Richard L. Friedman

RICHARD L. FRIEDMAN

Richard L. Friedman is the President and CEO of Carpenter & Company, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a private firm specializing in real estate and private investments. Carpenter is regarded as one of the foremost real estate investment and development firms in America and has been a highly successful business since the 1960s. Carpenter’s flagship east coast real estate project is the Charles Hotel project in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and on the west coast, the St. Regis Hotel and Condominiums project in San Francisco, California. Non real estate investments are in varied industries and businesses.

In 2000, Mr. Friedman was appointed by President William J. Clinton as Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission and continues to work with its Interagency Security Task Force. The National Capital Planning Commission is the federal government’s central planning agency for Washington, DC and portions of Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Friedman holds appropriate level security clearances from the U.S. Government. In 2010, Mr. Friedman was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Export Council. President Obama announced an effort in his State of the Union Address to improve advocacy for US exporters, remove trade barriers, and enforce trade rules in an effort to ensure that the benefits of global trade are broadly shared and the President’s Export Council will offer advice on how to meet these goals.

Education: Brookline (MA) Public Schools Hebron Academy – 1958 Dartmouth College – BA – 1963

Military Service: 2nd Lt. – US Army Signal Corps – Honorable Discharge 1963-1965

Employment: Harvard College Ski Team 1965-1971 Head Ski Coach

Carpenter & Company, Inc. 1968-present President & CEO

National Capital Planning Commission 2000-2004 Chairman & Member

Interagency Security Task Force 2000-present Chairman & Consultant

Marital Status: Married with 2 sons

Directorships: The Steppingstone Foundation (Present & Former) Mount Auburn Foundation PNC Bank – New England Johnny Rockets, Inc. GateHouse Media, Inc. The Bridge Fund Dartmouth College Real Estate Committee Boston YMCA Greenway Cabinet Massachusetts Sports & Entertainment Commission

Awards & Other: National Finance Co-Chair – Chris Dodd for President Developer of the Year – American Lodging Association Man of the Year – Boston Preservation Alliance Real Estate Executive of the Year – NE Real Estate Journal Man of the Year – Steppingstone Foundation Good Scout Award – Boston Minuteman Council & Boy Scouts of America

Contact Information: Richard L. Friedman 11 Berkeley Street (Home) Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 864-9191

20 University Road (Office) Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 864-2800

Cell: (617) 460-6500

Email: [email protected]