Edmund B. Cronin

Edmund B. Cronin, Jr., Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust. From 1976 to 1994, he served as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the H.G. Smithy Companies and
its various operating subsidiaries trading as Smithy Braedon, a full
service commercial real estate firm providing brokerage, asset
management, finance, advisory and development services. Mr. Cronin is a
Director of Potomac Electric Power Company; the John J. Kirlin
Companies; a member of the American Society of Real Estate Counselors;
past Chairman of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the
Washington/Baltimore Regional Association. Mr. Cronin holds trusteeships
in the Federal City Council, the Greater Washington Research Center and
the Meridian House International.