Milton Cooper
Mr. Cooper has served as a director of Getty since 1971 and was Chairman of the Compensation Committee between 2006 and April 2025, on which he continues to serve after stepping down as Chairman.
Mr. Cooper is the Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors for Kimco Realty Corporation (“Kimco”), a NYSE listed REIT, which is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of neighborhood and community shopping centers. Mr. Cooper served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors until Kimco’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May 2025, at which time he retired as a director and Executive Chairman and was appointed Chairman Emeritus. He is also a voting member of Kimco’s Investment Committee, which approves all new investments, development projects and property dispositions. Mr. Cooper served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Kimco from its initial public offering in 1991 to 2009 and was a director and President of Kimco prior thereto. In 1956, Mr. Cooper co-founded the predecessor business that became Kimco.
Mr. Cooper is a nationally recognized leader of the modern REIT industry. He has received the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts Industry Leadership Award for his significant and lasting contribution to the REIT industry. From 1983 through April 2012, he was also a director of Blue Ridge Real Estate/Big Boulder Corporation, a real estate management and land development firm. Mr. Cooper has also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Mr. Cooper holds degrees from City College in New York and Brooklyn Law School.