CUMMINGS PROPERTIES, LLC
RICHMOND, IN

Starting Small and Making It Big Cut down on the commute for your clients and colleagues by moving your business to one of our Feel better about paying rent, knowing that it helps support hundreds of worthy local causes. Nearly all of the buildings managed by Cummings Properties are owned by and operated for the benefit of Ernest N. Agresti, Jr. is Cummings Properties' most senior administrative executive, overseeing all purchasing, sustainability, and design functions, as well as the development of all new properties. He began his career at Cummings Properties as a property manager in 1991. A Rhode Island native, Agresti has a degree in Business Economics and Urban Studies from Brown University. He has worked in real estate for his entire career, and held management positions with two northern New England development and management firms prior to joining Cummings Properties. Greg Ahearn joined Cummings Properties in1992 as a plumber. He quickly distinguished himself within the Company, receiving multiple promotions over the years, and was appointed vice president of field operations in 2011. He oversees the construction and maintenance of 10 million square feet of space, and manages approximately two-thirds of Cummings Properties' 350-person staff. Eric S. Anderson joined Cummings Properties in 1999. He began as an associate property manager at Cummings Center, the firm's 2 million-square-foot campus in Beverly, before transferring to the Woburn headquarters. In 2013, he was appointed executive vice president. He is one of three people to hold this post in the history of the Company. Currently, he oversees the Company's acquisition of new clients, as well as its relationships with existing clients. A 1998 graduate of Colby College, Anderson is a United States Marine Corps veteran. During his early years with the Company, he continued his military service as a Marine reservist. He was called to active duty twice, reporting first to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and then to Iraq. Honored as one of Boston Business Journal's "40 under 40" in 2013, Anderson is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and vice president and treasurer of New Horizons at Marlborough, one of two retirement communities owned by Cummings Foundation. He also founded Massachusetts Association of Business Incubators. Anderson and his wife, Kari, live in Westford, Massachusetts with their two children. Dennis A. Clarke joined Cummings Properties in 1992 as general manager of Community Weeklies, Inc., a local newspaper chain that was closely affiliated with Cummings Properties at the time. He began working on the real estate side of the organization in 1996 as operations manager and was elected president and chief executive officer in November 2004. Clarke grew up in Winchester and graduated from Winchester High School and Harvard College. He gained business experience as a licensed commercial insurance broker and a marketing coordinator before joining the Cummings organization, where he has spent almost his entire career. Clarke is actively involved in the community, having served as director of Winchester Chamber of Commerce, director of Woburn Business Association, a trustee of Cummings Foundation, and a corporator and chair of the Business Partners Program of Winchester Hospital. He serves on the Board of Directors and the Board Management Committee of NAIOP Massachusetts and is president of its Executive Committee. The chapter has more than 600 members, representing nearly 525 companies. Stephen J. Drohosky joined Cummings Properties in 1997 as litigation counsel. In 1999, he brought his business and legal experience to the role of operations manager and was subsequently promoted to director of operations, responsible for all client matters and relationships and leases for most Cummings Properties buildings. In 2005, he was appointed vice president and general manager of Cummings Center in Beverly, Massachusetts, the Company's largest business park. Drohosky also oversees the Dunham Road campus in Beverly, the Company's latest acquisition. William F. Grant joined Cummings Properties as its chief financial officer in 1998. He oversees all the accounting, IT, and human resources functions at the Company. Grant grew up in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and received his undergraduate and master's degrees in accounting from Bentley College. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining the Company, Grant held several senior management positions at Tweeter, etc. and was chief financial officer for Rich's department stores from 1989 to 1998. Craig J. Ziady leads Cummings Properties' in-house legal team and oversees all of the company's real estate, litigation, compliance, regulatory, and environmental matters. He joined the Company in 2007. A long-time Winchester resident, Ziady was born and raised in Andover and graduated from Bates College with honors in English. He had apprenticeships with the United States Attorney's Office and the United States Army Corps of Engineers and taught public speaking and rhetoric at New College, Oxford University before receiving his law degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School. Ziady first practiced in a small Boston law firm, and then joined Riemer & Braunstein as a senior partner, specializing in real estate and environmental matters. There he was counsel in numerous reported decisions, including a five-week jury trial, resulting in a $16.5 million verdict (the second highest reported verdict that year, as reported in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly). Ziady is a member of the Massachusetts and American Bar Associations, as well as the Licensed Site Professional Association, and serves on the Massachusetts Advisory Council of the New England Legal Foundation. His bar admissions include Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First and Third Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. He is past president of the Alumni Association and current Secretary of the Board of Trustees at Brooks School in North Andover. Ziady has coached baseball, softball, and boys' and girls' ice hockey. He and his wife, Joan, also an attorney, remain actively involved with their four children's activities.