National Storage Affiliates Trust announced its Board of Trustees has elevated Tamara Fischer, Chief Executive Officer, to Executive Chair, effective April 1, 2023. Tammy has served as an officer of NSA since its IPO in 2015 and as its CEO and member of the Board of Trustees of NSA since 2020. As part of this planned transition of responsibilities, effective April 1, 2023, David Cramer will be appointed Chief Executive Officer, in addition to his current role as President.

Arlen Nordhagen will remain on the Board and will transition to Vice Chair, from his current role as Executive Chairman. Dave Cramer joined NSA in April 2020, and currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, he has served as the Chairman of NSA's Best Practices Committee since the founding of NSA, and has been a key team member involved with the growth of NSA's portfolio from 250 stores to over 1,100 today.

Dave has more than 24 years of experience in the self storage industry beginning in 1998 when he joined SecurCare Self Storage, the predecessor company to NSA. At SecurCare, he served as Director of Operations from 1998 to 2005, Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2013, and President and Chief Executive Officer from 2013 to 2020, growing the SecurCare portfolio by 10-fold during that time. Prior to joining SecurCare Self Storage, Dave worked for Target for 12 years where he held several operational and managerial positions.