Biography

Thomas W. Brown serves as Yesway’s Chief Real Estate Officer and has served as a member of Yesway’s board of directors since the Company’s initial public offering. Mr. Brown is responsible for all real estate activities of Yesway, including the construction of new-to-industry stores and raze and rebuilds, existing store remodels, fuel expansions, and upgrades to store fixtures and equipment, as well as overseeing the Company’s build-to-suit program. Mr. Brown is also a member, President, and Director of Real Estate Acquisitions for Brookwood since 2015, where he is also a member of Brookwood’s Executive and Investment Committees. He was previously a Senior Managing Director at Brookwood from 1994 to 2015. Prior to joining Brookwood in 1994, Mr. Brown was a Vice President of Winthrop Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Winthrop Financial Associates, a Boston-based real estate investment and management firm. Mr. Brown also previously served as President of a publicly-held national real estate firm. Mr. Brown is currently a member of the Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Office and Industrial Parks and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Texas and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dallas. In 2018, he completed the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School.