Rebecca Owen, '87: Joins Jernigan Capital, Inc. Board of Directors

Jernigan Capital Adds Rebecca Owen and Randy Churchey to Board of Directors

Jernigan Capital, Inc. (NYSE:JCAP), a leading capital partner for self-storage entrepreneurs nationwide, today announced that Rebecca Owen and Randy Churchey will join the Company’s Board of Directors as independent members, effective immediately. With the additions of Ms. Owen and Mr. Churchey, the Board will expand to eight members.

Rebecca Owen, age 56, currently serves as Senior Vice President of Clark Enterprises, a private investment firm with a diversified investment portfolio ranging from private equity to real estate. Ms. Owen is also President of CEI Realty, Inc., an affiliate of Clark Enterprises that manages the company’s real estate ventures, where she leads the CEI Realty, Inc. team and the real estate portfolio. Ms. Owen has been in senior leadership positions at Clark for over 20 years since joining Clark as General Counsel, and she currently serves on the Real Estate Investment Committee. Ms. Owen currently serves as a member of the Board of Carr Properties (a private REIT), as chair of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Committee of ASB Capital (an institutional real estate investment firm), a member of the Board of Horizons National, a Westport, Connecticut-based nonprofit focused on enhancing the life and learning skills of elementary and secondary school students from low-income families, and as a member of the Board of the Suburban Hospital Foundation and of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Washington, DC. Ms. Owen previously served as a Board member for Columbia Equity Trust (formerly NYSE: COE) and as an Advisory Committee member for multiple private equity funds. Ms. Owen previously practiced law at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. She received a JD from The University of Chicago Law School and a BA from Hamilton College.

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