Ms. Chao has been a director since May 2023. Ms. Chao has been the director and co-founder of Tuyo Development since 2019 and a founding partner of Grains of Salt since 2016. From 2007 to 2013, Ms. Chao was a project architect with Greg Yang Design and, from 2008 to 2013, she was an adjunct professor of the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School of Design. In addition, since 1997, Ms. Chao has served in various roles at Tanglewood Property Management Company, an affiliate of our principal stockholder, and was appointed a Manager of Tanglewood Property Management Company in September 2017. She is the daughter of James Y. Chao, the sister of David T. Chao, the niece of Albert Y. Chao, and the cousin of John T. Chao and Carolyn C. Sabat. Ms. Chao holds a bachelor’s degree in product design from Stanford University, a Masters of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, and an MBA and a Masters in Urban Planning from Columbia University. Ms. Chao is a registered architect in New York and Oregon, a member of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the American Planning Association.
