Howard B. Nelson

HOWARD B. NELSON JR. is Chief Financial Officer of Colonial
Properties Trust, with general responsibility for financing
matters since May 1997. Mr. Nelson was Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of the company, with responsibility for
the day-to-day management of the company, from September 1993 to
May 1997. He joined Colonial Properties in 1984 as Vice President
and became Senior Vice President, Finance in 1987. He has served
as Treasurer, Vice President, President and Board Member of the
Birmingham Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and
office Parks and on the Board of Directors of the Children’s
Harbor Family Center. He also serves on the Birmingham ‘ Southern
Norton Board of Advisors, the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Comprehensive Cancer Center Supporters Board and the
College of Birmingham Advisory Council of Auburn University. He
holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Auburn University.