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Ms. Smith is in charge of all administrative and operational aspects of the Company. Prior to joining TAP, Ms. Smith1 was a Vice President of Acquisitions and Real Estate Development for the Athena Group, where she analyzed real estate investments for Athena’s private equity fund and assisted in managing large real estate development projects in both the Las Vegas and Washington DC areas. Ms. Smith began her career at Prudential Securities working as an Analyst in the Consumer Investment Banking Group, followed by Deutsche Bank as an Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group as a generalist, and Morgan Stanley in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group and MSREF fund as a Summer Associate. After receiving her MBA, she joined the New York City Economic Development Corporation where she was an Assistant Vice President managing large-scale real estate development projects for the City of New York, including the new Yankee Stadium and Queens West in Long Island City, and spearheading economic development initiatives throughout the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx. Ms. Smith graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Economics and received an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.