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Leslie D. Hale joins Macy's Board of Directors

By Prachi Singh

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Leslie D. Hale, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of RLJ Lodging Trust, has joined the Macy's Board of Directors. The addition of Hale brings the size of Macy's Board of Directors to 12 members. Of the 11 independent directors, six are women.

“Leslie Hale is an accomplished executive with exceptional experience in a wide range of financial disciplines, including corporate finance, treasury, real estate and business development. She will be a tremendous asset to our board's deliberations as we develop strategies to propel our company's continued growth,” said Terry J. Lundgren, Macy's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Hale was promoted in April 2013 to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of RLJ Lodging Trust, one of the largest publicly-traded real estate investment trusts focused on the lodging sector, with 150 hotels across the United States. Previously, she was RLJ's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for real estate and finance. Hale joined Bethesda, MD-based RLJ in 2005 after a successful career at GE Capital Corporation, a division of General Electric.

She served in roles of increasing responsibility including Vice President in the mergers and acquisitions group of GE Commercial Finance and Associate Director for GE Real Estate in its Strategic Capital Group. In addition to her experience at GE, Hale served as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. She also serves as a trustee of Howard University.

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