Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 17, 2004

ROBERT BLATZ – AMERICAN LAND LEASE INC (ANL)

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 overview

of your operations.

Mr. Blatz: The company began really in 1998 transforming from a mortgage

REIT into a manufactured