Whitestone REIT announced that Jeff Jones has been added to the Company’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) as a Class II member of the Board, effective February 13, 2020. With the addition of Mr. Jones, the Board will expand to seven members. Jeff Jones is a Managing Director at Stephens Inc. He co-headed Blackhill Partners, an investment banking and restructuring firm, from 2011 through the firm’s acquisition from its founder and the firm’s subsequent sale to Stephens Inc. in 2018. Mr. Jones has over 35 years of experience as an investment banker and restructuring advisor. He has served as a company director and has advised healthy and distressed companies, creditors and shareholders. Mr. Jones has chaired finance committees, served on audit committees and been qualified as an expert in valuation, sale process and interest rates in federal courts in the Northeast, including Delaware, the Midwest and the Southern United States.