Rhonda O. Gass was elected to W. P. Carey’s Board of Directors in March 2024 and serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Gass has served as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), an industrial tools and household hardware manufacturer, since 2012, overseeing the company’s cybersecurity and digital risk management strategy.

Previously, Ms. Gass held senior leadership roles during her decade-long tenure at Dell, Inc., a subsidiary of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL), including serving as Vice President of Information Technology for five years, managing technology, strategy and information systems governance. Ms. Gass began her career at NCR (NYSE: VYX) as a software engineer and progressed to executive leadership roles.

Ms. Gass is on the board of directors of Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO), a packaged food producer, and serves on the Finance and Audit Committees. She is also a member of the Technology Business Management Council and the HCL Customer Advisory Board.

Ms. Gass holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina, where she graduated magna cum laude.