Andrew P. Blocher joined First Potomac Realty Trust in 2012 as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He has over 20 years of finance and capital markets experience, including 15 years in the public REIT sector. He oversees the accounting, capital markets, investor relations, information technology and human resources functions. Prior to joining First Potomac, Mr. Blocher was the Chief Financial Officer at Federal Realty Investment Trust. He joined Federal Realty in 2000 as Vice President of Capital Markets and Investor Relations, and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2007. Mr. Blocher served as Director of Structured Finance Marketing and Modeling at Freddie Mac, and as Vice President of Capital Markets for CRIIMI MAE Inc., a mortgage real estate investment trust, before joining Federal Realty. Mr. Blocher currently sits on the board of directors for Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic, a local organization that grants the wishes of children in the Mid-Atlantic region with life-threatening medical conditions, where he chairs the audit and investment committee. In 2014, the Washington Business Journal named Mr. Blocher a CFO of the Year Honoree. He received his undergraduate degree in finance from Indiana University in Bloomington and his Master of Business Administration in finance from the George Washington University.
