Key Employees

Michael S. Yecies, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Michael has served as the Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Resource America since 1998, as Senior Vice President since 2005, and was Vice President from 1998 to 2005.

He has also served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Resource Capital Corp. (NYSE: RSO) since its inception in 2005. He also previously served as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Atlas Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ATLS) and its predecessors, and Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC (NYSE: APL) since their inception, through their initial public offerings and subsequent spin-offs from Resource America. Michael was an attorney in the Corporate and Special Litigation Departments at Duane Morris LLP (an international law firm) from 1994 to 1998. Michael received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1994.