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Executive Profile GARY JAY SAULSON EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR CORPORATE REAL ESTATE THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP Gary Jay Saulson is executive vice president and director of Corporate Real Estate for The PNC Financial Services Group where he leads PNC’s Realty Services business unit. Saulson oversees all of PNC’s real estate (approx. 32 million square feet), including property management, construction, occupancy ownership strategies, leasing, and transactions. Saulson is also responsible for leading PNC's environmental strategy that has resulted in PNC having more newly constructed buildings certified by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) than any other company in the world. Major construction projects led by Saulson that have achieved or anticipate achieving the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and ® Environmental Design (LEED ) certification include: • PNC Firstside Center, Pittsburgh: At nearly 650,000 square feet, this operations facility Title opened in 2000 as the world’s largest LEED certified building and the first building Executive Vice President certified under LEED v2.0. and Director ® Corporate Real Estate • Green Branch , trademarked the name Green Branch, Locations: PNC became the first The PNC Financial Services major US bank to apply green building standards to all newly constructed or renovated Group retail offices in 2002, achieved the first prototype certified under the LEED Volume program in 2004, and celebrated its 100th LEED certified Green Branch in 2010. Responsibilities • Three PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh: This mixed-use, green building – featuring Leads PNC’s Realty Services office space, Fairmont Pittsburgh hotel, condominiums and retail – has played a key business unit as well as role in revitalizing the city’s core and earned LEED Gold certification. oversees all of PNC’s real estate (approx. 32 million • PNC Place, Washington, DC: Located a few blocks from the White House, this square feet), including 12-story trophy office building with a 15,500 square foot green roof achieved LEED property management, Platinum certification. construction, occupancy • NetZero Energy Branch, Fort Lauderdale: In collaboration with the Department of ownership strategies, Energy (DOE), PNC built a bank branch that is 54 percent more energy efficient than a leasing, and transactions. comparable building and generates as much energy as it consumes through on-site solar panels. Corporate and Community • The Tower at PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh: In May 2011, PNC announced its plan to Leadership construct a new headquarters building that will open in mid-2015 as the world’s most > United States Green environmentally-friendly skyrise. This 800,000 square-foot project will surpass the Building Council (USGBC) requirements of LEED Platinum certification, and help define the next frontier of > International Council of sustainability for high-rise construction and operations. Shopping Centers He is a frequent speaker on green buildings, and was instrumental in promoting the LEED > Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Volume certification program. He is the recipient of the USGBC Leadership Award (2006) Real Estate Advisory and the Green Building Alliance’s Shades of Green Leadership Award (2005). Before joining Committee PNC in 1990, Saulson served as a principal of a real estate development and investment company in Phoenix and in other real estate-related positions. Saulson serves on the board of directors of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Real Estate Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Saulson is a graduate of the George Washington University, Washington D.C. 03/13 .