Laurie A. Hawkes

Laurie A. Hawkes is President and Chief Operating Officer of American Residential Properties, Inc., and has been a member of the board of directors since the company’s formation in May 2012. Since 2008, Ms. Hawkes has been instrumental in raising $700 million in institutional equity and securing close to $400 million in credit facilities to acquire, renovate, lease and manage single-family homes. From 1995 to 2007 she worked at U.S. Realty Advisors, a $3 billion real estate private equity firm. She became a Partner in 1997 and served as President of the firm from 2003 to 2007. From 1993 to 1995, she was a Managing Director in the real estate investment banking division at CS First Boston Corp., and from 1979 to 1993 she was a Director in the real estate investment and mortgage banking departments at Salomon Brothers Inc. Ms. Hawkes holds a B.A. from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Cornell University. She is a Trustee Emerita of the governing boards of Bowdoin College, where she has served for 22 years.