Senior Management

James Dondero serves as President and Chairman of the Board and as a trustee of NXDT. Mr. Dondero is President of NexPoint Real Estate Advisors, L.P., the Dallas-based affiliate of the external adviser of NXDT. He also serves as the President and as Chairman of the Board of NexPoint Real Estate Finance (NYSE: NREF), the President and Chairman of the Board of NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. (NYSE: NXRT) and the Chief Executive Officer of NexPoint Hospitality Trust (TSX-V: NHT.U). Mr. Dondero has over 30 years of experience investing in credit and equity markets and has helped pioneer credit asset classes.

Brian Mitts, CPA serves as Chief Financial Officer, Executive VP-Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary and as a trustee of NXDT. He also serves as Chief Financial Officer, Executive VP-Finance, Secretary and Treasurer of NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE: NREF); Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President-Finance; Treasurer and Secretary of NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. (NYSE: NXRT); Interim President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of VineBrook Homes Trust, Inc. ("VineBrook"); Chief Financial Officer, Executive VP-Finance, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary of NexPoint Hospitality Trust (TSX.V: NHT.U); and Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of NexPoint Storage Partners, Inc. Mr. Mitts also serves as a member of the board of directors of NXRT, VineBrook and NREF. Mr. Mitts is also a member of the investment committee of NexPoint Real Estate Advisors, L.P. ("NREA"), the external advisor or affiliate of the external advisor of NXRT, NREF and NHT. Mr. Mitts co-founded NREA, as well as NXRT and other real estate businesses with Mr. McGraner and Mr. Dondero. Currently, Mr. Mitts leads NexPoint’s financial reporting and accounting teams and is integral in financing and capital allocation decisions. Prior to co-founding NREA and NXRT, Mr. Mitts was Chief Operations Officer of Highland Funds Asset Management, L.P., the external advisor of open-end and closed-end funds where he managed the operations of these funds and helped develop new products. Mr. Mitts was also a co-founder of NexPoint Advisors, L.P., the parent of NREA. He has worked for NREA or its affiliates since 2007.

Matt McGraner serves as our Executive VP, Chief Investment Officer and Secretary. Mr. McGraner also serves as the Executive VP and Chief Investment Officer of NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE: NREF); Executive VP and Chief Investment Officer of NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. (NYSE: NXRT); Executive VP, Chief Investment Officer and Secretary of VineBrook Homes Trust, Inc. ("VineBrook"); Chief Investment Officer of NexPoint Hospitality Trust (TSX.V: NHT U); and as President and a member of the board of directors of NexPoint Storage Partners, Inc. Mr. McGraner has also served as a Managing Director at NexPoint or its affiliates since 2016. With over ten years of real estate, private equity and legal experience, his primary responsibilities are to lead the operations of the real estate platform at NexPoint, as well as source and execute investments, manage risk and develop potential business opportunities, including fundraising, private investments and joint ventures. Mr. McGraner is also a licensed attorney and was formerly an associate at Jones Day from 2011 to 2013, with a practice primarily focused on private equity, real estate and mergers and acquisitions. While at Jones Day, Mr. McGraner led the acquisition and financing of over $200 million of real estate investments and advised on $16.3 billion of mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. Since joining NexPoint in 2013, Mr. McGraner has led the acquisition and financing of approximately $11.8 billion of real estate investments.

Matthew Goetz has served as our Senior Vice President - Investments and Asset Management since August 2022. Mr. Goetz is also a director at NexPoint and was previously a Senior Financial Analyst at a former NexPoint Affiliate from 2014 to March 2017. His primary responsibilities are to asset manage, source acquisitions, manage risk and develop potential business opportunities for NexPoint, including fundraising, private investments and joint ventures. Prior to June 2014, Mr. Goetz was a Senior Financial Analyst in CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance group from May 2011 to June 2014 where he underwrote over $7 billion and more than 30 million square feet of multifamily, office, and retail commercial real estate. In his time at CBRE, a commercial real estate services firm, Mr. Goetz and his team closed over $2.5 billion in debt and equity financing. Prior to joining CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance group, he held roles as an Analyst and Senior Analyst for CBRE’s Recovery and Restructuring Services group from September 2009 to May 2011 where he assisted in the asset management and disposition of over 3,000 real estate owned assets valued at more than $750 million. He also provided commercial real estate consulting services to banks, special servicers, hedge funds, and private equity groups.

Dennis “D.C.” Sauter, Jr. serves as our General Counsel. Mr. Sauter has also served as the General Counsel of NexPoint Advisors, L.P., since April 2021. Previously, Mr. Sauter was a partner in the real estate section of Wick Phillips Gould & Martin, LLP in Dallas, Texas from January 2014 until joining NexPoint in February 2020, where he specialized in acquisitions, construction, financing, joint ventures and complex leasing for real estate investment trusts, private developers, and institutional investors. Mr. Sauter’s primary responsibility is to manage our legal matters, including corporate governance, real estate transactions, and capital markets transactions. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He has been a licensed attorney and member of the State Bar of Texas since 2001.

Dustin Norris serves as our Executive Vice President. He also serves as President of NexPoint Securities, Inc. and Head of Distribution and Chief Product Strategist at NexPoint. He oversees the business development, sales, and marketing efforts focused on real estate investment trusts, closed-end funds, interval funds, private placements, Delaware statutory trust exchange offerings under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, and open-end mutual funds. Mr. Norris oversees a team including external and internal sales, national accounts, product development, and marketing/investor relations. Prior to joining NexPoint in 2010 he was employed by Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Audit and Enterprise Risk Services Group working primarily in the financial services and energy industries. Mr. Norris received master’s and bachelor’s degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.