Ronald Whitman Weiss

RONALD WHITMAN WEISS is currently Portfolio Manager for Spirit of
America Real Estate Funds. He was founder, chairman and CEO of Shearson
Lehman Real Estate Corporation, as well as a member of the Board of
Directors of 34 Shearson Lehman subsidiary companies. He received his
degree in economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
and his Juris Doctorate degree from Columbia University School of Law.