Karen Edwards has served as a director of ACRES Commercial Realty since June 2021. She has been a Partner of Boyden Global Executive Search since April 2018 and previously served as President and CEO of Kosiba Edwards Associates, providing corporate strategic and financial advisory services, from 2010 to 2018. In 1992 she co-founded the investment banking group of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Ms. Edwards served as a director of Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR) from 2005 to 2018, serving on its Nominating & Governance and Audit Committees. She is a former Trustee of the Darden School at the University of Virginia and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).