Eldron C. Blackwell has served as ACRES Commercial Realty's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2024, and continues as Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer following the internalization completed on August 6, 2026. He previously served as the Company's Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer from March 2014 to December 2023 and as Treasurer from January 2024 through December 2024. Before joining ACRES, Mr. Blackwell was Assistant Controller at New Penn Financial, LLC, a residential mortgage lender (2013-2014), and spent more than a decade in the audit practice of Grant Thornton LLP (2001-2013), where he was a Senior Manager. Since April 2025 he has served as a director of Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CHAC). He is an inactive Certified Public Accountant.