President & Chief Executive Officer

Pete Mavoides

Mr. Mavoides has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since 2018, and he held similar positions at Essential Properties Realty Trust LLC, which became our operating partnership through the formation transactions, since March 2016.

Previously, Pete was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Spirit Realty Capital (SRC) from 2011 until 2015. While at Spirit, he was instrumental in transforming the company from a private enterprise, with approximately $3.2 billion of total assets and 37 employees at the time of initial public offering in September 2012, to a public company with approximately $8.0 billion in total assets and over 70 employees at the time of his departure in February 2015.

Prior to joining Spirit Realty Capital, Pete was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sovereign Investment Company, a private equity firm that focused on investment opportunities relating to long-term single-tenant sale-leaseback opportunities.

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Robert W. Salisbury, CFA

Mr. Salisbury joined Essential Properties Realty Trust in August 2023.

Rob was previously a Senior Vice President and Director of Research at Almanac Realty Investors, which is the real estate private equity arm of Neuberger Berman. As a senior member of the investment team, Rob originated and structured private equity and credit investments. He also successfully launched several new fund strategies focused on public and private investing.

Prior to his time at Almanac, Rob co-managed a real estate securities portfolio at Citadel Investment Group that spanned across all property types in US, Europe, and Asia. He also served as an investment analyst at V3 Capital Management, and as a publishing equity research analyst at UBS, Bank of America, and Citigroup.

Rob graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Philosophy.

Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer & Senior Vice President

Tim Earnshaw

Mr. Earnshaw has been a Senior Vice President and our Chief Accounting Officer since January 2020. Previously, Tim served as our Controller, a role he held since April 2017.

Prior to joining Essential Properties, Tim served in a variety of roles at AR Global, a sponsor and advisor of public, non-traded REITs, from 2014 until 2017. He most recently served as Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Controller for AR Global’s healthcare-focused REITs, where he had oversight responsibility for the accounting and external and internal reporting functions. Prior to joining AR Global, Tim served in the audit and enterprise risk services practice at Deloitte & Touche, providing assurance and advisory services to a variety of public and private clients in the real estate, financial services and manufacturing industries.

Tim graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Max Jenkins

Mr. Jenkins joined Essential Properties in April 2018 and has been a Executive Vice President and our Head of Investments since April 2021.

Prior to joining Essential Properties, Max served in the Army as an Infantry Officer and Captain with the 75th Ranger Regiment where he deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

Max graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. in Engineering Management with Honors.

Chief Investment Officer, Executive Vice President

AJ Peil

Mr. Peil has been a Executive Vice President and our Head of Asset Management since May 2017.

Prior to joining Essential Properties, AJ served as the Senior Vice President and Head of Credit for Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), a publicly-traded triple-net lease REIT. AJ also worked within the investment division sourcing and underwriting transactions in excess of $2.0 billion. Before joining Spirit Realty, AJ worked for the Arizona State Retirement System and Smith Barney as an equity analyst.

Senior Vice President, Real Estate Counsel

Kristin Walker

Mrs. Walker joined Essential Property Realty Trust in June 2023 and serves as the Senior Vice President and Real Estate Counsel.

Kristin was previously a shareholder and the Vice Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group at Polsinelli PC. Kristin’s experience as an attorney spans across all forms of commercial real estate, including acquisition and dispositions, commercial leasing, the development of large-scale commercial retails and industrial projects, and the real estate aspects of large renewable energy financings and acquisitions.

Prior to her time at Polsinelli, Kristin was a founding member of Thomson Walker, LLC and an associate at Husch Blackwell LLP, commencing her practice in 2006.

Kristin graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a B.S.B.A. in Finance and REal Estate and from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law with a J.D. She is licensed to practice in Colorado and Missouri and was named to Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law in 2018, 2019, 2021-2023.