was the President and Director of Greenwood Hall (www.greenwoodhall.com). Founded in 1997, Greenwood Hall is a full service education management firm. The Company provides the infrastructure and student lifecycle solutions that enable post-secondary institutions to compete successfully in the global e-learning marketplace. Mr. Johnson led a comprehensive restructuring of the business, including recapitalizing the balance sheet through a public offering (OTC: ELRN), closing an unprofitable business unit, restructuring the executive team, and establishing a major strategic alliance with Cengage, one of the leading education publishers in the industry. From 2010 to August 2012, Mr. Johnson was the CEO and President of Forward Industries (www.forwardindustries.com NASDAQ: FORD). Forward Industries designs, sources, markets and distribute

Throughout his 35-year finance career, Al has been an advocate and practitioner for positive social impact investing at scale. As CEO of CapZone Impact Investments LLC (www.CapZoneImpactInvestments.com), Al combines his expertise and experience to develop a new asset class, Opportunity Zone Equity, to connect profits to purpose nationally. Previously, as an investment banker, private equity investor, strategic financial advisor and creator of market based government related partnership initiatives, he has invested and advised domestic and international parties on complex strategic financial assignments, including corporate mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; loan portfolio monitoring, infrastructure finance, securitization and credit portfolio risk management. Recently, Al served as CEO of Capitol Peak Asset Management, and prior to that, Managing Director for Moelis & Company in New York, overseeing Public Sector initiatives. He was Co-Founder and Managing Director of Signal Equity Partners making growth equity investments, and spent his early career at Lazard Freres and Morgan Stanley focusing on M&A and corporate finance transactions. Al holds a BA cum laude from Yale University, a JD From Georgetown University, an MA in Economics from New York University and is a member of the New York Bar.