DAVID A. HELFAND - Corporate Board Profile

Equity Commonwealth

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2019-04-25	Summary Compensation Table: David A. Helfand - President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee - 2018 Total Compensation: $6,260,516.
2020-04-24	David A. Helfand has been our trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2014. Mr. Helfand serves as an Advisor to Equity Group, a private investment firm, where he previously served as Co-President, overseeing Equity Group’s real estate activities. Prior to Equity Group, Mr. Helfand was Founder and President of Helix Funds LLC (“Helix Funds”), a private real estate investment management company, where he oversaw the acquisition, management and disposition of more than $2.2 billion of real estate assets. While at Helix Funds, he also served as Chief Executive Officer for American Residential Communities LLC (“ARC”), a Helix Funds portfolio company. Before founding Helix Funds, Mr. Helfand served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Equity Office Properties Trust (“EOP”), the largest REIT in the U.S. at the time, where he led approximately $12 billion of mergers and acquisitions activity. Prior to working with EOP, Mr. Helfand served as a Managing Director and participated in the formation of Equity International, a private investment firm focused on real estate-related companies outside the U.S. He was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE: ELS), an operator of manufactured home communities, and served as Chairman of the board’s audit committee. His earlier career included investment activity in a variety of asset classes, including retail, office, parking and multifamily. Since August 2019, he has served as a Director of Alpine Energy Capital, a private and independent oil and gas company. He also serves as a Director of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, as a Director of the Ounce of Prevention Fund, as a Commissioner for the Chicago Park District, on the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit) Advisory Board of Governors, on the Executive Committee of the Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, on the Executive Committee of the Kellogg Real Estate Center at Northwestern University, and on the Board of Visitors at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. Mr. Helfand holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Northwestern University. Mr. Helfand has been an employee of or otherwise involved in the operation of Equity Group and Helix Funds and is expected to have limited involvement in their activities.
2021-04-27	David A. Helfand has been our trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2014. Mr. Helfand serves as an Advisor to EGI, a private investment firm, where he previously served as Co-President, overseeing EGI real estate activities. Prior to EGI, Mr. Helfand was Founder and President of Helix Funds LLC (Helix Funds), a private real estate investment management company, where he oversaw the acquisition, management and disposition of more than $2.2 billion of real estate assets. While at Helix Funds, he also served as Chief Executive Officer for American Residential Communities LLC (ARC), a Helix Funds portfolio company. Before founding Helix Funds, Mr. Helfand served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for EOP, the largest REIT in the U.S. at the time, where he led approximately $12 billion of mergers and acquisitions activity. Prior to working with EOP, Mr. Helfand served as a Managing Director and participated in the formation of Equity International, a private investment firm focused on real estate-related companies outside the U.S. He was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE: ELS), an operator of manufactured home communities, and served as Chairman of the board’s audit committee. His earlier career included investment activity in a variety of asset classes, including retail, office, parking and multifamily. Since August 2019, he has served as a Director of Alpine Energy Capital, a private and independent oil and gas company. In February 2021, Mr. Helfand joined the board of Jaws Mustang (NYSE: JWSM), a special purpose acquisition company focused on non-real estate investments in leading companies across a variety of industries with all or a substantial portion of activities in North America and/or Europe. He also serves as a Director of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, as a Director of Start Early, as a Commissioner for the Chicago Park District, on the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit) Advisory Board of Governors, on the Executive Committee of the Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, on the Executive Committee of the Kellogg Real Estate Center at Northwestern University, and on the Board of Visitors at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. Mr. Helfand holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Northwestern University.
2022-04-26	Summary Compensation Table David A. Helfand President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee 2021 Salary $824,000 Bonus — Stock Awards $3,859,442 Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation $1,582,791 All Other Compensation $8,000 Total $6,274,233
2023-04-25	David A. Helfand has been our trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2014. ... Members of our Board who are also our employees do not receive any additional compensation for their services on the Board. Therefore, Mr. Helfand did not receive any additional compensation for his service on the Board beyond his compensation as an executive officer, described earlier in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Executive Compensation.” ... The following Summary Compensation Table includes the 2022, 2021, and 2020 compensation data for our named executive officers. ... David A. Helfand President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee 2022 Salary $824,000, Stock Awards $3,935,936, Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation $1,617,986, All Other Compensation $8,000, Total $6,385,922.
2024-04-29	Mr. Helfand has been the Chair of our Board since May 2023 and has been our trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2014. ... Mr. Helfand did not receive any additional compensation for his service as Chair of the Board beyond his compensation as an executive officer, described earlier in this Proxy Statement under the heading “Executive Compensation.” ... The following Summary Compensation Table includes the 2023, 2022 and 2021 compensation data for our named executive officers. ... David A. Helfand Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer 2023 Salary $950,000 ... Total $7,794,816.
2024-10-02	David HelfandChair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer