Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 17, 2004
ROBERT G. BLATZ was appointed President of American Land Lease, Inc. in
July 2001. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Secretary in
November 2000. He resigned as Secretary in July 2001. He functioned as
the company's Executive Vice President from February 1999 to November
2000 (having been appointed to that position in September 1999). From
June 1998 until joining the company, he served as a Senior Associate for
Coopers & Lybrand (predecessor to PricewaterhouseCoopers) as a
consultant for management and financial systems. From May 1993 to June
1998, he was with the Heritage Foundation, a public policy organization,
most recently as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Profile
TWST: Please start with a brief history of your company and an overviewof your operations.
Mr. Blatz: The company began really in 1998 transforming from a mortgage
REIT into a manufactured