CoreSite Realty Corporation (the Company or CoreSite) announced Patricia Higgins, retired President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Switch and Data Facilities Inc., has joined CoreSite’s board of directors as an independent director effective August 26, 2020. In adding Ms. Higgins to the board, CoreSite increased the size of its board to nine members. Ms. Higgins is a current board member and member of the Risk Committee and Audit Committee for The Travelers Companies Inc. and a current board member, Audit Committee Chairperson, and member of the Governance/Nominating Committee and Finance Committee of Dycom Industries Inc. Prior to her roles with Switch and Data Facilities Inc., Ms. Higgins served as Executive Vice President of The Gartner Group and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Research Board, a segment of The Gartner Group. Previously, she held executive positions at Alcoa Inc., Unisys Corporation, Verizon, and AT&T Corporation/Lucent. She also served on the boards of Barnes & Noble Inc., Internap Network Services Corporation, Visteon Corporation, Delta Airlines Inc., and SpectraSite Communications Inc.