National Storage Affiliates Trust announced that shareholders elected Michael Schall to its Board, effective May 13, 2024. Mr. Schall has been appointed to serve on the Audit and Finance Committees. Mr. Schall retired from Essex Property Trust, where he held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer from 2010 through the first quarter of 2023.

Mr. Schall served as the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for ESS from 2005 to 2010, responsible for the strategic planning and management of the Company?s property operations, redevelopment and co-investment programs, and from 1993 to 2005 as the Company?s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schall also currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Inc. Mr. Schall received a B.S. from the University of San Francisco and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), and is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council and AICPA.