Chip Harris has served as a member of our Board since November 2023 and from 2014 to March 2023. He most recently served as Chairman of Acacia Research Corporation, where he was a director since 2000, President from 2000 to 2012 and Executive Chairman from 2012 to 2016.

Previously, Harris was President and a director of Entertainment Properties Trust, a publicly traded entertainment, recreation and specialty real estate company which he founded, from 1997 to 2000. From 1993 to 1997, Harris led the International Division and served as Senior Vice President of AMC Entertainment. Prior to that, he was President of Carlton Browne and Company, Inc., a holding company and trust with assets in real estate, insurance and financial services.

Harris has served on the boards of the George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, CombiMatrix Corporation, True Religion Brand Jeans, the USA Volleyball Foundation and Imperial Bancorp.