Herman Bulls is vice chair, Americas, and an international director of JLL. He is also the founder of JLL’s highly acclaimed public institutions division, which specializes in delivering comprehensive real estate solutions to federal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations; and higher education institutions. Mr. Bulls works with the firm’s largest public and corporate clients to devise and implement integrated real estate strategies to lower occupancy costs and increase productivity. For more than 30 years at JLL, Mr. Bulls has worked in the areas of development, investment management, asset management, facilities operations, and business development/retention. He provides thought leadership and strategic guidance to senior level executives. Mr. Bulls has served as an expert witness on real estate matters in court and testified before congressional committees on real estate issues. Mr. Bulls cofounded and served as president and CEO of Bulls Capital Partners, a multifamily financing company. Additionally, he founded Bulls Advisory Group LCC, a management and real estate advisory firm. Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Bulls completed almost 12 years of active-duty service with the United States Army. His last active-duty assignments were working in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management at the Pentagon and as an assistant professor of economics and finance at West Point. He has completed the Army’s Airborne, Ranger, and Command and General Staff College courses and served overseas in the Republic of Korea. He retired as a colonel from the US Army Reserves in 2008. Mr. Bulls received a bachelor degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an master of business administration in finance from Harvard Business School. Mr. Bulls serves on several public, private, and not-for-profit boards. He is chair of Fluence Energy (Nasdaq: FLNC) and vice chair of USAA. He is vice chair of the West Point Association of Graduates and serves on the Department of Defense Policy Board. He also serves on the boards of Host Hotels (Nasdaq: HST), Comfort Systems, USA (NYSE: FIX), Collegis Education, the American Red Cross National Board of Governors, and the Real Estate Advisory Committee for New York State Teachers’ Retirement System. He is director emeritus of the Military Bowl, a NCAA-sanctioned football bowl game played in Washington, DC, each December. Mr. Bulls’ former board service includes Tyco International, Exelis Inc., Computer Sciences Corp., American Campus Communities, and Rasmussen Inc.