COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC) (NYSE: OFC) announced that its Board of Trustees has elected Lisa G. Trimberger to serve on the Company’s Board, effective October 1, 2017.

"We are pleased to welcome such an experienced and highly-regarded professional to COPT’s Board of Trustees," stated Thomas F. Brady, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for COPT. "Ms. Trimberger will be a valuable addition to the Board. We believe her financial knowledge and experience in real estate will help the Company grow and we look forward to her contributions,” he stated.

Since 2014, Ms. Trimberger has been a Managing Member of Mack Capital Investments LLC, a private investment business identifying, evaluating, negotiating and managing investments in businesses involved in a variety of industries, including real estate. Ms. Trimberger retired from Deloitte & Touche LLP in 2014 after a 31-year tenure. From 1996 to 2014, Ms. Trimberger was Partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP where she also held a series of leadership positions. She received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Ms. Trimberger is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and completed the Women’s Director Development Executive Program at J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Company Information

COPT is an office REIT that owns, manages, develops and selectively acquires office and data center properties in locations that support the United States Government and its contractors, most of whom are engaged in national security, defense and information technology (“IT”) related activities servicing priority missions (“Defense/IT Locations”). The Company also owns a portfolio of office properties located in select urban/urban-like submarkets within its regional footprint with durable Class-A office fundamentals and characteristics (“Regional Office Properties”). As of June 30, 2017, the Company derived 87% of core portfolio annualized revenue from Defense/IT Locations and 13% from its Regional Office Properties. As of June 30, 2017, and including six buildings that are owned through an unconsolidated joint venture, its core portfolio of 153 office properties, encompassed 16.6 million square feet and was 94.8% leased. As of the same date, it also owned one wholesale data center with a critical load of 19.25 megawatts.