DOUGLAS EMMETT - Key Persons


Dorene C. Dominguez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Compensation Committee

Douglas Emmett To

Job Titles:
  • Present at 2023 Citi Global Property CEO Conference

Dr. David T. Feinberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Compensation Committee

Jordan L. Kaplan - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Management Team
  • President
Mr. Kaplan has served as our Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of our Board since our inception. Mr. Kaplan joined our predecessor operating companies in 1986, co-founded our immediate predecessor in 1991 and served as the Chief Financial Officer for our predecessor operating companies from 1991 to 2006. Mr. Kaplan received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1983 and his M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1986.

Kenneth M. Panzer - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Executive Management Team
Mr. Panzer has served as our Chief Operating Officer and a member of our Board since 2006. Mr. Panzer joined our predecessor operating companies in 1984, co-founded our immediate predecessor in 1991 and served as the Chief Operating Officer of our predecessor operating companies from 1991 to 2006. Mr. Panzer received his bachelor's degree from Penn State University in 1982.

Kevin A. Crummy - Chief Investment Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • Member of the Executive Management Team
Kevin A. Crummy is our Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining us in 2014, Mr. Crummy spent 20 years at Eastdil Secured, a real estate investment banking company, where he was a Managing Director responsible for sales and recapitalizations in Los Angeles, Hawaii and other major West Coast markets. Mr. Crummy also led the Eastdil Secured team that sourced Asian based capital for real estate transactions in the United States and Europe. Mr. Crummy holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics from the University of Wisconsin School of Business.

Leslie E. Bider

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Compensation Committee

Michele L. Aronson - Chief Legal Officer, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Executive Management Team
  • Secretary
Ms. Aronson is our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to rejoining Douglas Emmett in 2014, Ms. Aronson spent 13 years at Morgan Stanley where she was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's global real estate investing business, overseeing the investor relations group and the structuring and financing of MSREF investments in Asia and Europe. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Ms. Aronson was an attorney in the Tokyo and Los Angeles offices of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and served as Vice President & Legal Counsel for Douglas Emmett from 1997-1999. Ms. Aronson holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California.

Mr. Stuart McElhinney

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Contact

Peter D. Seymour - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Executive Management Team
  • in 2017 As Its Chief Strategic Officer
Mr. Seymour, joined Douglas Emmett in 2017 as its Chief Strategic Officer. Before joining Douglas Emmett, Mr. Seymour spent 20 years at The Walt Disney Company, where he had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Disney-ABC Television Group. Mr. Seymour holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ray C. Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Shirley Wang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Audit Committee Financial Expert / Committee Chair / Committee Member

Thomas E. O'Hern

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee

Virginia A. McFerran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

William E. Simon Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee