David K. Holeman

Current Role: Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of Whitestone REIT
Trustee Since: 2022

Other Experience and Education:

• Chief Financial Officer of Whitestone REIT
• Chief Financial Officer of Gexa Energy
• Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Houston Cellular Telephone Company/Cingular Wireless
• Director of Restructuring of Coram Healthcare and numerous finance roles with H.M.S.S., a NASDAQ-listed medical provider (acquired by Coram)
• Auditor with Deloitte
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Abilene Christian University

Key Experience and Trustee Background

• David Holeman has over 35 years of public company experience, including over 15 years of C-Suite level experience in the real estate sector. Over that time Mr. Holeman has used his business acumen to provide strategic leadership and sound decision making and has led multiple capital raising efforts, including initial public and follow-on equity offerings.
• Holeman provides the Board of Trustees with strong financial, operational, strategic and leadership skills, and deep knowledge of the Company and its customers garnered over his 18-year tenure with Whitestone.
• Holeman has served as Whitestone’s CEO since January 2022 and was elected to the Board of Trustees in May 2022. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as the CFO of Whitestone from 2006-2021.

Before joining Whitestone, Mr. Holeman was CFO and Corporate Secretary at Gexa Energy, a NASDAQ-listed retail electricity provider, where he oversaw all financial, tax, treasury, investor relations and human resource functions. Notably, Mr. Holeman was instrumental in the successful sale of Gexa Energy to NextEra (NYSE: NEE) in 2005. Prior to his time at Gexa, Mr. Holeman was CFO, Head of Shared Services and Controller at Houston Cellular Telephone Company/Cingular Wireless, a subsidiary of AT&T. Prior to his time at Houston Cellular, Mr. Holeman served as the Director of Restructuring for Coram Healthcare, a NYSE-listed medical provider. He also held various financial roles with H.M.S.S., a NASDAQ-listed medical provider, which was acquired by Coram. Mr. Holeman began his career as an auditor with Deloitte in Kansas City, is a CPA, and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Abilene Christian University.