GERALD A. SPECTOR

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Equity Commonwealth

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2014-06-23 Gerald A. Spector Trustee Nominee 67 ... Our Board determined that Mr. Spector should serve on our Board based on his extensive management and financial experience acquired through 40 years of managing and operating real estate companies through various business cycles, his experience in driving operational excellence and development of strategic changes in portfolio focus and his demonstrated leadership skills at the corporate board and executive levels.
2015-04-30 Gerald A. Spector has been our trustee since July 2014. Mr. Spector has served as the Vice Chairman of Equity Residential, a real estate investment and management company focusing on apartment communities, since 2008. ... Our Board determined that Mr. Spector should serve on our Board based on his extensive management and financial experience acquired through 40 years of managing and operating real estate companies through various business cycles, his experience in driving operational excellence and development of strategic changes in portfolio focus and his demonstrated leadership skills at the corporate board and executive levels.
2016-04-21 Gerald A. Spector has been our trustee since July 2014. ... Our Board determined that Mr. Spector should serve on our Board based on his extensive management and financial experience acquired through 40 years of managing and operating real estate companies... The table below provides membership information for each of the Board committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement: ... Gerald A. Spector Audit Committee: , Compensation Committee: X, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: , ... Trustee Compensation table: Gerald Spector Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($): 66,000, Stock Awards ($): 99,995, Total ($): 165,995.
2017-04-21 Gerald A. Spector has been our trustee since July 2014. ... Mr. Spector has served as the Vice Chairman of Equity Residential ... Our Board determined that Mr. Spector should serve on our Board based on his extensive management and financial experience ... The table below provides membership information for each of the Board committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement ... Gerald A. Spector - Audit Committee, Compensation Committee ... The table below sets forth information regarding trustee compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 ... Gerald Spector - Total: $166,011.
2018-04-25 Gerald A. Spector has been our trustee since July 2014. ... Our Board determined that Mr. Spector should serve on our Board based on his extensive management and financial experience acquired through more than 45 years of managing and operating real estate companies through various business cycles ... The table below provides membership information for each of the Board committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement: ... Gerald A. Spector - Independent - Compensation Committee - Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ... Director Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2017 ... Gerald Spector - Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($): 66,000; Stock Awards ($): 100,014; Total ($): 166,014.
2019-04-25 The table below provides membership information for each of the Board committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement: Gerald A. Spector - Independent - Compensation Committee Member - Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member... Trustee Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2018: Gerald Spector - Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: $66,000 - Stock Awards: $100,000 - Total: $166,000.
2020-04-24 Gerald A. Spector has been our trustee since July 2014. From June 1993 through June 2019, Mr. Spector served on the Board of Trustees of Equity Residential, a real estate investment and management company focusing on apartment communities, including as the Vice Chairman from 2007 through June 2019 and as a member of the audit committee. Mr. Spector was the Chief Operating Officer of the Tribune Company from December 2009 through December 2010, and served as its Chief Administrative Officer from December 2007 through December 2009, following the Tribune’s 2008 Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Mr. Spector was Executive Vice President of Equity Residential from March 1993 and was Chief Operating Officer of Equity Residential from February 1995 until his retirement in December 2007. He began his real estate career in the early 1970’s and has extensive prior public and private board experience as well. Mr. Spector holds a B.S.B.A. from Roosevelt University. Mr. Spector is a Certified Public Accountant. Our Board determined that Mr. Spector should serve on our Board based on his extensive management and financial experience acquired through more than 45 years of managing and operating real estate companies through various business cycles, his experience in driving operational excellence and development of strategic changes in portfolio focus and his demonstrated leadership skills at the corporate board and executive levels.
2021-04-27 Gerald A. Spector has been our trustee since July 2014. From June 1993 through June 2019, Mr. Spector served on the Board of Trustees of Equity Residential, a real estate investment and management company focusing on apartment communities, including as the Vice Chairman from 2007 through June 2019 and as a member of the audit committee. Mr. Spector was the Chief Operating Officer of the Tribune Company from December 2009 through December 2010, and served as its Chief Administrative Officer from December 2007 through December 2009, following the Tribune’s 2008 Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Mr. Spector was Executive Vice President of Equity Residential from March 1993 and was Chief Operating Officer of Equity Residential from February 1995 until his retirement in December 2007. He began his real estate career in the early 1970s and has extensive prior public and private board experience as well. Mr. Spector holds a B.S.B.A. from Roosevelt University. Mr. Spector is a Certified Public Accountant. The table below provides membership information for each of the Board committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement: Gerald A. Spector is a member of the Compensation Committee.
2022-04-26 The table below sets forth information regarding trustee compensation for fiscal year 2021. Gerald Spector 70,715 100,001 170,716 The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Spector, Linneman and Star, with Mr. Spector serving as its Chair.
2023-04-25 Gerald A. Spector has been our trustee since July 2014. ... The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Spector, Linneman and Star, with Mr. Spector serving as its Chair. ... The table below provides membership information for each of the Board committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement: ... Gerald A. Spector X Chair ... On June 21, 2022, the Compensation Committee approved the grant of 3,604 restricted Common Shares to ... Mr. Spector ... in satisfaction of his annual equity retainer for fiscal year 2022. Each of these grants will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date of the award, subject to the trustee’s continued service as a trustee throughout such period.
2024-04-29 From June 1993 through June 2019, Mr. Spector served on the Board of Trustees of Equity Residential ... Mr. Spector was the Chief Operating Officer of the Tribune Company ... Mr. Spector holds a B.S.B.A. from Roosevelt University and is a Certified Public Accountant. ... The table below provides membership information for each of the Board committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement: Gerald A. Spector Compensation Committee. ... Trustee Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2023 ... Gerald Spector Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $81,181, Equity Awards $120,021, Total $201,202.
2024-10-02 Gerald A. Spector

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2014-04-17 Gerald A. Spector, Vice Chairman (3) ... $68,000 $74,952 $25,045  $167,997 ... The Company entered into a Deferred Compensation Agreement with Mr. Spector in January 2002 which provides him with a ten-year cash retirement benefit after the termination of his employment with the Company. Mr. Spectors ten annual installments commenced on January 1, 2009 with an annual payment of $643,887. The present value estimate of these payments as of December 31, 2013 is $2,097,412.
2015-04-21 Gerald A. Spector, 68, our Vice Chairman since January 2008... Mr. Spector serves as a director of Equity Commonwealth and is a former Certified Public Accountant... Compensation paid to Mr. Spector was $189,103.
2016-04-20 GERALD A. SPECTOR, 69, our Vice Chairman since January 2008... The following table shows the compensation paid to our Trustees for their service on the Board during the 2015 calendar year... Gerald A. Spector $70,000 cash fees, $119,939 share awards, total $189,939.
2017-04-27 Gerald A. Spector, our Vice Chairman since January 2008... Audit Committee member. Trustee compensation table shows $213,069 total compensation for 2016.
2018-04-26 Gerald A. Spector, our Vice Chairman since January 2008... Committees Audit... The following table shows the compensation paid to our non-employee Trustees for their service on the Board during the 2017 calendar year. Gerald A. Spector Total $219,998.

Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-22