JOEL D. PEDERSEN Profile Former General Counsel of the University of - specializing in philanthropic public/private partnerships for high-impact projects. Frequently requested to 402-730-6277 conduct complex and challenging negotiations for priority projects. Thrives in an [email protected] environment of elected officials, executives, and highly educated professionals with high expectations. Strategically involved in drafting and implementing large projects, Landmark Center combining governance/oversight with sophisticated real property, construction, and 1299 Farnam Street financing deliverables. Excels at identifying original solutions. Proven results in the Suite 300 following areas of practice: Omaha, NE • P3 Public/Private Partnerships 68102 • Campus Edge Real Estate Development • Development Corporations • Higher Education/Academic Medical Centers • Intercollegiate Athletics/Conference alignment • University Technology Transfer • Corporate Law and Governance • Interlocal Agreements/ Joint Public Agencies • Real Property/Infrastructure • Tax Increment Financing • Opportunity Zones • Construction Contracts • Owner’s Representative • CM-at Risk • Integrated Project Agreements • Open Meetings and Public Records

Experience Founder – JD Pedersen Law Office LLC – July 2020 – Present Practice Highlights include the following: • Represents real estate developers in Campus Edge Projects • Represents development corporations in Public/Private Partnership Projects • Represents Construction Companies in vertical and infrastructure projects • Represents clients seeking infrastructure monetization and alternative financing transactions • Attorney – Baird Holm LLP, Real Estate Section – 2018 – 2020 Practice Highlights include the following: • Represented Real Estate Developers in Campus Edge Projects • Represented Construction Companies in vertical and infrastructure Projects • Represented development corporations in Public/Private Partnership Projects • Represented clients evaluating options for infrastructure monetization and alternative financing transactions. • Represented clients establishing Opportunity Zone funds for real estate projects • Represented clients in business, corporate, energy and real estate matters.

Vice President and General Counsel, University of Nebraska — 2008 - 2018 The General Counsel is the Chief legal officer of the four-campus university system and a member of its senior administrative leadership. The General Counsel directs a group of attorneys and professional staff, providing a wide array of legal services, advice, and representation to the university community. Practice Highlights include the following: • Represented UNMC in the integration of Nebraska Medicine. • Represented UNL in the move to the Big Ten and exit from Big XII. • Represented UNO in the move to Division I Athletics. • Legal Counsel for University Technology Development Corporation and subsidiaries: Nebraska Strategic Research Institute (UARC), Nebraska Applied Research Institute, Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corporation, Cancer Center Development Corporation, (Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center) & University Community Facility Development Corporation (). • Continued as JAVA Legal Counsel to Project Completion in 2016. Associate General Counsel — 2006 - 2008 Practice Highlights include the following: • Represented the University in a broad range of initiatives, including contracts related to the at the Peter Kiewit Institute, real estate transactions, construction contracts, and environmental law, including advising on compliance and removal actions at the Agriculture Research and Development Center (ARDC) Mead Superfund site. • Continued as JAVA Legal Counsel. Assistant City Attorney/ JAVA Legal Counsel — 2000 - 2006 Practice Highlights include the following: • Lead counsel for the city in many civil litigation matters, including appellate practice before the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Nebraska. • Represented the city in the public/private partnership that resulted in , home to the UNL baseball and softball teams, and the Lincoln Saltdogs. • Served as legal counsel to the Joint Antelope Valley Authority (JAVA), the administrative entity created by the city, University and Lower Platte South Natural Resources District to oversee the Antelope Valley Project, the largest public works initiative in Lincoln’s history. Assistant City Attorney — 1988 - 2000 Practice Highlights include the following: • Served as legal counsel for Lincoln’s Community Health Endowment, the Lincoln Lancaster County Health Board, Pershing Auditorium, and served on the Arena Task Force finance subcommittee. • Represented the city in many complex redevelopment projects involving tax increment financing, infrastructure, real estate acquisitions, and environmental compliance.

Education University of Nebraska, College of Law — Juris Doctor 1988 South Dakota State University, — B.A. 1985 English, Commercial Economics minor

Awards and Service Bar Foundation Lifetime Fellow - Class of 2016 Former Chair Corporate Counsel Section - Nebraska State Bar Association Key to the City (Lincoln) - Exemplary Service - 2003 & 2006

Publications/Presentations Purdue Pharma – Case Study for Corporate Counsel Legal Ethics

Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA) Corporate Section and Baird Holm

Winter 2019

P3 Projects Take Flight

USLAW Magazine Spring 2019

https://web.uslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/USLAW-Magazine_Spring-2019.pdf

Penn State Scandal: What It Can Tell Us About Attorney- Client Privilege, An Organization as Your Client, and the Role of a Nonprofit Board of Directors

NSBA Non-Profit Section and Baird Holm

Winter 2018

Do the Conference Shuffle

National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)

Annual Conference 2011

References See About Section and upon request